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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:07,135 This program me contains very strong language. 2 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:08,655 For a few years now, 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:12,615 someone who I trusted on my personal Instagram account 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:16,575 has been consistently informing the Sun newspaper 5 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:18,335 of my private posts. 6 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,055 I came up with an idea. 7 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:30,055 I blocked everyone from viewing my stories except for one account. 8 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:38,335 I posted a series of false stories 9 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:41,175 to see if they found their way into The Sun. 10 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:47,615 And you know what? They did. 11 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:50,535 It's... 12 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:07,375 ...Re be ka h Va rdy's account. 13 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:41,175 A very public row has broken 14 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,135 out between the wives of two high-profile footballers. 15 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,095 She conducted an undercover sting operation. 16 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,735 Feels like the start of something quite explosive. 17 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:54,815 Rebekah Vardy has announced this week that she plans 18 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,135 to sue Coleen Rooney for defamation. 19 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,815 On one side is Coleen Rooney. TV presenter, columnist 20 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,415 and wife of former England footballer, Wayne Rooney. 21 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,495 On the other side is Rebekah Vardy, former model, reality TV contestant, 22 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:09,335 and wife of Leicester City striker, Jamie Vardy. 23 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:11,135 I've been in touch with Coleen 24 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,255 and she was hoping it could get solved without having 25 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,575 to go to the High Court. I mean look 26 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,935 this is gonna be costing over millions, 27 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,775 court is very scary. Not a nice place to be. 28 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,055 But neither were gonna back down and neither was gonna say sorry. 29 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:29,655 Coleen does feels he had every right to out Rebekah on this. 30 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,495 Why is everyone so fascinated by this story? 31 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,295 Revenge, vengeance, people can't get enough of it, 32 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,655 I mean, broadsheet papers, the tabloid papers, 33 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,215 people in the supermarket saying to each other "what do you think? 34 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,695 "Do you think she did it? Do you think she didn't do it?" 35 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,455 Is there really any doubt that she did it? It's fascinating. 36 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:54,615 I think every emoji that could have been hit was hit, 37 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:57,135 every WhatsApp group chat lit up. 38 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:01,415 I'm not saying that Coleen's a bad person 39 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,415 and as someone that's been in this industry now for 40 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:05,775 a long time with her level of following, 41 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,375 if you post this, this is what's gonna happen. 42 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,135 She's had quite a lot of bad press anyway. 43 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,015 She's somebody who does rub people up the wrong way. 44 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,775 Because people don't like her as much as they like Coleen. 45 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:21,095 What happens here if she is telling the truth and she didn't do it? 46 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:32,615 Court rise. 47 00:03:57,000 --> 00:04:01,695 My Lady. On the 9th of October 2019, 48 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,975 Mrs Rooney accused Mrs Vardy of being 49 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:09,375 the person who had regularly leaked information about her 50 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:13,215 from her private Instagram account to The Sun newspaper. 51 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:22,255 As a result, Mrs Vardy and her family were subjected to abuse 52 00:04:22,280 --> 00:04:25,335 and threats of a really horrific nature. 53 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:30,895 But, the allegation in the post was false. 54 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:34,415 Mrs Vardy had not leaked information about Mrs Rooney. 55 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,775 There is a great focus in 56 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:42,055 Mrs Rooney's argument in this trial on the role of Caroline Watt. 57 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:54,215 Ms Watt and Mrs Vardy were great friends 58 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:58,575 over a number of years in addition to their professional relationship. 59 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:01,135 The court will hear a lot about 60 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,535 the WhatsApp messages they exchanged. 61 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:07,935 Mrs Vardy accepts that it is possible that 62 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:10,935 Ms Watt had some involvement in the leaking 63 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:15,255 of information from Mrs Rooney's private Instagram account. 64 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:20,575 That is not something she knew anything about 65 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:27,295 and it is something that she didn't approve of or authorised Ms Watt to do. 66 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,695 Mrs Vardy doesn't actually know what happened. 67 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:36,295 All she knows is what she did. And she knows it wasn't her. 68 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:42,255 Thank you. My Lady, with the court's permission, I'll call Mrs Vardy. 69 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,775 Court room 13 was packed full of journalists. 70 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,375 We knew this was going to be dramatic. 71 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:03,095 Rooney was represented by David Sherborne, 72 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:04,735 one of the most highly paid 73 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,735 and formidable lawyers in the country. 74 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:11,295 He has three clays to dismantle Vardy's story 75 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,535 and to destroy her credibility. 76 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:20,415 Mrs Vardy. 77 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,015 You would agree that 78 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:28,815 to secretly pass on somebody else's information that didn't want it 79 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:32,495 to be shared with the outside world is wrong? 80 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:34,695 Yes, my Lady. 81 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:40,175 Would you say that you respect other people's privacy? 