Rebekah Vardy must pay £1.4m of Coleen Rooney's 'Wagatha' legal costs
Summary
Rebekah Vardy has been ordered by a judge to pay Coleen Rooney £1.4 million for legal costs from their libel trial, which Vardy lost. Earlier, Vardy agreed to pay Rooney £1.19 million and the judge has now added an extra £212,266 to this amount.Key Facts
- Rebekah Vardy has to pay £1.4 million to Coleen Rooney.
- This payment is for Coleen's legal costs from a libel battle Vardy lost.
- At first, Vardy agreed to pay £1.19 million.
- A judge decided Vardy should also pay an extra £212,266.
- Both Vardy and Rooney are celebrities and married to famous footballers.
- Neither Vardy nor Rooney attended the remote court hearing.
- Vardy's lawyer thought the costs were too high and should have been capper at £100,000.
- Rooney's legal costs during the trial totaled over £1.8 million.
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