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Coleen and Wayne Rooney fear their reputations will be ‘shredded’ in the Wagatha Christie libel trial which starts next week.
Sources close to the couple claimed they are worried that details of hitherto unreported scandals involving Rooney allegedly drinking and womanising may emerge in court.
Rebekah Vardy, the wife of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, is suing Mrs Rooney over her claim in 2019 that Mrs Vardy had been leaking ‘false stories’ about her private life.
The fear is that Mrs Vardy’s legal team – who will be fighting allegations that she colluded repeatedly with journalists from The Sun newspaper – will turn the tables on Rooney himself.
Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy attend the UEFA EURO 2016 Group B match between England v Wales at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens, France
The couple are concerned they could face questions about their own relationship with journalists amid claims that stories about Derby County manager Rooney’s supposed indiscretions were ‘hushed up’.
He has been the subject of a series of scandals involving his private life, including reports that he used prostitutes when Mrs Rooney was pregnant.
The former Manchester United and England star was banned from driving in 2017 for two years after being stopped by police while three times the drink-drive limit. One passenger was a young woman he had met in a bar.
And last year he was pictured apparently asleep in a hotel room with a model
