‘Wagatha Christie’ trial involving Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy begins today

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The high-profile libel battle between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney, dubbed the 'Wagatha Christie' case, is set to go to trial today

The ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial involving Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy is set to begin today Image: PA The ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial involving Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy is set to begin today Image: PA THE HIGH-PROFILE libel battle between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney is finally set to go to trial today.

The fake stories included Rooney travelling to Mexico for a “gender selection” procedure, her planning to return to TV, and the basement flooding at her home. Under English defamation law, the burden of proof now will be on Rooney to prove that her post was “substantially true”. The judge, now Lord Justice Warby, also said that “the element of suspense introduced by the multiple dots seems to me designed to raise expectations of a dramatic revelation”.

The seven-day trial will be heard in Court 13 at the Royal Courts of Justice in central London Source: Aaron Chown/PAMost recently, the High Court was told by Sherborne that Vardy “appears to accept” that Watt was the source of leaked stories about Rooney that were published in the Sun.

 

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