Wagatha Christie returns to court as third woman in Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney battle WON'T give evidence

Rebekah Vardy’s agent is not fit to give oral evidence in her upcoming libel trial against Coleen Rooney, the High Court has been told. Mrs Rooney, the wife of former England star Wayne Rooney, accused Mrs Vardy of leaking “false stories” about her personal life to the media after carrying out a months-long “sting operation”.

Mrs Rooney was dubbed “Wagatha Christie” in 2019 when she publicly claimed Mrs Vardy, who is married to Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, shared fake stories she had posted on her personal Instagram. Mrs Vardy denies the accusations and is suing Mrs Rooney for libel, reports Cheshire Live.

Mrs Rooney’s lawyers previously claimed Mrs Vardy had leaked information to The Sun newspaper. This was said to have been done either directly or through her friend and agent, Caroline Watt, “acting on her instruction or with her knowing approval”. At an earlier hearing the High Court in London heard that WhatsApp messages between Mrs Vardy and Ms Watt had been disclosed.

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Texts heard in court included Mrs Vardy referring to someone, whose identity is disputed, as a “nasty b****”. David Sherborne, for Mrs Rooney, previously argued Ms Watt texted Mrs Vardy “it wasn’t someone she trusted. It was me”, when the pair were discussing a complaint by Mrs Rooney about leaked stories.

Mr Sherborne also previously told the court that Ms Watt’s phone had “regrettably” fallen into the North Sea before further information could be extracted from it for the case. At a hearing on Wednesday (April 13) ahead of the full trial expected next month, Hugh Tomlinson QC, for Mrs Vardy, said that Ms Watt could not give oral evidence.

In written arguments, Mr Tomlinson said: “The claimant served a witness statement of Caroline