Coleen Rooney vs Rebekah Vardy: Highlights from day four as Rooney takes to the stand for the first time

Coleen Rooney took to the witness stand for the first time in Rebekah Vardy’s libel trial against her on Friday, telling the High Court that her infamous ‘Wagatha Christie’ post was “my last resort”.

The mother-of-four also opened up about the troubles in her marriage to former England football star Wayne Rooney.

Recalling their difficulties in 2017, she said: “I didn’t know how my marriage was going to work out, whether I was going on with my relationship. We needed to try and work things out.”

Ms Rooney said she “cried every single night” during the family’s time living in Washington DC. She maintained that the contents of her viral post, accusing Ms Vardy of leaking her private information to The Sun newspaper, were true.

In a written statement to court, Ms Rooney said: “I have always been confident in the truth of what I posted on October 9 2019.”

She also said she had kept her plan to catch the leaker totally secret.

“For the avoidance of any doubt, I did not mention this plan or the content of the sting operation to anyone or discuss it with any person at any time.

“Nobody knew the detail of what was going on apart from me. It killed me not telling anyone about it but I managed it,” she said in a statement.

Here are the top moments from day four of the trial:

Coleen Rooney told the High Court that she was in a “vulnerable position” when a story about her marriage to Wayne Rooney – that she believes was leaked from her private Instagram – hit the press.

She was speaking about a story in The Sun about the former England captain being welcomed back into the family bed.

“My relationship with my husband, there had been a situation. It was wrongdoing by my husband. I was in a vulnerable position,” Ms Rooney said.

Mr Rooney was arrested for drink-driving in 2017. Ms Rooney said she had been spending a lot of time with her parents at the time.

Ms Rooney added: “I didn’t know how my marriage was going to work out, whether I was going on with my relationship. We needed to try and work things out.”

She also opened up about her time in Washington DC. She said that while she was living there “I cried every single night. I couldn’t even Facetime my parents.”

Speaking about why she posted the infamous message, Ms Rooney said: “I wasn’t trying to achieve anything. What I wanted was to stop the person who was leaking my private information to The Sun.”

Referring to The Sun’s stories, she said: “It didn’t stop and this was my last resort.”

Ms Rooney said: “I was surprised myself by how much interest [the post] caused.”

Ms Rooney said it was never her intention for Ms Vardy to be trolled on social media.

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