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Today in Focus

The Wagatha Christie case (part 2)

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

As the so-called ‘Wagatha Christie’ trial approaches, neither side is backing down from a case that has legal fees running into the millions, says media editor Jim Waterson Listen to part 1. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0

This is the Guardian.

0:08.7

Today, as the so-called Wagatha Christie trial approaches,

0:13.3

neither side of backing down from a case that has legal fees running into the millions.

0:19.2

Now this is the second of a two-part special. If you missed part one yesterday, stop,

0:24.0

scroll back through your feed, catch up, and then come back.

0:39.5

It's been almost three years since Kaleen Rooney published that infamous sentence on Instagram.

0:44.8

It's dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot dot Rebecca Vardy's account.

0:53.8

The very public rare is broken out between the wives of two high-profile footballers.

0:58.7

When Rooney's wife Kaleen has accused Jamie Vardy's wife Rebecca of leaking stories from her

1:03.6

private Instagram account to the Sun newspaper. Rebecca Vardy, the wife of Lester Footballer Jamie Vardy,

1:10.3

had, according to Rooney, been involved in selling stories about her to the Sun newspaper.

1:15.8

And Rooney, herself a so-called Wag, had turned detective to post a delicious who done it.

1:25.6

The story was perfect tabloid fodder, and Rooney was reborn as Wagatha Christie.

1:30.9

It really has been sort of war of the Wagatha.

1:33.8

Two footballers wives that used to be friends. Now the very public row between Kaleen

1:39.7

Rooney and Rebecca Vardy. The so-called Wagatha Christie saga began back in October 2019

1:46.4

after Miss Rooney, when Rooney's wife, of course, accused Miss Vardy, Jamie Vardy's wife,

1:51.6

of leaking false stories about her boy and wife.

1:54.8

The damage to Vardy's reputation was undeniable, and she launched a liable suit against her

2:00.7

former friend to try and clear her name. At the high court in London next week, that sensational

2:06.6

trial is finally about to start. As part of the legal process, the court ordered that mobile phones

2:14.6

belonging to Vardy and to her agent Caroline Wat should be searched in order to find vital

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