Overview
- Rebekah Vardy reiterated in recent interviews that she will "never apologise" to Coleen Rooney because she maintains she did not leak Rooney’s Instagram stories and continues to dispute the 2022 High Court findings.
- The 2022 libel trial judge, Mrs Justice Steyn, ruled largely in Coleen Rooney’s favour and described parts of Vardy’s evidence as not credible, and Vardy was ordered to pay a substantial share of Rooney’s legal costs.
- Vardy has previously challenged elements of the costs determination in court but judges found no misconduct in Rooney’s earlier costs statements and left the costs orders in place.
- ITV has commissioned The Vardys, an Orchard Studios production that will document Jamie and Rebekah Vardy’s relocation to Italy, Jamie’s football move, and the family’s attempt to rebuild income and privacy.
- Jamie Vardy has publicly defended his wife, saying media portrayals of her as a "villain" were unfair, and the couple’s new TV project and move abroad are being framed as part of a wider effort to recover reputation and earnings.