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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,040 This programme contains very strong language. 2 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:08,520 For a few years now, 3 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:12,480 someone who I trusted on my personal Instagram account 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:16,480 has been consistently informing the Sun newspaper 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:18,280 of my private posts. 6 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,000 I came up with an idea. 7 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:30,000 I blocked everyone from viewing my stories except for one account. 8 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:38,200 I posted a series of false stories 9 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,120 to see if they found their way into The Sun. 10 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:47,560 And you know what? They did. 11 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:50,480 It's... 12 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:07,320 ..Rebekah Vardy's account. 13 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:41,040 A very public row has broken 14 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:44,000 out between the wives of two high-profile footballers. 15 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,960 She conducted an undercover sting operation. 16 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,680 Feels like the start of something quite explosive. 17 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,440 Rebekah Vardy has announced this week that she plans 18 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,880 to sue Coleen Rooney for defamation. 19 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,680 On one side is Coleen Rooney. TV presenter, columnist 20 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,280 and wife of former England footballer, Wayne Rooney. 21 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,360 On the other side is Rebekah Vardy, former model, reality TV contestant, 22 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,240 and wife of Leicester City striker, Jamie Vardy. 23 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,000 I've been in touch with Coleen 24 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,160 and she was hoping it could get solved without having 25 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:16,360 to go to the High Court. I mean look 26 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:18,560 this is gonna be costing over millions, 27 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,640 court is very scary. Not a nice place to be. 28 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,920 But neither were gonna back down and neither was gonna say sorry. 29 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:29,600 Coleen does feel she had every right to out Rebekah on this. 30 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,360 Why is everyone so fascinated by this story? 31 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,160 Revenge, vengeance, people can't get enough of it, 32 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,440 I mean, broadsheet papers, the tabloid papers, 33 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,080 people in the supermarket saying to each other "what do you think? 34 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,640 "Do you think she did it? Do you think she didn't do it?" 35 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,400 Is there really any doubt that she did it? It's fascinating. 36 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,520 I think every emoji that could have been hit was hit, 37 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:57,080 every WhatsApp group chat lit up. 38 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,280 I'm not saying that Coleen's a bad person 39 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:03,280 and as someone that's been in this industry now for 40 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,360 a long time with her level of following, 41 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,240 if you post this, this is what's gonna happen. 42 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,000 She's had quite a lot of bad press anyway. 43 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,880 She's somebody who does rub people up the wrong way. 44 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:15,720 Because people don't like her as much as they like Coleen. 45 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:21,040 What happens here if she is telling the truth and she didn't do it? 46 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:32,560 Court rise. 47 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:01,560 My Lady. On the 9th of October 2019, 48 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,840 Mrs Rooney accused Mrs Vardy of being 49 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:09,040 the person who had regularly leaked information about her 50 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:13,160 from her private Instagram account to The Sun newspaper. 51 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:22,120 As a result, Mrs Vardy and her family were subjected to abuse 52 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,280 and threats of a really horrific nature. 53 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,760 But, the allegation in the post was false. 54 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:34,320 Mrs Vardy had not leaked information about Mrs Rooney. 55 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,640 There is a great focus in 56 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:42,000 Mrs Rooney's argument in this trial on the role of Caroline Watt. 57 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,080 Ms Watt and Mrs Vardy were great friends 58 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:58,320 over a number of years in addition to their professional relationship. 59 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:01,000 The court will hear a lot about 60 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,400 the WhatsApp messages they exchanged. 61 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:07,600 Mrs Vardy accepts that it is possible that 62 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,800 Ms Watt had some involvement in the leaking 63 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:15,200 of information from Mrs Rooney's private Instagram account. 64 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:20,400 That is not something she knew anything about 65 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:27,160 and it is something that she didn't approve of or authorised Ms Watt to do. 66 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:31,520 Mrs Vardy doesn't actually know what happened. 67 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:36,240 All she knows is what she did. And she knows it wasn't her. 68 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:42,200 Thank you. My Lady, with the court's permission, I'll call Mrs Vardy. 69 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:52,720 Court room 13 was packed full of journalists. 70 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:00,240 We knew this was going to be dramatic. 71 00:06:00,280 --> 00:06:03,000 Rooney was represented by David Sherborne, 72 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:04,600 one of the most highly paid 73 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:07,600 and formidable lawyers in the country. 74 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,200 He has three days to dismantle Vardy's story 75 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,360 and to destroy her credibility. 76 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:20,360 Mrs Vardy. 77 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:22,880 You would agree that 78 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:28,680 to secretly pass on somebody else's information that didn't want it 79 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,440 to be shared with the outside world is wrong? 80 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:34,560 Yes, my Lady. 81 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:40,080 Would you say that you respect other people's privacy? 