Rebekah Vardy Ordered to Pay Coleen Rooney

Rebekah Vardy has been ordered to pay Coleen Rooney an additional £100,000 as part of the ongoing legal disputes stemming from their 2022 Wagatha Christie libel case. This payment is part of the 90% of £1.8 million in legal costs that Vardy is liable for after losing the case, where a judge found it 'substantially true' that she leaked Rooney’s private information to the press. The High Court hearing also addressed disputes over legal fees, with Vardy's lawyers claiming misconduct by Rooney's team in understated costs, a claim dismissed by the court. Senior costs judge Andrew Gordon-Saker suggested the need for further payments to ensure Rooney is not delayed in receiving her costs. A full line-by-line assessment of the overall costs owed by Vardy is expected to take place in early 2025. Both women were absent from the recent court proceedings, which focused on preliminary matters before the detailed assessment.