Rebekah Vardy breaks down in tears at 'Wagatha Christie' libel trial

Rebekah Vardy started to cry in the witness box while giving evidence at the libel trial against fellow footballer's wife Coleen Rooney.

The TV personality became tearful in the High Court at the start of questions about abuse she and her family have received from online trolls.

She was asked by Mrs Justice Steyn whether she would like a break.

“I’m not going to take you through the trolling,” Mrs Rooney's barrister David Sherborne said.

Asked again a few moments later if she would like a break, Mrs Vardy replied: “I don’t think it’s going to make any difference, to be honest.”

Earlier, Mrs Vardy denied being prepared “to lie under oath” when she said conversations with her agent about leaking information and receiving payment were “never serious”.

The mother-of-five, giving evidence on the second day of the “Wagatha Christie” libel trial, claimed she had no knowledge that agent Caroline Watt might be “constantly monitoring” Mrs Rooney’s Instagram account.

In a viral social media post in October 2019, Coleen Rooney, 36, said she had carried out a “sting operation” and accused Mrs Vardy, 40, of leaking “false stories” about her private life to the press.

Mrs Vardy, who is married to Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, denies leaking stories to the media and is suing her fellow footballer’s wife for libel, while Mrs Rooney is defending the claim on the basis her post was “substantially true”.

On Wednesday, Mrs Vardy was questioned by Mrs Rooney’s barrister David Sherborne about what he suggested were inconsistencies between her evidence in court and her witness statement.

In her written statement, Mrs Vardy said: “I have sometimes been caught up in the heat of the moment during conversations with Caroline where I have