82 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:41,735 Yes, I do. 83 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:48,095 Well, let's test that. We're back in 2004. 84 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:54,895 Ancl you gave The News of the World this interview 85 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,895 about having had sex with Peter Andre. 86 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:08,935 "Peter's shaved, slobbery, lasts five minutes 87 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:14,535 "and then falls asleep. Peter was tiny, she sighs. 88 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,855 "Smallest trouser equipment I've ever seen. 89 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:22,655 "When he pulled down his pants, I couldn't believe it. 90 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:26,695 "|t was like a miniature chipolata." 91 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,375 Your words, Mrs Vardy? 92 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:37,135 Yes, my Lady. Can I give you a bit of history on that one? 93 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:38,775 Well, I would rather you answer my question. 94 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:43,415 Do you think it was respectful of Mr Andre, 95 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,055 to have told all this to Sun readers? 96 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:49,095 It is horrible. 97 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:52,175 Ancl would I ever do something like that again? 98 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,455 Not in a million years. It is not nice. 99 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:01,215 I was very young and I've apologised for this. 100 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:08,855 |t's...shameful reading that and it's one of my biggest regrets. 101 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,775 What the defence is trying to do here 102 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:14,615 is paint and allege a picture of Vardy having 103 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:18,535 a long history of telling people's personal information 104 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:20,255 to national journalists. 105 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:22,215 One of the strange features of this trial 106 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:25,295 was that it centred on someone who never actually testified. 107 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:30,255 That's Rebekah Vardy's former PR agent and friend, Caroline Watt. 108 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:35,615 Both Rooney and Vardy agreed that Watt could have been leaking stories to The Sun. 109 00:08:36,800 --> 00:08:39,975 The question was, did Vardy know she was doing it? 110 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,415 Vardy claimed that she didn't. 111 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,135 The challenge for her was how to explain away 112 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:47,775 the evidence to the contrary. 113 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,455 I make this statement in support of my claim 114 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,695 for libel against Coleen Rooney. 115 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:58,335 I first met Caroline Watt in 2016, 116 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,095 when I decided to take on professional media help. 117 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,135 I liked her and I thought she was funny, 118 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:09,495 our children were very similar ages and we bonded over that. 119 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,375 I gave Caroline sole access 120 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:16,255 to my Instagram account when I was appearing on I'm a Celebrity. 121 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,815 Did you tell Mrs Rooney that Ms Watt had access, 122 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:26,695 through your account, to her private Instagram account? 123 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,335 No, and I didn't tell lots of other followers the same. 124 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,215 Ancl do you feel strongly that as your agent she should be able 125 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,535 to read everyone's private 126 00:09:35,560 --> 00:09:39,975 information without their knowledge through the use of your account? 127 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:45,215 No, but to the best of my knowledge I didn't know that's what was happening. 128 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:49,575 Ancl if she was, that would be wrong? Correct. 129 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:51,895 Ancl if you knew she was doing that, 130 00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:54,895 that would make you responsible as well, wouldn't it? 131 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:58,615 Yes, but I didn't know that that's what was happening. 132 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:02,055 So you say, Mrs Vardy, so you say. 133 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:08,735 Can I now ask you to turn to the first bundle, D. 134 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:15,455 This is an exchange between you and Caroline Watt, is that right? 135 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:18,215 Yes. 136 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:22,655 We see you start this exchange at 8.49am. 137 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,855 What does "FFS" stand for? 138 00:11:08,680 --> 00:11:09,655 Um... 139 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:13,535 It's fine. 140 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:16,575 "For Fuck's Sake." 141 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:20,935 I just wanted to be clear before I read it as that. 142 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,615 If you leak someone's information, 143 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:26,975 now that's not a nice thing to do, is it, 144 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,015 we can agree on that, can't we? 145 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,295 Yes, but I didn't leak anything. 146 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:34,655 I genuinely can't remember who we 147 00:11:34,680 --> 00:11:36,975 were discussing in this conversation. 148 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,855 And, when I say "leak"... 149 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:44,295 ...| have very strong beliefs on promoting positive body imaging 150 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,895 and it actually wasn't meant to read like that at all. 151 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:49,775 What I meant was, 152 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:53,215 can we not do a positive body campaign. 153 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:55,175 Which I then went on the following year 154 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,215 and did a positive body campaign. 155 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:00,575 WhatsApp is used in English. That is the language, 156 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:04,575 and you do use the word "leak," don't you? 157 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:07,375 I did use the word "leak," but that's not what I meant. 158 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:12,335 I wanted to do a story promoting positive body imaging. 159 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,415 Ancl if you are doing a story, then how is that a leak? 160 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:19,775 Because...that's not what I meant to say. 161 00:12:19,800 --> 00:12:21,095 It wasn't meant to be a leak. 162 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,415 Oh, I see. 163 00:12:23,440 --> 00:12:25,855 You don't know what the word "leak" means then? 164 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:27,415 Well, there are two meanings to it, 165 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:29,935 but that's not what I meant when I said the word "leak." 166 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,215 Can we turn then to the next example? 