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WAGATHA CHRISTIE TRIAL LIVE: Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney’s Wagatha Christie WAGs war resumes today as Wayne Rooney’s wife returns to stand…. and world braces for more revelations
- Libel trial between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney continues today
- High Court has heard extraordinary details of life inside Wags’ bubble
- Rebekah is suing Coleen after she was accused of leaking stories to the media
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The phrase Davy Jones’ Locker has long been used to describe the dreadful resting place of sailors who have died at sea and are destined to remain forever at the bottom of the sea.
The earliest known reference of the negative connotation of Davy Jones occurs in the Four Years Voyages of Capt. George Roberts, by author Daniel Defoe, published in 1726 in London.
The idiom inspired a fictional character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series who served as the tyrannical captain of ghost ship the Flying Dutchman.
The fictional Davy Jones should not be considered with Monkees singer David Thomas Jones, who also adopted the name.
London’s High Court burst into laughter after Rebekah Vardy admitted she didn’t know who Davy Jones was while being questioned over a missing mobile.
Her agent Caroline Watt’s phone was dropped in the North Sea after the court asked for it to be handed over for examination.
Coleen’s team have accused Rebekah of deleting key evidence that, it is said, would prove that Rebekah had been leaking stories to the media.
Coleen’s lawyer Mr Sherborne said: ‘We know that Ms Watt’s phone is now in Davy Jones’ Locker, don’t we, Mrs Vardy?’
Rebekah then replied: ‘I’m sorry, I don’t know who Davy Jones is’, saying didn’t watch much TV. The judge then had to describe Mr Sherborne’s nautical reference to the sea bed.
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Rebekah Vardy claimed she and her fellow WAGs had to wash their own clothes in the sink at their hotel during the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
As the Wagatha Christie trial entered a third day, Rebekah was quizzed by Coleen Rooney’s barrister David Sherborne about the extent of her contacts with journalists during the tournament.
In response, the WAG claimed she did not have any contact with the media because she was too busy washing her clothes in the sink.
‘I was busy with the kids and under so much stress,’ she said. ‘We even had to wash our own clothes in the sink at the hotel.’
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Rebekah Vardy has been quizzed once again at the Wagatha Christie libel trial about a WhatsApp exchange which saw her brand Coleen Rooney a ‘c***’ after she unfollowed her on Instagram.
Coleen, 36, accused Rebekah, 40, of leaking ‘false stories’ about her private life to the media in October 2019, after carrying out what she described as a months-long ‘sting operation’.
She publicly outed Rebekah in an Instagram post, claiming her fellow WAG had shared three ‘fake’ stories she had shared as bait on her personal account. Rebekah furiously denied this and launched her costly libel action which is now into its second trial day.
Before the scandal broke, Coleen stopped following Rebekah on Instagram. ‘OMG what a c***,’ Rebekah texted her agent Caroline Watt after realising what had happened, according to texts read out to the High Court earlier in the trial.
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Peter Andre’s privates were among the unlikely highlights of the first day of the Wagatha Christie trial.
Rebekah Vardy was asked an interview she gave to the News Of The World about her claimed sexual encounter with singer Peter Andre.
Coleen Rooney’s barrister David Sherborne showed a print out of the article to Rebekah in the witness box before reading the headline: ‘Peter’s hung like a small chipolata, shaved, slobbery, lasts five minutes’.
The barrister read excerpts from the article, in which it was claimed Mr Andre had managed ‘just five minutes of sex with Rebekah’ and in which she said he had ‘the smallest trouser equipment I’ve ever seen’ that was like a ‘miniature chipolata’.
Mr Sherborne suggested to Rebekah that the News Of The World was the ‘highest circulating newspaper at the time’, read by some four million people, and asked her whether it was ‘respectful’ of Peter Andre’s ‘right not to share this information’.
She replied: ‘I was forced into a situation by my ex-husband to do this. It is something that I deeply regret… It is not nice to read and I understand why this is being used and to me this is mudslinging and I was also threatened with mudslinging by Mrs Rooney’s team.’
Asked the question again by Coleen Rooney’s barrister David Sherborne, Rebekah said: ‘The circumstances around it were completely different.’
