Rebekah Vardy avoids new court clash with Coleen Rooney
Rebekah Vardy avoids new court clash by agreeing to fight over the ‘Wagatha Christie’ legal costs in writing
- Mrs Vardy is relieved she will not step foot in a High Court again, sources say
- Mrs Rooney is expected to say wanted to settle the dispute out of court
- The two women agreed to battle out who pays what via written submissions
Rebekah Vardy will avoid a second humiliating court showdown with Coleen Rooney by agreeing to fight over the legal costs for their ‘Wagatha Christie’ court case in writing
Sources close to Mrs Vardy say that she is relieved she will not have to set foot in the High Court again after her defeat in the libel case she brought following Mrs Rooney’s accusations that she had been leaking stories to The Sun.
One said: ‘The last thing Rebekah wants is to put herself out there again to be laughed at.
‘The two women have agreed to battle out who pays what via written submissions, in private. That way it can be done with some dignity – unlike before.’
Rebekah Vardy will avoid a second humiliating court showdown with Coleen Rooney by agreeing to fight over the legal costs for their ‘Wagatha Christie’ court case in writing
Coleen Rooney (pictured) had initially been determined not to pay any of the costs because she had offered Mrs Vardy a ‘drop hands’ deal, which meant they would both walk away and pay their own bills, but Mrs Vardy declined the offer
The Mail on Sunday understands Mrs Vardy, 40, the wife of Leicester City star Jamie Vardy, will have to pay about three-quarters of the legal costs, expected to be between £2.5million and £3million.
Mrs Rooney will be left paying the remainder, about £700,000.
She had initially been determined not to pay any of the costs because she had offered Mrs Vardy a ‘drop hands’ deal, which meant they would both walk away and pay their own bills, but Mrs Vardy declined the offer.
Mrs Rooney, the 36-year-old wife of ex-England star Wayne, is expected to insist that she repeatedly attempted to settle the dispute out of court, which ended in July after a seven-day trial, which would have reduced the costs significantly.
Spokesmen for both parties declined to comment last night.
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