82 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:41,600 Yes, I do. 83 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:47,960 Well, let's test that. We're back in 2004. 84 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:54,760 And you gave The News of the World this interview 85 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:58,840 about having had sex with Peter Andre. 86 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:08,800 "Peter's shaved, slobbery, lasts five minutes 87 00:07:08,840 --> 00:07:14,400 "and then falls asleep. Peter was tiny, she sighs. 88 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,720 "Smallest trouser equipment I've ever seen. 89 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:22,560 "When he pulled down his pants, I couldn't believe it. 90 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:26,640 "It was like a miniature chipolata." 91 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:32,280 Your words, Mrs Vardy? 92 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:37,000 Yes, my Lady. Can I give you a bit of history on that one? 93 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:38,720 Well, I would rather you answer my question. 94 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:43,280 Do you think it was respectful of Mr Andre, 95 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,000 to have told all this to Sun readers? 96 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:49,040 It is horrible. 97 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:52,120 And would I ever do something like that again? 98 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:56,320 Not in a million years. It is not nice. 99 00:07:56,360 --> 00:08:01,160 I was very young and I've apologised for this. 100 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:08,800 It's...shameful reading that and it's one of my biggest regrets. 101 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:11,640 What the defence is trying to do here 102 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,480 is paint and allege a picture of Vardy having 103 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:18,440 a long history of telling people's personal information 104 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:20,120 to national journalists. 105 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,080 One of the strange features of this trial 106 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,160 was that it centred on someone who never actually testified. 107 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:30,080 That's Rebekah Vardy's former PR agent and friend, Caroline Watt. 108 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:35,560 Both Rooney and Vardy agreed that Watt could have been leaking stories to The Sun. 109 00:08:36,680 --> 00:08:39,920 The question was, did Vardy know she was doing it? 110 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,200 Vardy claimed that she didn't. 111 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,040 The challenge for her was how to explain away 112 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:47,720 the evidence to the contrary. 113 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,200 I make this statement in support of my claim 114 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:53,520 for libel against Coleen Rooney. 115 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:58,200 I first met Caroline Watt in 2016, 116 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:01,040 when I decided to take on professional media help. 117 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:06,000 I liked her and I thought she was funny, 118 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,440 our children were very similar ages and we bonded over that. 119 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:12,240 I gave Caroline sole access 120 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:16,200 to my Instagram account when I was appearing on I'm a Celebrity. 121 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:21,680 Did you tell Mrs Rooney that Ms Watt had access, 122 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:26,560 through your account, to her private Instagram account? 123 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:30,200 No, and I didn't tell lots of other followers the same. 124 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:33,120 And do you feel strongly that as your agent she should be able 125 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,320 to read everyone's private 126 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:39,720 information without their knowledge through the use of your account? 127 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:45,080 No, but to the best of my knowledge I didn't know that's what was happening. 128 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:49,240 And if she was, that would be wrong? Correct. 129 00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:51,680 And if you knew she was doing that, 130 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,760 that would make you responsible as well, wouldn't it? 131 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:58,520 Yes, but I didn't know that that's what was happening. 132 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:02,000 So you say, Mrs Vardy, so you say. 133 00:10:03,680 --> 00:10:08,680 Can I now ask you to turn to the first bundle, D. 134 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:15,400 This is an exchange between you and Caroline Watt, is that right? 135 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:18,080 Yes. 136 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:22,600 We see you start this exchange at 8.49am. 137 00:11:03,680 --> 00:11:06,800 What does "FFS" stand for? 138 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:09,600 Um... 139 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:13,480 It's fine. 140 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:16,520 "For Fuck's Sake." 141 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:20,840 I just wanted to be clear before I read it as that. 142 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:24,480 If you leak someone's information, 143 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:26,880 now that's not a nice thing to do, is it, 144 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:28,920 we can agree on that, can't we? 145 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,240 Yes, but I didn't leak anything. 146 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:34,440 I genuinely can't remember who we 147 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,760 were discussing in this conversation. 148 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:38,800 And, when I say "leak"... 149 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:44,160 ..I have very strong beliefs on promoting positive body imaging 150 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,800 and it actually wasn't meant to read like that at all. 151 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:49,640 What I meant was, 152 00:11:49,680 --> 00:11:53,080 can we not do a positive body campaign. 153 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:55,080 Which I then went on the following year 154 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,080 and did a positive body campaign. 155 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:00,440 WhatsApp is used in English. That is the language, 156 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:04,440 and you do use the word "leak," don't you? 157 00:12:04,480 --> 00:12:07,320 I did use the word "leak," but that's not what I meant. 158 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:12,200 I wanted to do a story promoting positive body imaging. 159 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:15,280 And if you are doing a story, then how is that a leak? 160 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:19,480 Because...that's not what I meant to say. 161 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:21,000 It wasn't meant to be a leak. 162 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:23,200 Oh, I see. 163 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:25,760 You don't know what the word "leak" means then? 164 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:27,280 Well, there are two meanings to it, 165 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:29,880 but that's not what I meant when I said the word "leak." 166 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,160 Can we turn then to the next example? 