The Wagatha Christie trial is set to be turned into a Hollywood film, with a string of directors reportedly scrambling for a deal. The High Court drama – the culmination of a three-year battle between Rebekah Vardy, 40, and Coleen Rooney, 36 – ended on Friday with Rooney emerging victorious. For many, it has been followed as much for its glamour as for the intrigue and betrayal of trust at its centre.
Rooney's friend Lizzie Cundy said: “I was on the phone to Bruno Tonioli, he was with a Hollywood director who wants to make a film. It’s not just him, lots of people in Hollywood have their eye on it. America can’t believe the headlines it courted around the world.”
On Friday a judge ruled that Rooney's accusation that Vardy had leaked personal information about her was “substantially true”. Rooney told Cundy, 54, the result “was the best outcome” she could have hoped for. TV presenter Cundy, previously married to footballer Jason Cundy, said: “She is just incredibly grateful for how it’s all panned out.”
