Lawyers for Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy have delivered their final arguments today in the ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel trial.
In his closing speech, Rooney’s barrister David Sherborne argued Vardy’s case had “disintegrated” over the course of the seven-day trial, as he accused her of destroying evidence that would have been even more damning.
Meanwhile, Vardy’s lawyer Hugh Tomlinson said his client had “clearly and consistently denied being the source directly or indirectly”, and argued there had been “no admissions that she leaked or authorised Ms Watt to leak from Mrs Rooney’s private Instagram or that she knew of such leaking.”
The case centres on claims Rooney correctly exposed Vardy as the source of leaks to The Sun with her bombshell 2019 social media reveal, but Vardy denies it was her and has sued in a bid to "clear my name".
The judge is expected to reserve her final decision on the case to a later date, after hearing today’s legal submissions.