167 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:44,200 You message Ms Watt out of the blue. 168 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:50,960 "OMG, have you seen how badly Mrs F is behaving." 169 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:55,520 Mrs F is a well-known celebrity, right? That's correct, yes. 170 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:57,480 We have the names in the confidential schedule 171 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:00,800 so I am going to be very careful not to identify them. 172 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,440 Mr H is the estranged husband. 173 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,920 And Mr G is a well-known footballer. 174 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:31,080 You instructed Caroline to leak 175 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:36,160 a story about Mrs F cheating on her husband by having sex with 176 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,120 a well-known footballer behind his back. 177 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:41,960 Isn't that what you say there? 178 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,880 That's the way it reads, 179 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:46,120 but I was actually just joking about that one. 180 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,600 You were just joking, were you? Yes, I was. 181 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,920 But Ms Watt doesn't think you're joking, does she? 182 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:57,600 Because she says, "I tried before but The Sun already knew about it 183 00:13:57,640 --> 00:13:59,680 "and couldn't prove it as usual." 184 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:01,760 Now, you don't respond to that by saying, 185 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,840 "Oh, I'm only joking, Caroline. 186 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,320 "I didn't really mean for you to leak it", 187 00:14:06,360 --> 00:14:08,560 what you say is "Ugh," 188 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,120 you're annoyed that you can't leak it, aren't you? 189 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:12,640 No, I'm disgusted. 190 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:15,720 Going back to the first comment with the behaviour. 191 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:21,840 It's...it's more like a yuck not an ugh. 192 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:24,800 Really? 193 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:29,640 You want this court to believe that? 194 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,880 Mrs Watt and myself have been friends for 195 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:34,880 a very long time. 196 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:39,400 Our WhatsApps were sometimes outrageous, 197 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:41,680 sometimes totally inappropriate but these are 198 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:44,640 a lot of conversations that are between friends, 199 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,320 gossiping and poking fun about people, 200 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:50,760 and yes, they don't read very well. 201 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:53,960 But, there's always explanations for them. 202 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:20,400 Rebekah Vardy didn't grow up part of the media elite. 203 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,120 She actually grew up on council estates and became homeless at 15. 204 00:15:24,160 --> 00:15:26,360 PHONE RINGS 205 00:15:29,520 --> 00:15:31,480 But, after marrying one of the biggest footballers in 206 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:35,680 the country, she began to establish a public profile of her own. 207 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:39,080 She appeared on TV, I'm A Celebrity and Loose Women, 208 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:41,760 and she was constantly featured in the press. 209 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:45,240 But now, that very same media that had helped her rise 210 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:48,920 to fame sat in judgement on her, in literally the seats 211 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:51,080 a jury would normally sit in. 212 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:55,120 Live Tweeting to the public as Rooney's team continued their attack. 213 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:59,640 The next accusation was of underhand methods in 214 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:03,480 the way that Vardy tried to boost her press profile. 215 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:06,640 Mrs Robertson, please feel free to sit. Thank you. 216 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:10,720 Harpreet Robinson claimed 217 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:16,160 Vardy sat in seats that weren't allocated to her at the Euros 2016. 218 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:19,800 Robertson suspected Vardy sat there 219 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:23,680 so she could be photographed next to Rooney by the press. 220 00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:30,320 Can we talk about the Euros 2016 game? 221 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:32,680 You said an issue arose as 222 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:36,520 to whether Rebekah Vardy was in the right seats? Yes. 223 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,640 Can you just explain the process briefly as 224 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:43,680 to how you decide who sits where in a game? 225 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:46,360 Well, prior to the match, I would do a recce of the stadium 226 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:50,440 and then I would work out which seats to allocate to various groups. 227 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:52,440 I was trying to avoid the families of 228 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:54,640 the footballers sitting together. 229 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:59,760 Because we'd seen on previous tournaments that this had become a distraction. 230 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,960 I wanted the football to be the focus of the tournament. 231 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,520 In relation to Mrs Vardy's seating, what issue arose? 232 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:09,000 Her guests were sitting in my seats. 233 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:13,120 It meant that I didn't have a seat or the security guards that I was with. 234 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:14,840 We had to find somewhere else. 235 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:17,600 In terms of what happened when you spoke 236 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,120 to Mrs Vardy's party, can you just give 237 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:23,760 a little explanation as to what was said to you? 238 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:25,400 I mean, this is the bit that... 239 00:17:27,360 --> 00:17:30,160 ..it was the worst sort of moment I've had working on 240 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,320 a match up until that point. 241 00:17:32,360 --> 00:17:34,000 She was told to fuck off. 242 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,320 I absolutely didn't tell her that at all. 243 00:17:39,360 --> 00:17:41,880 Can we turn to the next page? 244 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,800 Your Euro Diary, it's your column in The Sun. 245 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:49,960 Ms Caroline Watt has arranged for you to have 246 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,760 a column in The Sun, hasn't she? That's correct, yes. 247 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:57,000 You've done well. I suppose you could call it that. 248 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:00,040 This is you getting a chance to promote yourself in The Sun? 249 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,480 No, this is an opportunity for me to be able 250 00:18:03,520 --> 00:18:04,640 to earn my own money. 