Rebekah Vardy has been ordered to pay £1.5m in the direction of Coleen Rooney’s authorized prices following their Wagatha Christie libel trial.
In a ruling issued on Tuesday, Judge Justice Steyn stated Vardy should pay 90% of Rooney’s prices, and that an £800,000 down cost have to be paid by 4pm on 15 November.
Vardy has additionally been ordered to pay the prices of seven journalists who have been potential witnesses however didn’t really give proof within the extremely publicised path.
Vardy misplaced her libel case towards Rooney in July.
The case centred round a social media publish revealed by Rooney on 9 October 2019, by which she accused Vardy of leaking tales about her to the press.
The publish led to Rooney being dubbed “Wagatha Christie” on social media – a nod to the world-famous British crime novelist Agatha Christie.
Vardy, who had denied being answerable for leaking Rooney’s private data, introduced she could be taking Rooney to court docket in June 2020, with the trial lastly reaching the High Court in May this yr.
However, the case did not go Vardy’s means, with the court docket discovering the essence of Rooney’s social media publish was “substantially true” – that is to say Vardy was answerable for leaking Rooney’s non-public data to the press.
In her ruling, Judge Steyn stated Rooney’s proof was “honest and reliable”, however labelled Vardy’s proof “manifestly inconsistent… evasive or implausible”.
In the order made public on Tuesday, the identical choose stated Vardy had “deliberately deleted or destroyed evidence”, calling such behaviour “outside the ordinary and reasonable conduct of proceedings”.
For this cause she stated prices could be assessed on an indemnity slightly than an ordinary foundation – a call which is extra beneficial to Mrs Rooney by way of the quantity of her authorized invoice she will get better.
Source: information.sky.com”