Rebekah Vardy made a return to social media with a defiant statement after losing the Wagatha Christie trial against Coleen Rooney.
Jamie Vardy's wife Rebekah, 40, said she was "extremely sad and disappointed" after High Court judge Mrs Justice Steyn ruled in favour of Coleen Rooney on Friday. The WAG has since returned to social media and shared a photo of herself with a cryptic, defiant message.
In the image, which Rebekah posted to her Instagram stories, she can be seen dressed in a pair of blue denim shorts, black boots with grey socks poking out the top and a black leather jacket. The edgy jacket had the words "normal is boring" spray painted in pink and white graffiti-style text on the back, reports The Mirror.
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And Rebekah could be seen throwing the peace sign up to the camera, which she was facing away from. The mum-of-five had her hair tied in two high ponytails and carried a green Waitrose carrier bag as she walked through a field.
Rebekah's Instagram post comes after she released a statement following the Wagatha Christie trial verdict. She had taken Coleen, 36, to High Court to sue her for libel following the headline hitting statement Wayne Rooney's wife made about Rebekah in 2019. Coleen alleged Rebekah's Instagram account had been leaking stories shared on Coleen's private Instagram page to the press.
Rebekah vehemently denied the claims and took Coleen to court over the statement. But, after a seven-day trial, the judge ruled that Coleen's truth defence was valid. Mrs Justice Steyn wrote: "Mrs Vardy was party to the disclosure to The Sun of the Marriage, Birthday, Halloween, Pyjamas, Car Crash, Gender Selection, Babysitting and Flooded Basement Posts."
She also ruled in favour of Coleen on the matter of public interest on one post as she said: "Although Ms Rooney's interest was essentially personal, on balance, I accept that the Reveal Post was on a matter of public interest, namely the undesirable practice of information (in the nature of mere gossip) about celebrities' private lives being disclosed to the press by trusted individuals."
Rebekah later said in a statement: "I am extremely sad and disappointed at the decision that the judge has reached. It is not the result that I had expected, nor believe was just. I brought this action to vindicate my reputation and am devastated by the judge’s finding. The judge accepted that publication of Coleen's Post was not in the 'public interest' and she also rejected her claim that I was the 'Secret Wag'. But as for the rest of her judgement, she got it wrong and this is something I cannot accept.
"As I explained in my evidence I, my family and even my unborn baby, were subjected to disgusting messages and vile abuse following Coleen’s Post and these have continued even during the course of the trial. Please can the people who have been abusing me and my family now stop. The case is over. I want to thank everyone who has supported me."
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