251 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,040 I never wanted to rely on my husband. 252 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,120 I wanted to earn my own money 253 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:14,320 and there were opportunities that arose. 254 00:18:14,360 --> 00:18:18,680 Now, this is the article you wrote after the Wales game. 255 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,400 "I was sitting just behind Coleen Rooney watching 256 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:27,960 "the game and we'd a chat before it started." 257 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:32,160 That's gratuitous, isn't it? 258 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,680 No, I think it's stating the obvious. 259 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,000 I mean, the pictures speak for themselves. 260 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:39,360 Let me help you, Mrs Vardy. 261 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:41,640 The reason you wanted to put this in is 262 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:45,680 because it boosts your public profile, doesn't it? 263 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:47,640 That's just ridiculous. 264 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:50,760 What you don't say is you were sitting behind Mrs Rooney 265 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:53,840 because you deliberately went and sat there, 266 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:55,560 even though they weren't your seats. 267 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,120 That's nonsense. Absolute nonsense. 268 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:03,800 Well, someone is not telling the truth. Either you or Mrs Robertson. 269 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:05,040 I think she's... 270 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:13,120 ..has either got confused or it's what she's been told to say. 271 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,120 What she's been told to say? 272 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:21,040 Who has she been told to say this by? 273 00:19:21,080 --> 00:19:24,960 I don't know. I'm just speculating, my Lady. 274 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,680 What were you speculating? 275 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:29,800 Perhaps you can tell us. 276 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:35,160 That maybe she got her wires crossed 277 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:39,680 or that she...got the wrong end of the stick. 278 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:44,960 So, you're quite prepared, in this court, to throw around 279 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:49,040 an accusation that Mrs Robertson has not been telling the truth. 280 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,520 Well, I don't believe her statement. 281 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:05,400 Let's come on to some other examples of you providing other people's 282 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,120 information they don't want published. 283 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:18,320 Danny Drinkwater was another professional footballer, yes? 284 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:20,600 Yes. 285 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:27,400 On the 8th April 2019, you message Caroline Watt. 286 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:51,080 Is this another joke? 287 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:53,600 Another conversation between you 288 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:57,240 and Ms Watt which is not real English? 289 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:58,800 No, it's absolutely not a joke. 290 00:20:58,840 --> 00:20:59,960 It is not a joke 291 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:05,120 because you say you want money in return for this story, don't you? 292 00:21:06,120 --> 00:21:07,160 It was a fleeting thought 293 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:11,280 and one I didn't consider any more than when I wrote it. 294 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:14,400 What on earth does that mean, that answer? 295 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:17,680 Can you just explain that? "It was a fleeting thought." 296 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:24,760 I meant in the context that it was something terrible that had originated. 297 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,400 That I had seen on social media. 298 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:34,640 I'm...deeply affected by drink driving. 299 00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:38,200 My ex-husband killed two people during our marriage 300 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:42,760 and it was something that I felt was outrageous, 301 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:46,800 and at the time I didn't care whether 302 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:48,880 the information came out or not. 303 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,600 It was something that rightly should, 304 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:57,240 someone should have to deal with and if they've got expensive lawyers 305 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,640 the chances are they won't have to deal with it. 306 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,520 They were going to get away with it. 307 00:22:04,280 --> 00:22:08,360 You meant it when you said, "I want paying for this." 308 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,840 No, it wasn't a serious comment. 309 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:12,600 It was not a serious comment? 310 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:16,600 Well, we will see how seriously Ms Watt takes it in a minute. 311 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:19,400 Look what Caroline Watt says. 312 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:27,360 You say "He's in big trouble." Now, you don't come back and say, 313 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:33,000 "What on earth are you doing sending it to Andy Halls, a Sun journalist?" 314 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,440 No, I didn't and for that, I can only apologise. 315 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:42,160 The messages are not good, 316 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:47,000 but it was something that really affected me in the instance. 317 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:50,280 Very, very badly in the past. 318 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:54,800 Caroline Watt says to you... 319 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,000 To which you respond... 320 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,800 So, what are you angry about when you say, 321 00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:15,000 "Fuck, someone already tipped it." 322 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:16,440 I'm not angry at all. 323 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,680 Again, it's just the way we spoke to each other. 324 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:23,760 You're fuming because someone else beat you to it. 325 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:28,640 That's not true at all, I was annoyed that I didn't give it to Caroline earlier. 326 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:29,680 Why? 327 00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:33,040 I don't know. 328 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,480 Mrs Vardy, I am going to ask you again. 329 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:43,960 Why are you fuming that you didn't give it to Caroline earlier? 330 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,080 I don't know. 331 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,880 Mrs Vardy, I'm going to ask you to take the supplemental bundle. 