Rebekah Vardy Ordered to Pay Additional £100,000 to Coleen Rooney in Libel Case

The payment follows a court ruling amid ongoing disputes over legal costs from the high-profile 'Wagatha Christie' trial.

Rebekah Vardy has been instructed to pay Coleen Rooney £100,000 within 21 days, adding to the £800,000 already paid.
The court ruled that while there were transparency issues, Rooney's legal team did not commit misconduct in their cost estimates.
Vardy's lawyers succeeded in reducing the total costs from £1.8 million to £1.725 million by challenging the hourly rates charged by Rooney's lawyers.
The case stems from a 2022 libel trial where Vardy was found to have leaked Rooney's private information to the press.
A detailed line-by-line assessment of the costs is scheduled for early 2025 to finalize the total amount Vardy must pay.