Coleen Rooney's lawyer is telling the court about a conversation between Rebekah Vardy and her agent about three people who are not being identified.
Mrs F is a well-known celebrity, Mr H is her estranged husband, and Mr G is a well-known footballer.
"Oh my god, have you seen how badly Mrs F is behaving, I'm actually disgusted with her," he said in a message.
She said that the story about her was leaked behind H.
The court heard that Ms Watt tried before, but The Sun already knew about it.
Pictures of Mrs F dancing on a beach had been published and gossip about this story was already circulating.
There were lots like that.
She told the court that she was joking when she said to leak the information.
I used the word leak where I probably shouldn't. She told the court that she was just joking when she said it.
The court was told that Mr H cheated on Mrs F early on in their relationship, as well as Mrs F cheating on her husband.
Sometimes their conversations and messages were inappropriate, but they were chats between friends, sometimes poking fun at people.
Ms Watt had links to The Sun newspaper and was a friend of Mr. Sherborne.
He asked if Mr G was a friend of Vardy.
She says that that is not true. She says friendship and being friends with someone on social media are different things.
If I answer the question it will be obvious who it is.
Sky Sports reporter Rob Dorsett wrote an article in February of last year about the not showing up for a training session by Riyad Mahrez.
The headline is "Riyad not at Leicester training after Man City move fails to progress."
The official line from Claude Puel was: "We will see, but the most important thing is to keep my focus with the others and we will see with Riyad."
We will have to manage this situation with Riyad and I hope he can come back quickly with us and be happy to play with us.
Coleen Rooney's lawyer David Sherborne points to an article in The Sun titled "On Strike: Riyad Mahrez fails to turn up to Leicester training for the second consecutive day as team-mates turn on Algerian ace".
The only newspaper that had a story about the team-mates was The Sun.
This had absolutely nothing to do with me.
The Sun has an article.
Rebekah Vardy is being asked about her husband, Jamie, who played for Manchester City.
Mr. Sherborne is asking about a text conversation she had with her agent about how she felt about not being able to attend a training session.
Lads are angry, according to Ms Watt.
She told the court that the press were camped outside of the training ground.
Ms Watt realized that the story was a lie.
She says she was just gossiping and that she didn't know that the teammates werefuming. She didn't discuss this with her husband.
Ms Watt said she would pass it on to a sports reporter. "I don't want it coming back on me," he said.
Ms Watt said she could tell someone.
It would have been obvious to Jamie that it came from the dressing room and he would have been unhappy about it.
She disagrees.
It wasn't that she didn't want to do the dirty, it was just that she didn't want to be seen doing it.
The court hears that Ms Watt said she could pass it on.
The press was just gossiping, according to Vardy. She didn't see what harm it could do as there was already a lot of media reports on the story.
In the summer of 2018, he moved to Manchester City.
Coleen Rooney's lawyer David Sherborne is questioning Rebekah Vardy in the witness box.
Coleen Rooney and her husband Wayne Rooney are at the Royal Courts of Justice.
She is wearing a patterned outfit.
Coleen Rooney is the wife of former Manchester United and England star Wayne Rooney.
They met in Croxteth when they were 12 years old and began a relationship when they were 16.
Jamie and Wayne have played for England.
They married in Italy in 2008 and have four sons together.
Jamie and Rebekah are married.
The couple got married in May of 2016 in the year that Leicester won the premier league.
Megan and Taylor are from previous relationships and are two of the five children that Vardy has. She is stepmother to Jamie's daughter.
Rebekah is ready to continue her testimony this morning.
There is a report on this.
Coleen Rooney alleges that Rebekah Vardy moved seats at a Euro 2016 game so that she could get close to her to help her own interests.
Rooney asked Vardy and her friends not to sit behind them as the seats were reserved, but she replied that they could sit wherever they wanted. F**k off.
They were the nearest seats available, according to Vardy.
During one of the Euro 2016 group matches, Vardy can be seen sitting behind Rooney.
It's PA.
This is the scene at the High Court this morning.
The stakes are high in a celebrity libel case and both stars have enlisted the help of top lawyers.
The Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the media was launched in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal.
Johnny Depp had his UK libel trial in 2020 represented by Coleen Rooney's barrister.