167 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:44,335 You message Ms Watt out of the blue. 168 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:51,095 "OMG, have you seen how badly Mrs F is behaving." 169 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:55,655 Mrs F is a well-known celebrity, right? That's correct, yes. 170 00:12:55,680 --> 00:12:57,615 We have the names in the confidential schedule 171 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:00,895 so I am going to be very careful not to identify them. 172 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,535 Mr H is the estranged husband. 173 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:06,975 Ancl Mr G is a well-known footballer. 174 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:31,215 You instructed Caroline to leak 175 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:36,295 a story about Mrs F cheating on her husband by having sex with 176 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:39,175 a well-known footballer behind his back. 177 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:42,055 Isn't that what you say there? 178 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:44,015 That's the way it reads, 179 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:46,295 but I was actually just joking about that one. 180 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:50,735 You were just joking, were you? Yes, I was. 181 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,095 But Ms Watt doesn't think you're joking, does she? 182 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:57,695 Because she says, "I tried before but The Sun already knew about it 183 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:00,015 "and couldn't prove it as usual." 184 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:01,855 Now, you don't respond to that by saying, 185 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,175 "Oh, I'm only joking, Caroline. 186 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,495 "I didn't really mean for you to leak it", 187 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:08,815 what you say is "Ugh," 188 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,215 you're annoyed that you can't leak it, aren't you? 189 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:12,775 No, I'm disgusted. 190 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,855 Going back to the first comment with the behaviour. 191 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:21,895 |t's...it's more like a yuck not an ugh. 192 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:24,855 Really? 193 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:29,775 You want this court to believe that? 194 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,975 Mrs Watt and myself have been friends for 195 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,015 a very long time. 196 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:39,535 Our WhatsApps were sometimes outrageous, 197 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,895 sometimes totally inappropriate but these are 198 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,775 a lot of conversations that are between friends, 199 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,415 gossiping and poking fun about people, 200 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,895 and yes, they don't read very well. 201 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:54,015 But, there's always explanations for them. 202 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,535 Rebekah Vardy didn't grow up part of the media elite. 203 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:24,215 She actually grew up on council estates and became homeless at 15. 204 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:26,455 PHONE RINGS 205 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:31,615 But, after marrying one of the biggest footballers in 206 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:36,015 the country, she began to establish a public profile of her own. 207 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:39,215 She appeared on TV, I'm A Celebrity and Loose Women, 208 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,895 and she was constantly featured in the press. 209 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:45,375 But now, that very same media that had helped her rise 210 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:49,015 to fame sat in judgement on her, in literally the seats 211 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:51,375 a jury would normally sit in. 212 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:55,175 Live Tweeting to the public as Rooney's team continued their attack. 213 00:15:56,720 --> 00:15:59,775 The next accusation was of underhand methods in 214 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:03,615 the way that Vardy tried to boost her press profile. 215 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,695 Mrs Robertson, please feel free to sit. Thank you. 216 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:10,855 Harpreet Robinson claimed 217 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:16,215 Vardy sat in seats that weren't allocated to her at the Euros 2016. 218 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:19,935 Robertson suspected Vardy sat there 219 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:23,735 so she could be photographed next to Rooney by the press. 220 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:30,655 Can we talk about the Euros 2016 game? 221 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:32,975 You said an issue arose as 222 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,655 to whether Rebekah Vardy was in the right seats? Yes. 223 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:39,775 Can you just explain the process briefly as 224 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:43,815 to how you decide who sits where in a game? 225 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,495 Well, prior to the match, I would do a recce of the stadium 226 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,575 and then I would work out which seats to allocate to various groups. 227 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:52,535 I was trying to avoid the families of 228 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:54,895 the footballers sitting together. 229 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:59,895 Because we'd seen on previous tournaments that this had become a distraction. 230 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:03,095 I wanted the football to be the focus of the tournament. 231 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,615 In relation to Mrs Vardy's seating, what issue arose? 232 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:09,175 Her guests were sitting in my seats. 233 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:13,575 It meant that I didn't have a seat or the security guards that I was with. 234 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:14,975 We had to find somewhere else. 235 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,735 In terms of what happened when you spoke 236 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,255 to Mrs Vardy's party, can you just give 237 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:23,855 a little explanation as to what was said to you? 238 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:25,455 I mean, this is the bit that... 239 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,255 ...it was the worst sort of moment I've had working on 240 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:32,535 a match up until that point. 241 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:34,055 She was told to fuck off. 242 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,415 I absolutely didn't tell her that at all. 243 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,015 Can we turn to the next page? 244 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:44,935 Your Euro Diary, it's your column in The Sun. 245 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:50,095 Ms Caroline Watt has arranged for you to have 246 00:17:50,120 --> 00:17:53,895 a column in The Sun, hasn't she? That's correct, yes. 247 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,135 You've clone well. I suppose you could call it that. 248 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,175 This is you getting a chance to promote yourself in The Sun? 249 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,575 No, this is an opportunity for me to be able 250 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:04,695 to earn my own money. 