Overview

• Rebekah Vardy has agreed to pay approximately £1.19 million, including interest, toward Coleen Rooney’s legal costs from the 2022 defamation trial.
• The agreement comes after Vardy’s April 2025 appeal against the trial verdict was dismissed by the High Court.
• Coleen Rooney is also pursuing over £300,000 in additional assessment costs, which will be determined by a specialist costs judge.
• The legal battle began in 2019 when Rooney alleged that Vardy’s Instagram account leaked private stories to the media, leading to a libel trial in 2022.
• Rooney expressed relief at the resolution, stating that the case’s conclusion brings closure for her family after years of litigation.