Rebekah Vardy has publicly aired a message to Coleen Rooney, hours after it was confirmed she will be forced to pay 90 per cent of her fellow WAG's legal costs.
The former I'm A Celebrity... star took to social media to tag Wayne's wife in a post relating to the outcome of their infamous 'Wagatha Christie' saga - urging the Liverpudlian to donate the £800,000 set to be exchanged to charity.
Telling Coleen to 'put your money where you mouth is' Rebekah shared a picture of a charity jar filled with coins on her Instagram story, accompanied by an extract of a previous quote, reportedly from a source close to Coleen discussing the libel drama from the beginning of 2022.
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The Mirror reports that "She'd be far happier to see the money they would have spent on lawyers being used in a more positive and productive way," the quote regarding Coleen's apparent attitude to the 'Wagatha Christie' case shared with Rebekah's Instagram followers reads.
And Rebekah followed up, by writing: "@coleen_rooney Lets hope you put your money where your mouth is and some good can come out of this whole embarrassing spectacle."
Coleen has never commented publicly regarding how sums recovered or awarded would be spent in the future, and there is no indication that she has ever pledged to donate any money to charity. Rebekah then went on to share the exact same post moments later, with Coleen yet to publicly respond to the Instagram dig.
Rebekah's social media update today [October 4] comes as the world learns how the mum-of-five has been ordered to pay around £1.5 million in legal costs following the 'Wagatha Christie' judgement in July. Footballer Jamie Vardy's wife sensationally lost to Coleen, 36, in July after a seven-day blockbuster trial saw a number of revelations about both women and their famous partners made public in the High Court, after Rebekah launched a libel case against her fellow WAG in 2020.
Rebekah launched libel proceedings against Coleen in 2020 after Wayne Rooney's wife accused her Instagram account of being behind leaked 'false stories' about her private life to the press - something Rebekah denied at the time and still does, despite Mrs Justice Steyn ruling in Coleen's favour.
In a statement on Tuesday, Mrs Justice Steyn stated the total legal bill - which Coleen is yet to finalise with the court - was estimated by her lawyer Paul Lunt to be around £1,667,860.48 Rebekah has been ordered to pay £800,000 within six weeks and to pay 90 per cent of the costs, which are yet to be finalised.
Mrs Justice Steyn explained that she had done "the best" she could to 'estimate the likely level of recovery' but while bearing in mind that Defendant had not yet produced a bill, the cost would be around £800,000.
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