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Vardy ordered to pay huge bill for Rooney's legal fees after losing Wagatha Christie case
A judge has ordered Rebekah Vardy to pay Coleen Rooney at least £1.4m in legal costs after the latter won the high-profile Wagatha Christie libel suit against her.
A specialist costs court was told on Tuesday that Mrs Vardy had agreed to pay almost £1.2m to Mrs Rooney after unsuccessfully suing her at the High Court in 2022. But the judge decided she should pay more.
The high-profile court case took place after Mrs Rooney accused Mrs Vardy on social media in 2019 of leaking her private information to the press. Mrs Vardy, wife of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, unsuccessfully tried to sue Mrs Rooney in a libel battle that captivated some areas of the public and was later dramatised for TV.
After Mrs Vardy lost the battle, the judge ordered her to pay 90% of Mrs Rooney's costs, including an initial payment of £800,000. On Tuesday, the specialist costs court heard Mrs Vardy had agreed to pay £1.19m of Mrs Rooney's legal bill.
It also heard Mrs Rooney was asking for a further £315,000 in "assessment costs". Costs Judge Mark Whalan said it was "reasonable and proportionate" for Mrs Vardy to pay £212,266 of Mrs Rooney's assessment costs, inclusive of VAT but before interest, on top of the £1.19m settlement, totalling at least £1.4m.
The judge said that he was "generally happy" that the outcome was a "commercially satisfactory conclusion for both sides.
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