‘Wagatha Christie’ libel battle is a detective story, High Court told

Rebekah Vardy said she has been ‘inundated’ with messages amid her row with Coleen Rooney (PA)

Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney’s libel battle is a “detective story” and “essentially about betrayal”, the High Court has heard.

In a viral social media post in October 2019, Mrs Rooney, 36, said she had carried out a “sting operation” and accused Mrs Vardy, 40, of leaking “false stories” about her private life to the press.