Rebekah Vardy talks to the Loose Women panel about having to go to hospital for anxiety and kidney stones due to stress caused by the fall out from an Instagram post by Coleen Rooney.
Today marks more than five years since the start of the Wagatha Christie case - the surreal, undeniably petty, yet irresistible legal soap opera that has captivated the nation all this time.
Here, MailOnline reviews the case from the start to the present... via all manner of bizarre and colourful revelations -Coleen uses social media to accuse Rebekah of selling stories from her private Instagram account to the tabloids after mounting her own 'Cluedo-style' investigation. The public dispute makes headlines around the world, with the hashtag #WagathaChristie trending on Twitter.Rebekah gives a blistering interview to the Daily Mail in which she denies Coleen's bombshell claim and compares her to a 'pigeon'.
Did the two women argue, I ask? Becky is careful not to explicitly denounce Coleen, but says: 'That would be like arguing with a pigeon. You can tell it that you are right and it is wrong, but it's still going to s*** in your hair.'In a tearful appearance on ITV's Loose Women, Rebekah says the stress of the dispute caused her to have severe anxiety attacks and she 'ended up in hospital three times'.
'She remains confident in the legal process and sees no reason to take the numerous opportunities that have been offered to engage in further public debate on this matter.' Coleen feels that the time and money involved could be put to better use; her offer to meet face to face still stands.'The libel battle has its first High Court hearing in London. A judge rules that Coleen's October 2019 post 'clearly identified' Rebekah as being 'guilty of the serious and consistent breach of trust'.
'Coleen is pleased the judge has ordered that Rebekah must file her reply to the defence, on oath, by no later than December 8. After three years of stress and anxiety about the leaks from her private social media account, Coleen is keen to see progress made on the real issues, beginning with what Rebekah has to tell the court.
OCTOBER 2019: The pair discuss their response to Coleen's now infamous Wagatha Christie claims. The text messages are said to show Rebekah describing Mrs Rooney as a 'b***' and a 'c***'Coleen is refused permission to bring a High Court claim against Ms Watt for misuse of private information to be heard alongside the libel battle.
The agent revokes permission for her witness statement to be used, and withdraws her waiver which would have allowed Sun journalists to say whether she was a source of the allegedly leaked stories.Rebekah 'appears to accept' that her agent was the source of allegedly leaked stories, Coleen's barrister David Sherborne tells the High Court.
Both women give evidence, as revelations from the case make daily headlines across the British press.
Peter, 51, is dragged into the case when Coleen's lawyer Sherborne, reads out excerpts of Rebekah's 2004 News of the World article about him to demonstrate she has form for giving stories to the media. Read More 'How dare anyone bring up Sarah!' Katie Price fumes after her late friend Sarah Harding is mentioned in the Wagatha Christie High Court case In her written statement, Coleen says she is 'aware' that Rebekah had 'provided various pieces of 'behind the scenes' footage for The Sun'.
Rebekah agrees her agent 'appeared to be the source' of a news story on Coleen's 2019 car crash that ended up in The Sun but is questioned by Coleen's lawyer on why she did not challenge her. The total is said to be substantially above the £500,000 which Coleen's team is said to have originally budgeted for in court.
The first of a series of hearings hears that Coleen was 'knowingly misleading' Rebekah by 'deliberately' understating her legal costs during their legal battle.
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