‘Wagatha Christie’ trial: Vardy ordered to pay up to £1.5m of Rooney’s legal fees

High court says Vardy must cover 90% of fellow footballer's wife's costs after she lost libel trial

Rebekah Vardy will have to pay up to 1.5m to Coleen Rooney in legal fees after losing yet another stage in the Wagatha Christie" libel trial.

The high court on Tuesday decided that Vardy must pay 90% of Rooney's court costs, a larger proportion than in many equivalent cases. The judge imposed the punitive charge partly because Vardy deliberately destroyed WhatsApp messages and other evidence relevant to the trial.