football players. our correspondent, colin paterson, has been following the trial. it was the trial that brought two footballers wives face to face in court. coleen rooney, wife of england s all time top scorer wayne rooney and rebekah vardy, wife of leicester city strikerjamie vardy. the trial attracted huge media interest. camera crews jostled for position outside and reporters and columnists had to queue to get a ringside seat for this courtroom drama. now thejudgment has been published online. the winner, coleen rooney. coleen rooney has struck a major victory. a major home run here. and it makes her look, in a sense, a certain amount of a statesperson over this. she understands the game. vardy doesn t. the case all centred on accusation made by coleen rooney in october 2019. she had been doing some detective work to investigate
where the lionesses manager good afternoon and welcome to bbc news, rebekah vardy has lost her libel case which had become known as the wagatha christie trial at the high court. vardy had sued coleen rooney after the latter accused her of leaking private information about her to the tabloid press. both women have huge social media followings and business interests, having leveraged their exposure as the wives of famous football players. our correspondent, colin paterson, has been following the trial. it was the trial that brought two footballers wives face to face in court. coleen rooney, wife of england s all time top scorer wayne rooney and rebekah vardy, wife of leicester city strikerjamie vardy. camera crews jostled for position outside and reporters and columnists had to queue to get a ringside seat for this courtroom drama. now thejudgment has been published online. the winner, coleen rooney. coleen rooney has struck a major victory. a major home run here. and it makes her