332 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:54,480 Can you turn, please, to page 273. 333 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:57,080 This is your witness statement, isn't it? 334 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:03,680 Yes. Can I just read the statement of truth there. 335 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:10,160 "I believe that the facts stated in this witness statement are true." 336 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,960 And you understood, didn't you, 337 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:16,400 how important it was to get this document right? 338 00:24:18,120 --> 00:24:21,600 And you know the consequences of getting it wrong. 339 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:24,320 Yes. 340 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:27,600 I have sometimes been caught up in the heat of the moment 341 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:32,360 during conversations with Caroline where I have talked about "leaks" and payment. 342 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,240 This was the kind of jokey chat that Caroline 343 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,440 and I would have from time to time. 344 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:40,640 She would be speaking to journalists 345 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,080 and they would give her gossip and try and get stories. 346 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:46,280 These kinds of conversations were part of 347 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:50,640 the strange celebrity gossip world I have come to inhabit. 348 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:54,840 But, these conversations were never serious 349 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:56,680 and Caroline would have understood that. 350 00:24:58,680 --> 00:24:59,880 Mrs Vardy... 351 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:03,320 ..do you still stand by that evidence? 352 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,640 That in all those conversations that we've seen, 353 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,920 you were never being serious 354 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:15,840 and Caroline understood that you were never being serious? 355 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:20,680 Yes, or no, please, Mrs Vardy. Yes. 356 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:26,960 Apart from the Danny Drinkwater one. 357 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:31,080 Oh, I see, so there is an exception, is there? 358 00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:34,800 Why on earth then did you not say in the statement, 359 00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:38,840 I put it to you that when you say in that written statement, 360 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,640 "these conversations were never," 361 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:45,280 and I emphasise the word "never, serious", 362 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:49,480 that's completely untrue, isn't it? No, that's not. 363 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:54,520 This shows, Mrs Vardy, that you are prepared to lie under oath, aren't you? 364 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:56,080 No, I'm really not, no. 365 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:11,120 Leaked text messages, sold stories. 366 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,040 The High Court case between Rebekah Vardy 367 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,320 and Coleen Rooney has got everybody talking. 368 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:21,360 So far, Vardy had been accused of leaking various stories, 369 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,800 but none were yet about Rooney herself, 370 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:28,760 and ultimately, those were the ones that mattered. 371 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,360 If Rooney couldn't prove that Vardy knew about those leaks, 372 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,720 Vardy would win her claim for libel. 373 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:37,680 Vardy's defence was that her agent 374 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:41,440 Caroline Watt had leaked those posts. Not her. 375 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,480 Rooney's team didn't believe Vardy. 376 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,680 But, could they prove she wasn't telling the truth. 377 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:53,520 In 2019, I was aware that information from my 378 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,880 private Instagram account was being leaked to The Sun. 379 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:01,680 It was messing with my head that someone who I trusted was doing this 380 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:06,320 to me. Becky's account was the one that stood out at that time. 381 00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:09,160 We got on fine, but over time, 382 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,920 I got the feeling that she was really just fishing for information. 383 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,920 I decided to remove Becky as a follower 384 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,240 to see whether that put a stop to the leaks. 385 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:22,200 Mrs Rooney blocks you. 386 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:27,240 Then, on the 6th February, 387 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:33,040 Caroline messages you. "Babe, has Coleen unfollowed you?" 388 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:36,560 That's correct. 389 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:40,440 Ms Watt must have been looking through your account at 390 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:45,200 Mrs Rooney's account to be able to see that she had unfollowed you. 391 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:49,840 I can't comment on that. 392 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,040 I don't know how she managed to find out that. 393 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:58,320 You don't know? Well, OK, let's look a bit further down. 394 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:01,240 You say... 395 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:18,400 So this is Caroline Watt telling you that she's specifically looking on 396 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:23,680 the account to find out what's going on in Mrs Rooney's life. 397 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:26,840 Do you see? Yes. 398 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:32,120 Yes. It's quite clear Ms Watt was monitoring Mrs Rooney's private 399 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:36,160 Instagram account, through the use of your account, isn't that right? 400 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:40,000 No. It says she looked on there at the weekend. 401 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:45,720 That doesn't say that she's monitoring it or that she's 402 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:49,600 consistently checking it or consistently looking at it. 403 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:52,280 But, she is telling you she has been doing it? 404 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,840 No, she says she's looked on there at the weekend. 405 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:59,640 That doesn't say that she's monitoring it or that she's 406 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,880 consistently checking it or looking at it. 407 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,760 "OMG" you say. 408 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:11,880 "What a cunt. 409 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:16,600 "I'm going to message her." And then Caroline says... 410 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,080 You're trying to work out what you should do about 411 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,600 the fact that Mrs Rooney has unfollowed you. 412 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:37,440 You go on. "Not having her bad mouth me to anyone. 