Rebekah Vardy launches appeal against Wagatha Christie £1.8m costs ruling

Rebekah Vardy emotional whilst addressing Coleen Rooney row

The drama between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy is continuing as the latter has now launched an appeal bid against a ruling on costs in the latest stage of her Wagatha Christie libel battle.

The battle of the WAGs had been ongoing since Coleen accused Rebekah of selling made up stories about her to the press, resulting in a high profile court case between the two. Mrs Vardy sued her for libel, but Mrs Justice Steyn found in July 2022 that the allegation was “substantially true”.

As a result the judge ordered Mrs Vardy to pay 90% of Mrs Rooney's court costs, including an initial payment of £800,000.

Mrs Rooney’s claimed legal bill – £1,833,906.89 – was more than three times her “agreed costs budget of £540,779.07”. Mrs Vardy's legal representative, Jamie Carpenter KC, argued that this amount was "disproportionate".

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Rebekah Vardy is appealing the costs (Image: Getty)