251 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,135 I never wanted to rely on my husband. 252 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:11,455 I wanted to earn my own money 253 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,455 and there were opportunities that arose. 254 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:18,775 Now, this is the article you wrote after the Wales game. 255 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:23,535 "I was sitting just behind Coleen Rooney watching 256 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:28,015 "the game and we'd a chat before it started." 257 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,295 That's gratuitous, isn't it? 258 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,815 No, I think it's stating the obvious. 259 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:38,095 I mean, the pictures speak for themselves. 260 00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:39,495 Let me help you, Mrs Vardy. 261 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:41,855 The reason you wanted to put this in is 262 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,775 because it boosts your public profile, doesn't it? 263 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:47,775 That's just ridiculous. 264 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,895 What you don't say is you were sitting behind Mrs Rooney 265 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,935 because you deliberately went and sat there, 266 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:55,655 even though they weren't your seats. 267 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:58,255 That's nonsense. Absolute nonsense. 268 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:03,895 Well, someone is not telling the truth. Either you or Mrs Robertson. 269 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:05,095 I think she's... 270 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:13,455 ...has either got confused or it's what she's been told to say. 271 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:16,175 What she's been told to say? 272 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,175 Who has she been told to say this by? 273 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:25,055 I don't know. I'm just speculating, my Lady. 274 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:26,735 What were you speculating? 275 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:29,855 Perhaps you can tell us. 276 00:19:31,360 --> 00:19:35,295 That maybe she got her wires crossed 277 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:39,815 or that she...got the wrong end of the stick. 278 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:45,095 So, you're quite prepared, in this court, to throw around 279 00:19:45,120 --> 00:19:49,095 an accusation that Mrs Robertson has not been telling the truth. 280 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:52,575 Well, I don't believe her statement. 281 00:19:59,360 --> 00:20:05,775 Let's come on to some other examples of you providing other people's 282 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,175 information they don't want published. 283 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:18,375 Danny Drink water was another professional footballer, yes? 284 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:20,655 Yes. 285 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:27,455 On the 8th April 2019, you message Caroline Watt. 286 00:20:50,120 --> 00:20:51,135 Is this another joke? 287 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:53,735 Another conversation between you 288 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,335 and Ms Watt which is not real English? 289 00:20:57,360 --> 00:20:58,895 No, it's absolutely not a joke. 290 00:20:58,920 --> 00:21:00,095 It is not a joke 291 00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:05,175 because you say you want money in return for this story, don't you? 292 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:07,295 It was a fleeting thought 293 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:11,695 and one I didn't consider any more than when I wrote it. 294 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:14,535 What on earth does that mean, that answer? 295 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,735 Can you just explain that? "It was a fleeting thought." 296 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:24,815 I meant in the context that it was something terrible that had originated. 297 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:28,455 That I had seen on social media. 298 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:34,775 |'m...deeply affected by drink driving. 299 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:38,335 My ex-husband killed two people during our marriage 300 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:42,895 and it was something that I felt was outrageous, 301 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:46,895 and at the time I didn't care whether 302 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:49,215 the information came out or not. 303 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:51,735 It was something that rightly should, 304 00:21:51,760 --> 00:21:57,375 someone should have to deal with and if they've got expensive lawyers 305 00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:59,695 the chances are they won't have to deal with it. 306 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:02,575 They were going to get away with it. 307 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:08,735 You meant it when you said, "I want paying for this." 308 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,015 No, it wasn't a serious comment. 309 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:12,655 It was not a serious comment? 310 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,655 Well, we will see how seriously Ms Watt takes it in a minute. 311 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:19,455 Look what Caroline Watt says. 312 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:27,495 You say "He's in big trouble." Now, you don't come back and say, 313 00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:33,135 "What on earth are you doing sending it to Andy Halls, a Sun journalist?" 314 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,495 No, I didn't and for that, I can only apologise. 315 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:42,295 The messages are not good, 316 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:47,055 but it was something that really affected me in the instance. 317 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,335 Very, very badly in the past. 318 00:22:53,120 --> 00:22:54,855 Caroline Watt says to you... 319 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,055 To which you respond... 320 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,895 So, what are you angry about when you say, 321 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,095 "Fuck, someone already tipped it." 322 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:16,575 I'm not angry at all. 323 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,815 Again, it's just the way we spoke to each other. 324 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:23,935 You're fuming because someone else beat you to it. 325 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:28,735 That's not true at all, I was annoyed that I didn't give it to Caroline earlier. 326 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:29,735 Why? 327 00:23:32,120 --> 00:23:33,095 I don't know. 328 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:38,535 Mrs Vardy, I am going to ask you again. 329 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:44,295 Why are you fuming that you didn't give it to Caroline earlier? 