Coleen Rooney has claimed that she will make Rebekah Vardy pay every penny of her legal costs from the High Court, after the judge ruled in the WAG's favour.
The infamous libel trial, now dubbed Wagatha Christie, finally ended on Friday after Mrs Justice Steyn announced that Coleen had been victorious, reports the Daily Record.
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Rebekah was deemed unsuccessful in her defamation case against the wife of former England and Manchester United footballer Wayne Rooney. Now, Mrs Vardy has a very costly legal bill to settle, and it has been reported that Coleen's legal team will apply the pressure to ensure she pays the full amount, estimated to be up to £3million.
In typical cases, the winning party would have to still pay around 30 per cent of the overall legal costs. However, due to the judge's damning verdict that effectively states Vardy sold stories to the press, means it's almost 'inconceivable' that she won't be made to pay the full amount.
Media lawyer Jonathan Coad has stated that the "tragic" loss for the WAG will massively affect her, after she was "effectively branded a liar" in court. A source told the Mail on Sunday: "Coleen didn’t want this to happen - she knew the money would be better spent on so many other things but she won’t be letting Rebekah get away with not paying the full costs.
"She tried to settle this early on but Rebekah wouldn’t have it. And if you look at the outlining of the judgment, it is inconceivable that a judge wouldn’t agree she will pay them in full."
Mrs Justice Steyn wrote: "Let’s not forget, this action was brought by Rebekah and she lost spectacularly. The Court found that the Claimant, together with Ms Watt, was party to the disclosure to The Sun of the Marriage, Birthday, Halloween, Pyjamas, Car Crash, Gender Selection, Babysitting and Flooded Basement Posts.
"The Court considered it likely that Ms Watt undertook the direct act, in relation to each post, of passing the information to a journalist at The Sun, but found that the Claimant knew of, condoned and was actively engaged in this process."
Speaking outside the High Court on Friday, lawyer Jonathan Coad told the BBC: "It is an absolute disaster for Rebekah Vardy. And what makes it even more tragic is four times Coleen Rooney tried to settle this case.
“The judge told her that the case should be settled but she has carried on and suffered terrible brand damage during the course of the cross examination by David Sherborne which I think was what has won it. “And she has lost, so financially she will have to pay all her costs and 70 per cent of Coleen's costs which is well over two million quid.
“But more damaging is that she has been effectively branded a liar by the judgement. “She denied it in the witness box, she denied it under oath and the judge found that she had done it so it is very damaging for her reputation.”
Coleen also broke her silence on the verdict, saying that although she was pleased with the outcome, she bares no ill will to Rebekah. She said: "It was not a case I ever sought or wanted. Today’s judgment makes clear that I was right in what I said in my posts of October 2019."
In her own statement, Rebekah said she was extremely sad and disappointed" by the decision, and she did not accept it nor believe it "was just".
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