Coleen Rooney

On Friday afternoon, Mrs Rooney began giving evidence in Court 13 of the Royal Courts of Justice, facing questions from Mrs Vardy's barrister Hugh Tomlinson QC.

In the post on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, she wrote: "I have saved and screenshotted all the original stories which clearly show just one person has viewed them. She said: "I felt it was suspicious. Mr Tomlinson put it to Mrs Rooney that she had lied in her reply to Mrs Vardy by saying she had not realised she had unfollowed her and that it might have been one of her children that had done it by accident while playing with her phone. Please review their details and accept them to load the content. On Monday, Mrs Rooney told the High Court she "had suspicions" Rebekah Vardy's Instagram account was responsible for leaking information to journalists when she unfollowed her on the social media site. Mrs Rooney added that she had given out warnings "many times" but "it didn't stop", adding that the post was her "last resort".

Mrs Rooney is defending the libel claim brought by Rebekah Vardy on the basis of truth and public interest.

“It’s ………. Rebekah Vardy’s account.” The libel battle comes after Mrs Rooney publicly claimed that an account behind three fake stories in The Sun that she had posted on her personal Instagram account was Mrs Vardy’s. Mrs Rooney is defending the libel claim brought by Mrs Vardy on the basis of truth and public interest.

Ms Vardy, who is married to Premier League striker Jamie Vardy, denies the allegations and is suing Ms Rooney for libel. It was reported at the weekend her ...

“Around 10 minutes before kick-off, I arrived at my seat to find a number of people already sat in the seats I had reserved for myself and FA security team members. She replied “I’ll have to tell you about,” he told the court. Ms Robertson replied that they had. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Ms Vardy denies that. Ms Rooney said the evidence “just adds” to what she already had from her investigation, adding: “I feel that it could have been someone else but I do believe that Mrs Vardy knew what was going on, that there was information getting passed from her account to The Sun newspaper.” “But can you just post them posts, so I did,” he added. Coleen Rooney has told a court she believes Rebekah Vardy would attack herself in an anonymous column about “Wags” in The Sun to cover her tracks. Hugh Tomlinson QC said that, during the course of Ms Rooney’s defence to the libel claim, Ms Vardy has further been accused of betraying her agent Caroline Watt, of destroying evidence and deleting messages, and that in light of the evidence it is possible Ms Watt was responsible for the leaks. In a viral social media post in October 2019, Ms Rooney, 36, said she had carried out a “sting operation” and accused Ms Vardy, 40, of leaking “false stories” about her private life to the press – prompting her to be dubbed “Wagatha Christie”. Messages between Rebekah Vardy and her agent about Coleen Rooney were “evil and uncalled for”, the former England captain’s wife has told the High Court as she finished her evidence in the women’s high-profile libel trial. Ms Rooney returned to the witness stand after first giving evidence on Friday, when she told the court publicly naming Ms Vardy’s Instagram account as the suspected source of leaks was her “last resort”.

Rooney says she carried out 'sting operation' in 2019, accusing Vardy of leaking 'false stories' to press.

She said: “I felt it was suspicious. Mrs Rooney, who is married to former England footballer Wayne Rooney, continued: “I didn’t want it out there, I wanted it for my own evidence... As well as the “gender selection” post, the fake stories Mrs Rooney planted on her Instagram during the sting operation also included her planning to return to TV, and the basement flooding at her home. Earlier on Monday, Mrs Rooney told the High Court she “had suspicions” that Mrs Vardy’s Instagram account was responsible for leaking information to journalists when she unfollowed her on the social media site. Mrs Rooney told the court she had a suspicion it was Mrs Vardy, telling the PR that she was allegedly “fame hungry” from “stuff she’s done at the World Cup”. In a viral social media post in October 2019, Mrs Rooney (36) said she had carried out a “sting operation” and accused Mrs Vardy (40) of leaking “false stories” about her private life to the press – prompting her to be dubbed “Wagatha Christie”.