330 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,775 I don't know. 331 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,935 Mrs Vardy, I'm going to ask you to take the supplemental bundle. 332 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,615 Can you turn, please, to page 273. 333 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,135 This is your witness statement, isn't it? 334 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:03,815 Yes. Can I just read the statement of truth there. 335 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:10,255 "I believe that the facts stated in this witness statement are true." 336 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,095 And you understood, didn't you, 337 00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:16,455 how important it was to get this document right? 338 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,655 Ancl you know the consequences of getting it wrong. 339 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:24,455 Yes. 340 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,775 I have sometimes been caught up in the heat of the moment 341 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:32,415 during conversations with Caroline where I have talked about "leaks" and payment. 342 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,335 This was the kind of jokey chat that Caroline 343 00:24:36,360 --> 00:24:38,615 and I would have from time to time. 344 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:40,935 She would be speaking to journalists 345 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,215 and they would give her gossip and try and get stories. 346 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,415 These kinds of conversations were part of 347 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:50,735 the strange celebrity gossip world I have come to inhabit. 348 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:54,975 But, these conversations were never serious 349 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:56,735 and Caroline would have understood that. 350 00:24:58,760 --> 00:24:59,935 Mrs Vardy... 351 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:03,375 ...do you still stand by that evidence? 352 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:08,735 That in all those conversations that we've seen, 353 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:12,055 you were never being serious 354 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:15,895 and Caroline understood that you were never being serious? 355 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,735 Yes, or no, please, Mrs Vardy. Yes. 356 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,095 Apart from the Danny Drink water one. 357 00:25:27,120 --> 00:25:31,495 Oh, I see, so there is an exception, is there? 358 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,935 Why on earth then did you not say in the statement, 359 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:38,935 I put it to you that when you say in that written statement, 360 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,775 "these conversations were never," 361 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:45,415 and I emphasise the word "never, serious", 362 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:49,855 that's completely untrue, isn't it? No, that's not. 363 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:54,615 This shows, Mrs Vardy, that you are prepared to lie under oath, aren't you? 364 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:56,135 No, I'm really not, no. 365 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:11,255 Leaked text messages, sold stories. 366 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,175 The High Court case between Rebekah Vardy 367 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,455 and Coleen Rooney has got everybody talking. 368 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:21,495 So far, Vardy had been accused of leaking various stories, 369 00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,935 but none were yet about Rooney herself, 370 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:28,895 and ultimately, those were the ones that mattered. 371 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:32,455 If Rooney couldn't prove that Vardy knew about those leaks, 372 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:35,815 Vardy would win her claim for libel. 373 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:37,815 Vardy's defence was that her agent 374 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:41,495 Caroline Watt had leaked those posts. Not her. 375 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:45,615 Rooney's team didn't believe Vardy. 376 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,735 But, could they prove she wasn't telling the truth. 377 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:53,655 In 2019, I was aware that information from my 378 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,935 private Instagram account was being leaked to The Sun. 379 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,815 It was messing with my head that someone who I trusted was doing this 380 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:06,375 to me. Becky's account was the one that stood out at that time. 381 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:09,295 We got on fine, but over time, 382 00:27:09,320 --> 00:27:12,975 I got the feeling that she was really just fishing for information. 383 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,055 I decided to remove Becky as a follower 384 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,335 to see whether that put a stop to the leaks. 385 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:22,255 Mrs Rooney blocks you. 386 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:27,375 Then, on the 6th February, 387 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:33,095 Caroline messages you. "Babe, has Coleen unfollowed you?" 388 00:27:35,360 --> 00:27:36,695 That's correct. 389 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:40,575 Ms Watt must have been looking through your account at 390 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:45,255 Mrs Rooney's account to be able to see that she had unfollowed you. 391 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,015 I can't comment on that. 392 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,375 I don't know how she managed to find out that. 393 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:58,375 You don't know? Well, OK, let's look a bit further down. 394 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:01,295 You say... 395 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:18,535 So this is Caroline Watt telling you that she's specifically looking on 396 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:23,775 the account to find out what's going on in Mrs Rooney's life. 397 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,975 Do you see? Yes. 398 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:32,255 Yes. It's quite clear Ms Watt was monitoring Mrs Rooney's private 399 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:36,295 Instagram account, through the use of your account, isn't that right? 400 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:40,055 No. It says she looked on there at the weekend. 401 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:45,855 That doesn't say that she's monitoring it or that she's 402 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:49,735 consistently checking it or consistently looking at it. 403 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,415 But, she is telling you she has been doing it? 404 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:54,975 No, she says she's looked on there at the weekend. 405 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:59,775 That doesn't say that she's monitoring it or that she's 406 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:02,935 consistently checking it or looking at it. 407 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,815 "OMG" you say. 408 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:11,935 "What a cunt. 409 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:16,655 "I'm going to message her." And then Caroline says... 410 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:30,255 You're trying to work out what you should do about 411 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:33,735 the fact that Mrs Rooney has unfollowed you. 412 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:37,575 You go on. "Not having her bad mouth me to anyone. 