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Reuters
Reuters
Entertainment
By Michael Holden

'WAGatha Christie' libel trial ends in defeat for devastated Vardy

FILE PHOTO: Rebekah Vardy, wife of Leicester City soccer player Jamie Vardy, leaves the Royal Courts of Justice, in London, Britain May 11, 2022. REUTERS/John Sibley

Coleen Rooney, wife of former England soccer captain Wayne, emerged victorious in her high-profile libel match with the spouse of an ex-teammate after a High Court judge agreed that Rebekah Vardy had leaked stories about her to the press.

In a case that has gripped the public with its mix of glamour, soccer, and amateur sleuthing, the judge backed Rooney's public assertion that Vardy had spilled private details about her to the Sun tabloid, leaving Vardy "devastated".

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