Rebekah Vardy has lost her libel case against Coleen Rooney over a viral social media post after a Supreme Court judge found it to be “substantially true.”
In the October 2019 post, Ms Rooney, 36, said she had undergone months of “sting surgery” and accused Ms Vardy, 40, of leaking “false stories” about her private life to the press.
In a much-anticipated ruling on Friday, Ms Steyn found in favor of Ms Rooney and… the claim against her dismissed.
The judge said it was “probable” that Ms Vardy’s then-agent Caroline Watt took “the direct act” to pass the information on to The Sun.
She added: “Nevertheless, the evidence … in my view clearly shows that Ms. Vardy was aware of and condoned this behavior, and actively participated in it by directing Ms. Watt to the private Instagram account, her send screenshots of Ms. Rooney’s messages, draw attention to items of potential press interest, and answer additional questions raised by the press through Ms. Watt.”
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