413 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:42,240 "If she's doing that, my god, she will be sorry." 414 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:45,400 And you say, "I've messaged her. 415 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,960 "I swear she better not cunt me off." 416 00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:58,400 I received a WhatsApp from Becky which said, 417 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,000 "I saw you had unfollowed me, just wanted 418 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,280 "to ask if I offended you in any way? 419 00:30:03,320 --> 00:30:05,600 "Literally only noticed the other day." 420 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:10,000 This made me really suspicious, but I wanted 421 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:14,000 to be 100% certain who was responsible for the leaks. 422 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,680 So, I accepted her as a follower again. 423 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,600 But on Twitter, I uploaded 424 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:25,640 a public message that information was being leaked by someone. 425 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,160 This post was a warning shot. 426 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:33,920 And I was hopeful it might stop the leaks. 427 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:42,120 Can we turn to her public warning post about the leaks? 428 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:44,760 "It's happened several times now over 429 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,000 "the past couple of years," she says. 430 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:48,840 "It's sad to think someone, 431 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:53,720 "who I have accepted to follow me is betraying 432 00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:57,960 "for either money or to keep a relationship with the press." 433 00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:02,480 Correct, wasn't she? 434 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:03,560 I don't know. 435 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:05,720 If you look at page 53, 436 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:10,720 this is you speaking to Caroline Watt about the post. 437 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,440 She obviously finds it very funny, doesn't she? 438 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,240 I don't know whether they are laughing or crying. 439 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:28,840 OK. 440 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:35,200 It looks to me like laughing to me. Crying with laughter. 441 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:38,120 Then you say, "I know," 442 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:42,160 and then, these words from Caroline. 443 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:55,880 "It was me." She's admitting there what you knew already. 444 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,600 That seems to be what she's saying, but... 445 00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:03,840 ..I'm just looking at the times. It's 18:47. 446 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:09,440 That's when I'm bathing my children. There's no response from me. 447 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:12,760 Well, why didn't you after the bath, if that's what you're doing, 448 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:14,520 why didn't you message her then and say, 449 00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:16,680 "What are you talking about? You didn't do it." 450 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,800 Why didn't you come back and say, "I've just read what you've written. 451 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:21,400 "I can't believe it. That's nonsense". 452 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:25,000 You don't need to respond, do you, Mrs Vardy, because 453 00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:28,080 you know exactly what she's talking about. 454 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:29,880 Because if I may, my Lady, 455 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,840 I have seen the conversation that follows, 456 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:40,200 and, without wanting to make fun of anyone it was actually Dancing on Ice, 457 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:44,720 and Gemma Collins face-planting on the ice was the next message. 458 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:51,080 That's what I had on in the background when I was bathing the children. 459 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:57,360 At times, you had to remind yourself that Vardy was 460 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,840 the one who chose to bring this to trial, 461 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:04,160 not the other way around. Did she ever wish she hadn't? 462 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:05,600 Who knows? 463 00:33:05,640 --> 00:33:09,560 But so far she had doggedly stuck to her story. 464 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:13,400 And Rooney's team were hampered by a lack of direct evidence. 465 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:18,200 Although they had some of her WhatsApps, many of them had gone missing. 466 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:22,400 What happened to all the messages between you 467 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:25,320 and Caroline Watt on your phone between 468 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:32,040 the 15th of October 2019 and July 2020? 469 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:34,880 I can't confirm or deny 470 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:39,960 but I think I may have changed phones around that time. 471 00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:45,040 August, as you know, was a busy month, wasn't it? 472 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,880 There was a hearing in this court when one of 473 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:51,880 the judges ordered that not only should you disclose 474 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:55,520 and have searched your devices, 475 00:33:55,560 --> 00:34:01,600 but that Ms Watt should also. You knew that, didn't you? 476 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:06,920 Yes. And when, a few days later, she loses her phone in 477 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:12,400 the North Sea...that would be pretty important, wouldn't it? 478 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:14,120 Yes, I think so. 479 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:16,640 She would have rung you up straight away, 480 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:20,200 wouldn't she, to say, "Oh, my God, I've lost my phone, 481 00:34:20,240 --> 00:34:22,400 "I have dropped it in the sea." 482 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:24,800 Yes, she told me on the phone. 483 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:29,640 So why is it that your solicitors do not tell us about that 484 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:31,280 for four months? 485 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:43,040 I don't know. You see, the shame is, isn't it, Mrs Vardy, 486 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:46,320 that Mr Boyle's WhatsApp messages with Ms Watt, 487 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:50,800 just as the ones with Mr Hall, are lying at the bottom of 488 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:55,160 the sea, in Davy Jones' locker, aren't they? 489 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:59,720 Who is Davy Jones? LAUGHTER 490 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,240 It just means at the bottom of the sea. 491 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,160 After yet another leak, 492 00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:16,520 I wanted to catch the account responsible, 493 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,280 so I came up with a plan. 494 00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:23,120 Instagram has a function by which you could post a story, 495 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:25,640 and limit which of your followers was able 496 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:27,000 to view that story. 