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Abigail Nicholson

Rebekah Vardy tried to sell story on footballer's drink driving arrest

Rebekah Vardy tried to sell a drink-driving story about her husband's former team teammate to the S*n, a court heard.

Mrs Vardy tried to sell a story about the arrest of Danny Drinkwater, a footballer for Chelsea FC, to The S*n after he was caught drink-driving in his Range Rover. The footballer, who was the former teammate of Mrs Vardy's husband, crashed the car in 2019 and before the incident became public Mrs Vardy sent WhatsApp messages to her agent to suggest they sell the story, The Guardian reports.

Mrs Vardy told her agent, Caroline Watt: “Story … Danny Drinkwater arrested […] Crashed his car drunk with two girls in it … both in hospital one with broken ribs x.” After clarifying a few details about the car and the location, Vardy added: “I want paying for this x.”

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