Thursday 12 May 2022 10:50 PM Coleen 'weaponised her fans to turn against me': Tearful Rebekah Vardy hits out ... trends now
Weeping Wag Rebekah Vardy yesterday claimed Coleen Rooney ‘weaponised’ her fans when she accused her of leaking stories to the Press.
Mrs Vardy broke down in court and the hearing had to be halted twice as she described the fall-out from Mrs Rooney’s famous ‘Wagatha Christie’ tweet.
It declared that she had been betrayed, adding: ‘It’s... Rebekah Vardy’s account.’ The 40-year-old wife of Leicester City star Jamie Vardy said she was immediately bombarded with vile abuse and death threats.
She told the High Court: ‘It seemed she had weaponised her fan base against me.’
The mother-of-five wiped away tears as she was accused of leaking private information about Mrs Rooney, attempting to destroy incriminating evidence and pinning the blame on her agent and friend Caroline Watt.
Weeping Wag Rebekah Vardy yesterday claimed Coleen Rooney ‘weaponised’ her fans when she accused her of leaking stories to the Press
Mrs Rooney’s lawyer David Sherborne claimed Mrs Vardy had betrayed Mrs Watt by ‘throwing her under the bus’. Mrs Vardy sobbed: ‘She’s been driven to suicidal thoughts by these proceedings and the antics of the defendant [Mrs Rooney].’
The footballer’s wife was led from the court in tears twice during the hearing and at the end of the day as she struggled during cross-examination by Mr Sherborne.
She has told how she received a ‘torrent of insults’ and death threats within moments of Mrs Rooney’s social media post in 2019. She was seven months pregnant and feared she could lose her unborn baby.
Mrs Vardy is suing Mrs Rooney – wife of former England striker Wayne Rooney – for libel over the post, which led to her being dubbed ‘Wagatha Christie’.
Mrs Vardy broke down in court and the hearing had to be halted twice as she described the fall-out from Mrs Rooney’s famous ‘Wagatha Christie’ tweet
She accused Mrs Rooney of deliberately provoking the furore, saying: ‘She knows exactly how aggressive and nasty the social media community can be... She should have used her influence and reach to call the trolls off. She didn’t.’
In a series of tense exchanges with Mr Sherborne, Mrs Vardy was repeatedly accused of leaking information from Mrs Rooney’s private Instagram account to The Sun and of lying in her evidence to the court.
Mr Sherborne asked: ‘Would you not agree, Mrs Vardy, that if it looks like a leak and it sounds like a leak –
