Coleen Rooney felt compelled to launch her “Wagatha Christie” investigation because she did not trust Rebekah Vardy to be “truthful” over leaks to the media, she has told the High Court.
Rooney has returned to the witness box at the High Court as her ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel battle with Rebekah Vardy enters its fifth day.
Rooney, 36, unfollowed Vardy, 40, in February 2019 when she suspected her of feeding information from her private Instagram account to The Sun. When Vardy got in touch to ask why she had been unfollowed, Rooney told a “fib” and suggested her children had been playing with her phone.
Questioned why she had lied, Rooney said she wanted to protect her detective work into the leaks and already had Vardy as a suspect.
“It was a cover-up for what I was investigating”, said Rooney. “I had my suspicions Mrs Vardy could be doing this from her account.
“When I received that message, it made me realise even more I was suspicious. I did tell her a fib.”
Rooney said she and Vardy were “not good friends” and she became even more suspicious when she got in touch to ask why she had been unfollowed.
Private messages between Vardy and her agent Caroline Watt have been aired in the libel trial, showing they discussed Rooney’s unfollow and came up with reasons for Vardy to find out why.
The trial continues.