497 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,640 I would invent and fabricate a story, 498 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,520 and limit the accessibility in such a way 499 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,200 so that it was only Becky's account that could view it. 500 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:40,840 I would then wait and see whether my fabricated story, 501 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:45,960 which had only been seen by Becky's account, appeared in The Sun. 502 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:51,720 And that, of course, is exactly what happens. 503 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:57,400 Her fake stories begin to appear in The Sun. 504 00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:01,200 Let's look at page 752. 505 00:36:01,240 --> 00:36:04,960 This is one of them, the flooded basement post. 506 00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,000 We can see on 507 00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:12,560 the bottom left-hand corner it's seen by only you, isn't it? 508 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:15,560 On the face of it, that's what it says. 509 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:20,040 She's limited her followers to just one account. 510 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:21,960 No-one else would have seen it. 511 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:26,520 The post is a bottle of wine and it says, 512 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:31,520 "Needed after today, flood in the basement of our new house 513 00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:34,840 "when it all seemed to be going so well." 514 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:41,280 Now, her new house is a topic, obviously, of conversation. 515 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:44,280 The fact that she was building a house, yes? 516 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:52,320 Yes. So, the fact that there had been a flood in the basement of 517 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:54,400 the house would have been very newsworthy. 518 00:36:57,240 --> 00:37:00,200 I don't know why it would have been newsworthy, but... 519 00:37:00,240 --> 00:37:04,000 Well, The Sun obviously thought it was a newsworthy story 520 00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:09,040 because as we see on page 84, they publish 521 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:11,280 an article about it, don't they? 522 00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,480 "Coleen Rooney has weathered plenty 523 00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:17,040 "of storms during her 11-year marriage, 524 00:37:17,080 --> 00:37:21,320 "but the latest one wasn't to do with husband Wayne." 525 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,280 And the source obviously thought it was 526 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:28,400 a newsworthy story too, because they passed it to them, 527 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:32,120 even though it was a false story. 528 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:36,280 You didn't know it was a false story though did you when you saw it? 529 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,800 I can't recall seeing this one. 530 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:43,360 Mrs Vardy... 531 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,920 ..I'm going to have to suggest to you that you seem 532 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,040 to be trying to distance yourself 533 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:54,440 from having seen this flooded basement post, are you? 534 00:37:54,480 --> 00:38:01,000 No. And The Sun article is based on information that you 535 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:06,960 and Ms Watt passed through, that only you or Ms Watt, 536 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:12,200 had seen in Mrs Rooney's private Instagram account. 537 00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:16,200 That's correct, isn't it? That's not correct, no. 538 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:21,080 I'm going to ask you the question again. 539 00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:26,080 Did you or did you not see this screenshot, Mrs Vardy? 540 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:29,680 No. I don't recall seeing this one. 541 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,440 Um...er... 542 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:41,480 ..this is the answer your solicitors gave us on instructions. 543 00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:47,440 Was "Mrs Vardy recalls seeing the Flooded Basement Post". 544 00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:53,880 But now, you just said you don't recall it? 545 00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:00,960 N...er... 546 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:07,120 No, that's right. 547 00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:15,560 A lot of things were... 548 00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:20,960 There was a lot of abuse at that time. 549 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:26,480 Do you want to take a break, Mrs Vardy? 550 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:31,600 Let's take a five minute break. 551 00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:00,000 I saw Coleen's post which said I had leaked to The Sun, 552 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:03,480 soon after it was published on the 9th of October 2019. 553 00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:06,480 It came as a great shock to me. 554 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:11,360 I could not believe that Coleen had not called me 555 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,440 before posting this accusation to the world. 556 00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:18,560 My concerns were that I would not faint, 557 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:20,880 have a panic attack or stop breathing. 558 00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:24,640 I started to get really hot 559 00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:27,160 and suffered from strange palpitations. 560 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:30,880 Loads of messages started coming 561 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:33,760 through on my mobile phone calling me names. 562 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:38,400 "Fucking rat", "fucking bitch," "who sells their friends out?" 563 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:42,600 I was heavily pregnant 564 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,000 and it felt like the whole world was caving in. 565 00:40:55,600 --> 00:41:00,320 Can I take you to page 779? 779. 566 00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:06,920 Mrs Rooney put up the post that is the subject of this action. 567 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,200 Caroline Watt tells you. 568 00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:34,480 Ms Watt's coming up with excuses. 569 00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:39,040 No, that's true. My Instagram did follow people, 570 00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:42,720 and still does to this day, that I don't follow. 571 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:46,440 She says, "Just say you have allowed a company to access it 572 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:52,120 "for sponsored posts." Caroline Watt knows that's not true, doesn't she? 573 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:54,720 I think she's trying to be protective 574 00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:56,960 and come up with something. 