413 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:42,335 "If she's doing that, my god, she will be sorry." 414 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,535 Ancl you say, "I've messaged her. 415 00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:49,015 "I swear she better not cunt me off." 416 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:58,535 I received a WhatsApp from Becky which said, 417 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,135 "I saw you had unfollowed me, just wanted 418 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,495 "to ask if I offended you in any way? 419 00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,775 "Literally only noticed the other clay." 420 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,135 This made me really suspicious, but I wanted 421 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:14,055 to be 100% certain who was responsible for the leaks. 422 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,735 So, I accepted her as a follower again. 423 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:21,735 But on Twitter, I uploaded 424 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:25,695 a public message that information was being leaked by someone. 425 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,215 This post was a warning shot. 426 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,975 Ancl I was hopeful it might stop the leaks. 427 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:42,255 Can we turn to her public warning post about the leaks? 428 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:44,895 "It's happened several times now over 429 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,215 "the past couple of years," she says. 430 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:48,975 "It's sad to think someone, 431 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:53,855 "who I have accepted to follow me is betraying 432 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:58,175 "for either money or to keep a relationship with the press." 433 00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:02,575 Correct, wasn't she? 434 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:03,655 I don't know. 435 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:05,975 If you look at page 53, 436 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:10,775 this is you speaking to Caroline Watt about the post. 437 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,575 She obviously finds it very funny, doesn't she? 438 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,295 I don't know whether they are laughing or crying. 439 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:28,895 OK. 440 00:31:30,160 --> 00:31:35,295 It looks to me like laughing to me. Crying with laughter. 441 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:38,215 Then you say, "I know," 442 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:42,215 and then, these words from Caroline. 443 00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:56,095 "It was me." She's admitting there what you knew already. 444 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:58,655 That seems to be what she's saying, but... 445 00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:03,895 ...I'm just looking at the times. It's 18:47. 446 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:09,575 That's when I'm bathing my children. There's no response from me. 447 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,895 Well, why didn't you after the bath, if that's what you're doing, 448 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:14,655 why didn't you message her then and say, 449 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:17,015 "What are you talking about? You didn't do it." 450 00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,935 Why didn't you come back and say, "I've just read what you've written. 451 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:21,535 "I can't believe it. That's nonsense". 452 00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:25,135 You don't need to respond, do you, Mrs Vardy, because 453 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:28,175 you know exactly what she's talking about. 454 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,015 Because if I may, my Lady, 455 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:33,015 I have seen the conversation that follows, 456 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:40,335 and, without wanting to make fun of anyone it was actually Dancing on Ice, 457 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:44,775 and Gemma Collins face-planting on the ice was the next message. 458 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:51,135 That's what I had on in the background when I was bathing the children. 459 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:57,495 At times, you had to remind yourself that Vardy was 460 00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,975 the one who chose to bring this to trial, 461 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:04,335 not the other way around. Did she ever wish she hadn't? 462 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:05,735 Who knows? 463 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:09,695 But so far she had doggedly stuck to her story. 464 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:13,575 And Rooney's team were hampered by a lack of direct evidence. 465 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:18,255 Although they had some of her WhatsApps, many of them had gone missing. 466 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,535 What happened to all the messages between you 467 00:33:22,560 --> 00:33:25,455 and Caroline Watt on your phone between 468 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:32,095 the 15th of October 2019 and July 2020? 469 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:35,015 I can't confirm or deny 470 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:40,095 but I think I may have changed phones around that time. 471 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:45,175 August, as you know, was a busy month, wasn't it? 472 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,015 There was a hearing in this court when one of 473 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:51,975 the judges ordered that not only should you disclose 474 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,655 and have searched your devices, 475 00:33:55,680 --> 00:34:01,735 but that Ms Watt should also. You knew that, didn't you? 476 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:07,055 Yes. Ancl when, a few clays later, she loses her phone in 477 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:12,495 the North Sea...that would be pretty important, wouldn't it? 478 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:14,255 Yes, I think so. 479 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,775 She would have rung you up straight away, 480 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:20,295 wouldn't she, to say, "Oh, my God, I've lost my phone, 481 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,575 "I have dropped it in the sea." 482 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,935 Yes, she told me on the phone. 483 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:29,735 So why is it that your solicitors do not tell us about that 484 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:31,335 for four months? 485 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:43,175 I don't know. You see, the shame is, isn't it, Mrs Vardy, 486 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:46,455 that Mr Boyle's WhatsApp messages with Ms Watt, 487 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:50,935 just as the ones with Mr Hall, are lying at the bottom of 488 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:55,255 the sea, in Davy Jones' locker, aren't they? 489 00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:59,775 Who is Davy Jones? LAUGHTER 490 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:06,375 it just means at the bottom of the sea. 491 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:13,295 After yet another leak, 492 00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,615 I wanted to catch the account responsible, 493 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,335 so I came up with a plan. 494 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:23,255 Instagram has a function by which you could post a story, 495 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,735 and limit which of your followers was able 496 00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:27,055 to view that story. 