Coleen Rooney described messages between Rebekah Vardy and her agent about her as “just evil” at the end of her time in the witness box, as the "Wagatha ...

so that was a lie,” she added. The libel battle comes after Mrs Rooney publicly claimed that an account behind three fake stories in The Sun that she had posted on her personal Instagram account was Mrs Vardy’s. “She talks about me a lot…

The court heard that, after she posted the infamous 'Wagatha Christie' message on Twitter, Ms Rooney posted a triumpant message to her private Instagram ...

She said that Ms Vardy’s friends had been “abusive” to her when she had tried to move them into the correct places. Referring to the “Wagatha Christie” post, Ms Rooney said: “I knew it would obviously get attention. There was a few things that had been publicised over them few years.” If the papers run it,” she clarified. Speaking about why she posted this Instagram story, she told the court: “I felt like I had found out who it was... I never thought I would be here today.”

A guide to the court case between two famous wives of British soccer stars: Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney.

In 2019, Coleen Rooney, the wife of soccer star Wayne Rooney, accused Rebekah Vardy, the wife of another soccer star, Jamie Vardy, of leaking stories about her to the tabloids. The civil trial began on May 10, and is set to last for seven days. According to the BBC, Watt "lost her phone in the North Sea after it was hit by a wave before Mrs Rooney's team could see WhatsApp messages that could potentially help her case." In June 2020, Vardy filed a civil lawsuit for defamation, maintaining that she personally was not behind the leak. As the BBC explains, "on the sidelines of a professional football pitch, these women may as well be royalty." She explained she blocked everyone from viewing her private Instagram stories except one person, and posted a series of false stories, to see if they would end up in the Sun. They did, and Rooney felt justified to share who did the leaking, writing, "It's.............. Rebekah Vardy's account," an instantly iconic line.

Mrs Rooney was asked about the aftermath of her 'reveal' post and Rebekah Vardy's response.

so that was a lie,” she added. “She talks about me a lot… After walking into the witness box of the Royal Courts of Justice’s Court 13 on Friday, Mrs Rooney finished her evidence today, where she was asked about the aftermath of her “reveal” post and Mrs Vardy’s response.

But messages between Rebekah Vardy and her agent about Coleen Rooney were also evil and uncalled for, the High Court is told.

Asked why, Mrs Rooney said: "One thing I don't do is put my troubles and my worries on anybody else" "I was getting trolled as well but obviously Mrs Vardy's was disgusting, the things they were saying... so that was a lie," she added. "She talks about me a lot... Mrs Rooney is defending the claim on the basis her post was "substantially true". In a viral social media post in October 2019, Mrs Rooney said she had carried out a "sting operation" and accused Mrs Vardy of leaking "false stories" about her private life to the press - prompting her to be dubbed "Wagatha Christie".

Messages between Rebekah Vardy and her agent about Coleen Rooney were "evil and uncalled for", the former England captain's wife has told the High Court as ...

but I didn't want the public to know that." She said: "I felt it was suspicious. so that was a lie," she added. Mrs Rooney said in her written evidence that she was "really hurt" by the leak, "particularly because I felt as though someone that I trusted was betraying me at a very difficult time". Mrs Rooney said in her witness statement: "Whilst I was comfortable enough to upload the photograph of Wayne to my private Instagram account, I made a conscious decision not to upload the photograph with him in to my Twitter account or to my public Instagram account because of the difficulties between us at the time." "She talks about me a lot... She later told the court: "That was information that I was happy to share in the private group... She said that despite keeping the photo with Mr Rooney to her "close circle" on her private account, a story was later published in The Sun. I would never ever wish that upon anyone. She said: "I was in a vulnerable situation, I didn't know how my marriage was going to work out, whether I was going on with my relationship." Mrs Rooney also told the High Court she "had suspicions" that Mrs Vardy's Instagram account was responsible for leaking information to journalists when she unfollowed her on the social media site. One of the Instagram stories used in the "sting" was posted on April 8 2019, with Mrs Rooney claiming she was travelling to Mexico to look into a procedure to determine a baby's sex.