575 00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:02,400 My Lady, you'll have to excuse me, that is such a blur that day. 576 00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:04,600 She's feeding you lines, isn't she, Mrs Vardy, 577 00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:07,240 to try and suggest to Mrs Rooney that you are not 578 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:10,720 responsible, is that correct or not? No. 579 00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:16,400 And then Caroline writes out for you what you should say 580 00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:18,040 to Coleen Rooney. 581 00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:22,800 "Over the years various people have had access to my Insta, 582 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:27,120 "just this week I found I was following people I didn't know 583 00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:31,200 "and have never followed myself. I liked you a lot, Coleen, 584 00:42:31,240 --> 00:42:33,720 "I'm so upset that you have chosen to do this, 585 00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,560 "especially when I'm heavily pregnant." 586 00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:40,920 This is Caroline writing to you what you should say. 587 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:45,360 That's correct, because I couldn't think straight. 588 00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:49,080 If you turn to page 87. 589 00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:54,520 This is an exclusive interview you gave the next day. 590 00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:57,040 The heading is 591 00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:03,320 "Arguing with Coleen Rooney would be as pointless as arguing with a pigeon." 592 00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:10,800 We read "Vardy says, you can tell it that you are right and it is wrong, 593 00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:13,520 "but it's still going to shit in your hair." 594 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:18,000 That's what you said to her, isn't it? 595 00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:24,680 It seemed Coleen had weaponised her fanbase against me, 596 00:43:24,720 --> 00:43:27,000 and I was desperately trying 597 00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:29,520 to do something to defuse the situation. 598 00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:41,200 I am going to conclude. 599 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:48,240 Mrs Vardy, we've seen you and Ms Watt were consistently discussing, 600 00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:51,680 and passing on information to The Sun about 601 00:43:51,720 --> 00:43:55,240 a number of people who you knew, yes? 602 00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:58,400 No. 603 00:43:58,440 --> 00:43:59,480 Mr Drinkwater. 604 00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:02,480 The married footballer. 605 00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:06,720 Mr H. We have seen you asking Ms Watt to leak 606 00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:10,720 the story of Mrs F shagging. 607 00:44:12,240 --> 00:44:14,120 Would you not agree, Mrs Vardy, 608 00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:19,360 that if it looks like a leak and it sounds like a leak 609 00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:22,520 and you even use the word "leak," 610 00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:27,480 that it is more likely than not to be a leak? 611 00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:32,640 No. And that's what you were, wasn't it, a leak? No. 612 00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:35,040 So, when Mrs Rooney wrote on 613 00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:39,280 the 9th October that she was correct in suspecting you 614 00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:44,600 and of your account of having consistently been leaking private information 615 00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:48,440 to The Sun she was right, wasn't she? 616 00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:50,960 No, she was wrong. 617 00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:55,000 And that's why Ms Watt couldn't face coming to court in 618 00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:57,160 the end, could she? 619 00:44:57,200 --> 00:44:59,160 Actually, she's been driven 620 00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:02,560 to suicidal thoughts by these proceedings 621 00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:04,520 and the antics of the defendant. 622 00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:06,880 So, you blame her instead 623 00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:11,040 and say that she may well have done it after all these years 624 00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:14,480 of faithful service and doing only what you both knew 625 00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:19,080 and approved of her doing, isn't that correct? 626 00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:20,120 No. 627 00:45:23,440 --> 00:45:26,720 You see, Mrs Vardy, I have to put it to you... 628 00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:31,320 ..that it is not her that has betrayed you, 629 00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:33,040 as you suggest. 630 00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:38,640 It is you that has betrayed her by throwing her under the bus. 631 00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:43,280 Is that a joke? 632 00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:48,000 Let's see what the court says, Mrs Vardy. 633 00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:53,840 I have no further questions. Thank you. 634 00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:10,560 It was estimated Vardy's legal bills 635 00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:14,800 to this point were approaching one million pounds. 636 00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:18,360 Was it worth it? 637 00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,320 If she thought it would restore some sort 638 00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:24,760 of spotless reputation, possibly not. 639 00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:29,400 But maybe spotless reputations aren't what count these days. 640 00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:33,080 If notoriety is actually the secret to success, 641 00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:38,560 who knows, perhaps it will all turn out to be money well spent. 642 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:42,320 And now she'd escaped the witness box, 643 00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:46,280 it would be her opportunity to turn the heat on Rooney. 644 00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:52,760 Anyone who thought this case was over was in for a shock. 645 00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:58,560 She told me she wanted to make me feel paranoid 646 00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:00,480 the way she had felt paranoid. 647 00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:02,960 We don't have your WhatsApp messages, do we? 648 00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:04,200 I've got no reason to... 649 00:47:04,240 --> 00:47:07,840 You see when this happens to Mrs Vardy, its a plot. 650 00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:10,000 I'm sat here under oath. 651 00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:14,240 I 100% spoke to Mr Vardy. 652 00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:19,280 You see Mrs Rooney I'm suggesting that you're wrong about that. 653 00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:22,840 You replied by telling a lie. Yes. 654 00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:27,840 You don't actually have any evidence, do you? 655 00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:55,800 Subtitles by Red Bee Media 656 00:47:55,850 --> 00:48:00,400 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 54706

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