497 00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:30,895 I would invent and fabricate a story, 498 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,655 and limit the accessibility in such a way 499 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:36,255 so that it was only Becky's account that could view it. 500 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,975 I would then wait and see whether my fabricated story, 501 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:46,015 which had only been seen by Becky's account, appeared in The Sun. 502 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:51,855 Ancl that, of course, is exactly what happens. 503 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:57,495 Her fake stories begin to appear in The Sun. 504 00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:01,335 Let's look at page 752. 505 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:05,055 This is one of them, the flooded basement post. 506 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:06,135 We can see on 507 00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:12,695 the bottom left-hand corner it's seen by only you, isn't it? 508 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:15,695 On the face of it, that's what it says. 509 00:36:15,720 --> 00:36:20,135 She's limited her followers to just one account. 510 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,015 No-one else would have seen it. 511 00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:26,655 The post is a bottle of wine and it says, 512 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:31,655 "Needed after today, flood in the basement of our new house 513 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:34,975 "when it all seemed to be going so well." 514 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:41,415 Now, her new house is a topic, obviously, of conversation. 515 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:44,335 The fact that she was building a house, yes? 516 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:52,455 Yes. So, the fact that there had been a flood in the basement of 517 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:54,735 the house would have been very newsworthy. 518 00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:00,335 I don't know why it would have been newsworthy, but... 519 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:04,135 Well, The Sun obviously thought it was a newsworthy story 520 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:09,135 because as we see on page 84, they publish 521 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,415 an article about it, don't they? 522 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:13,735 "Coleen Rooney has weathered plenty 523 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:17,175 "of storms during her 11-year marriage, 524 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:21,575 "but the latest one wasn't to do with husband Wayne." 525 00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,415 Ancl the source obviously thought it was 526 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:28,775 a newsworthy story too, because they passed it to them, 527 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:32,175 even though it was a false story. 528 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,335 You didn't know it was a false story though did you when you saw it? 529 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:39,975 I can't recall seeing this one. 530 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:43,415 Mrs Vardy... 531 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:48,015 ...I'm going to have to suggest to you that you seem 532 00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:50,335 to be trying to distance yourself 533 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:54,735 from having seen this flooded basement post, are you? 534 00:37:54,760 --> 00:38:01,175 No. And The Sun article is based on information that you 535 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:07,095 and Ms Watt passed through, that only you or Ms Watt, 536 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:12,335 had seen in Mrs Rooney's private Instagram account. 537 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:16,255 That's correct, isn't it? That's not correct, no. 538 00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,215 I'm going to ask you the question again. 539 00:38:21,240 --> 00:38:26,175 Did you or did you not see this screens hot, Mrs Vardy? 540 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:29,735 No. I don't recall seeing this one. 541 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,575 Um...er... 542 00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:41,535 ...this is the answer your solicitors gave us on instructions. 543 00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:47,495 Was "Mrs Vardy recalls seeing the Flooded Basement Post". 544 00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:53,935 But now, you just said you don't recall it? 545 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,015 ...er... 546 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:07,175 No, that's right. 547 00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:15,615 A lot of things were... 548 00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:21,015 There was a lot of abuse at that time. 549 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,655 Do you want to take a break, Mrs Vardy? 550 00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:31,655 Let's take a five minute break. 551 00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:05,135 I saw Coleen's post which said I had leaked to The Sun, 552 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:08,535 soon after it was published on the 9th of October 2019. 553 00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:11,535 It came as a great shock to me. 554 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,495 I could not believe that Coleen had not called me 555 00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:19,495 before posting this accusation to the world. 556 00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:23,855 My concerns were that I would not faint, 557 00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,135 have a panic attack or stop breathing. 558 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:29,775 I started to get really hot 559 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:32,215 and suffered from strange palpitations. 560 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,015 Loads of messages started coming 561 00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:38,895 through on my mobile phone calling me names. 562 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:43,455 "Fucking rat", "fucking bitch," "who sells their friends out?" 563 00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:47,735 I was heavily pregnant 564 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,055 and it felt like the whole world was caving in. 565 00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:05,455 Can I take you to page 779? 779. 566 00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:11,975 Mrs Rooney put up the post that is the subject of this action. 567 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,295 Caroline Watt tells you. 568 00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:39,615 Ms Watt's coming up with excuses. 569 00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:44,175 No, that's true. My Instagram did follow people, 570 00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:47,855 and still does to this day, that I don't follow. 571 00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:51,575 She says, "Just say you have allowed a company to access it 572 00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:57,255 "for sponsored posts." Caroline Watt knows that's not true, doesn't she? 573 00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:59,815 I think she's trying to be protective 574 00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:02,135 and come up with something. 