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One of the key players in the whole Wagatha Christie drama is Rebekah’s PR agent Caroline Watt.
Ms Watt and Rebekah have been accused of plotting to leak a series of stories to the media.
Rebekah denied claims that she had conspired with Ms Watt, but admitted in London’s High Court that she allowed her publicist to use her Instagram log-in to access Coleen’s private account.
Last week, Rebekah’s lawyer said she thought it was possible that Ms Watt ‘was the source of some or all of the stories’ after the PR agent withdrew a witness statement from the trial in which she said she had not leaked stories.
The court was told that Ms Watt had told Rebekah in a text that she had leaked information about Coleen’s 2019 car crash.
It was also heard how Ms Watt’s phone fell into the North Sea in August 2021 before further information could be extracted from it – a claim which Coleen’s lawyer called ‘improbable’.
London’s High Court heard all manner of lurid and bombshell claims about warring Wags Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney last week. Highlights include –
– Rebekah Vardy and Peter Andre’s ‘chipolata’ manhood:
The High Court heard how Rebekah Vardy described Peter Andre’s manhood as a ‘small chipolata’ in a 2004 kiss-and-tell newspaper interview. Last week she said that she regards her News Of The World interview as one of her ‘biggest regrets’. Mysterious Girl singer Andre has hit out at the allegations, insisting his ‘acorn’ is an ‘oak’ and blasting the ‘double standards’ at play.
– ‘Who is Davy Jones?’:
Rebekah Vardy had to ask the High Court who Davy Jones is, following a nautical reference by Coleen’s barrister concerning claims that Rebekah’s publicist, Caroline Watt, lost her phone containing ‘evidence’ on WhatsApp when it fell off a boat into the North Sea.
– Coleen and Wayne Rooney DID split up
Coleen Rooney admitted for the first time that she split from her husband Wayne Rooney and feared her marriage was over after he was caught drink-driving with a ‘party girl’ in 2017.
– Rebekah Vardy cried FOUR TIMES in court
Rebekah Vardy burst into tears four times last week under questioning from Coleen’s barrister as well as her own.
– Vardy’s ‘spat’ with Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding
In a written witness statement, Coleen Rooney alleged that Rebekah Vardy had a ‘spat’ with Sarah Harding after going through the Girls Aloud singer’s handbag – and then taking photos of its contents – at the National Television Awards in 2019.
– Rebekah’s ‘war against the Wags’
London’s High Court heard how Rebekah Vardy and her publicist Caroline Watt plotted to sell stories about celebrities and fellow Wags to the media. These include: Danny Drinkwater’s 2019 drink-driving arrest; model Danielle Lloyd’s miscarriage; and ‘gossip’ about an unnamed female celebrity ‘s****ing’ a footballer.
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‘Wagatha Christie’ was the nickname given to Coleen after she accused Rebekah of sharing ‘false’ stories to The Sun newspaper.
Hoping to find the Instagram account responsible for sharing these stories, Coleen said she had changed the privacy settings of her posts so it was visible to just one person’s account – Rebekah’s.
Coleen’s apparent sleuthing skills quickly led to her being nicknamed ‘Wagatha Christie’ – a play on the term WAG for footballers’ ‘wives and girlfriends’ and a nod to crime writer Agatha Christie.
In a tweet on October 9, 2019: ‘I have saved and screenshotted all the original stories which clearly show just one person has viewed them. It’s ………. Rebekah Vardy’s account.’
Rebekah has denied the allegations and is suing Coleen for libel.
Good morning to you all – and welcome back to MailOnline’s live coverage of the Wagatha Christie libel trial.
The blockbuster £3million court clash between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney has been nothing short of scandalous so far – and there’s no reason to imagine we won’t hear more lurid and sensational claims this week.
It’s the ultimate story of ‘gossip’ and ‘betrayal’ – from talk of Peter Andre’s ‘chipolata’ manhood, Coleen’s marriage to Wayne Rooney and secret plots to sells stories about fellow Wags to the media, to Davy Jones’ locker, Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding and THOSE court sketches.
So follow our live coverage today as we bring you all the latest updates on the ‘libel trial of the century’.
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