575 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:07,535 My Lady, you'll have to excuse me, that is such a blur that day. 576 00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:09,895 She's feeding you lines, isn't she, Mrs Vardy, 577 00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:12,375 to try and suggest to Mrs Rooney that you are not 578 00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:15,775 responsible, is that correct or not? No. 579 00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:21,495 Ancl then Caroline writes out for you what you should say 580 00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:23,175 to Coleen Rooney. 581 00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:27,935 "Over the years various people have had access to my lnsta, 582 00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:32,335 "just this week I found I was following people I didn't know 583 00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:36,335 "and have never followed myself. I liked you a lot, Coleen, 584 00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:38,855 "I'm so upset that you have chosen to do this, 585 00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:41,615 "especially when I'm heavily pregnant." 586 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:45,975 This is Caroline writing to you what you should say. 587 00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:50,415 That's correct, because I couldn't think straight. 588 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:54,255 If you turn to page 87. 589 00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:59,815 This is an exclusive interview you gave the next clay. 590 00:43:00,680 --> 00:43:02,215 The heading is 591 00:43:02,240 --> 00:43:08,615 "Arguing with Coleen Rooney would be as pointless as arguing with a pigeon." 592 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:16,095 We read "Vardy says, you can tell it that you are right and it is wrong, 593 00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:18,575 "but it's still going to shit in your hair." 594 00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:23,055 That's what you said to her, isn't it? 595 00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:29,775 It seemed Coleen had weaponised her fan base against me, 596 00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:32,135 and I was desperately trying 597 00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:34,575 to do something to defuse the situation. 598 00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:46,255 I am going to conclude. 599 00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:53,375 Mrs Vardy, we've seen you and Ms Watt were consistently discussing, 600 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:56,815 and passing on information to The Sun about 601 00:43:56,840 --> 00:44:00,295 a number of people who you knew, yes? 602 00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:03,495 No. 603 00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:04,535 Mr Drink water. 604 00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:07,535 The married footballer. 605 00:44:08,720 --> 00:44:11,815 Mr H. We have seen you asking Ms Watt to leak 606 00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:15,775 the story of Mrs F shagging. 607 00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,255 Would you not agree, Mrs Vardy, 608 00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:24,455 that if it looks like a leak and it sounds like a leak 609 00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:27,655 and you even use the word "leak," 610 00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:32,615 that it is more likely than not to be a leak? 611 00:44:32,640 --> 00:44:37,735 No. Ancl that's what you were, wasn't it, a leak? No. 612 00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:40,175 So, when Mrs Rooney wrote on 613 00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:44,615 the 9th October that she was correct in suspecting you 614 00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:49,735 and of your account of having consistently been leaking private information 615 00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:53,535 to The Sun she was right, wasn't she? 616 00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:56,095 No, she was wrong. 617 00:44:56,120 --> 00:45:00,095 Ancl that's why Ms Watt couldn't face coming to court in 618 00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:02,375 the end, could she? 619 00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:04,295 Actually, she's been driven 620 00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:07,655 to suicidal thoughts by these proceedings 621 00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:09,615 and the antics of the defendant. 622 00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:12,015 So, you blame her instead 623 00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:16,415 and say that she may well have clone it after all these years 624 00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:19,615 of faithful service and doing only what you both knew 625 00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:24,175 and approved of her doing, isn't that correct? 626 00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:25,175 No. 627 00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:31,775 You see, Mrs Vardy, I have to put it to you... 628 00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:36,415 ...that it is not her that has betrayed you, 629 00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:38,175 as you suggest. 630 00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:43,695 It is you that has betrayed her by throwing her under the bus. 631 00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:48,335 Is that a joke? 632 00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:53,175 Let's see what the court says, Mrs Vardy. 633 00:45:56,280 --> 00:45:58,895 I have no further questions. Thank you. 634 00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:15,695 It was estimated Vardy's legal bills 635 00:46:15,720 --> 00:46:20,015 to this point were approaching one million pounds. 636 00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:23,495 Was it worth it? 637 00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:25,455 If she thought it would restore some sort 638 00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:29,895 of spotless reputation, possibly not. 639 00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:34,535 But maybe spotless reputations aren't what count these days. 640 00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:38,215 If notoriety is actually the secret to success, 641 00:46:38,240 --> 00:46:43,615 who knows, perhaps it will all turn out to be money well spent. 642 00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:47,455 Ancl now she'd escaped the witness box, 643 00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:51,335 it would be her opportunity to turn the heat on Rooney. 644 00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:57,815 Anyone who thought this case was over was in for a shock. 645 00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:03,655 She told me she wanted to make me feel paranoid 646 00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:05,615 the way she had felt paranoid. 647 00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:08,055 We don't have your WhatsApp messages, do we? 648 00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:09,335 I've got no reason to... 649 00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:12,935 You see when this happens to Mrs Vardy, its a plot. 650 00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:15,175 I'm sat here under oath. 651 00:47:16,600 --> 00:47:19,375 I 100% spoke to Mr Vardy. 652 00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:24,375 You see Mrs Rooney I'm suggesting that you're wrong about that. 653 00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:27,975 You replied by telling a lie. Yes. 654 00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:32,895 You don't actually have any evidence, do you? 655 00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:00,855 Subtitles by Red Bee Media 52021

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