Diana, the late Princess of Wales, Michael Douglas, Kate Moss, Sir Paul McCartney, and David Furnish are just a few of the high-profile people represented by Mr. Sherborne.
The News of the World phone-hacking case was also involved in the litigation that sought the full disclosure of parliamentary expenses.
The Beckhams, Prince Charles, and Ryan Giggs are some of the high profile clients.
Hugh Tomlinson is outside the High Court.
Coleen Rooney blocked all but one account from seeing the fake stories she posted on her personal account.
The stories she posted were about travelling to Mexico for a gender selection procedure, a planned return to TV, and the home of her basement flooding.
Rooney said that these were only visible to Vardy.
There was a story about Rooney in The Sun in 2019.
Rooney claims to have posted the first of her Sting operations on April 8.
She says she posted with the text on a photograph of an airplane seat to show what the gender selection is all about.
Her lawyers told the High Court that she claims the post was only seen by her husband.
Rooney posted a picture of himself with the text: "Up and out!!" on September 25, 2019. I'm going back to work. Maybe it's time for Australia.
Coleen Rooney is in talks to join Strictly next year as she looks to revive her TV career when Wayne returns to the UK, according to a Sun article.
Rooney shared false information about her basement being flooded. A story about the floodedMorrisons mansion was featured in The Sun six days later.
Rooney's lawyers told the High Court that the three posts were only visible to Vardy.
It has been more than two and a half years since the social media post by Coleen Rooney went viral.
The court session is scheduled to start at 10am. As the drama unfolded, here is a reminder of the key dates.
It was the first time that Rebekah Vardy had given evidence in an open court.
She told the court that she did not give any information to the newspaper.
You can read our full report on the opening day of the trial.
Under English defamation law, the burden of proof is on Coleen Rooney to prove that her social media post in October was true.
Rooney accused Vardy of leaking false stories about her private life to The Sun newspaper.
Coleen and Wayne Rooney were in court yesterday.
Rooney said she had shared fake stories on her personal account about going to Mexico for a gender selection procedure, a return to TV, and her basement flooding.
Rooney said that he had saved all the original stories which showed only one person had seen them. Rebekah Vardy's account.
The preliminary hearings have not been attended by either of the players.
The evidence continues today.
The case went to court in November 2020 after a judge found that Rooney was guilty of the serious and consistent breach of trust.
The element of suspense introduced by the multiple dots seems to me designed to raise expectations of a dramatic revelation, as Mr Justice Warby agreed at that time.
The trial is expected to last seven days.
Everything you need to know about the background to the case is here.
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney libel trial, which will continue today at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
The first day of the trial was spent listening to the opening arguments from both legal teams.
In the afternoon, she denied leaking stories to the press about her former friend.
The trial will resume at 10am.
The case started with a social media post by Rooney in October, which revealed details of a months-long sting operation to find out who had been leaking false stories about her.
It is. Rooney was dubbed "Wagatha Christie" on social media after Rebekah Vardy's post went viral.
In June 2020, the wife of a former England star launched libel proceedings against her husband. She strenuously denies leaking stories about Rooney.
Sky News is reporting from the High Court.
The first day of the Rebekah Vardy v Coleen Rooney libel trial was reported live by us.
She will be back in the witness box tomorrow after hearing the start of the evidence.
You can read our full report on the day in the post below, or you can check out our updates from the courtroom.
If you want to go back to the beginning of the coverage, you can switch to the oldest section on the right side.
We will see you tomorrow at 10:30am, if you have a good night.
Rebekah Vardy denied leaking stories to the press as she spoke out in court for the first time since launching libel proceedings against Coleen Rooney.
She told the court that she did not give any information to the newspaper.
Rooney is being sued after being accused of leaking false stories to The Sun newspaper. The libel trial got under way on Tuesday after several months of preliminary hearings.
The witness box was opened in the afternoon. Our full report can be read here.
The first day of the trial saw Rebekah Vardy and Wayne and Coleen Rooney leave the High Court.
Rooney is due to give evidence later in the hearing.
She will continue her testimony tomorrow.
There is a report on this.
We will be pulling together all the key points from the first day in court shortly and sharing with you here.
Coleen Rooney's lawyer will continue questioning when Rebekah Vardy returns to the witness box at 10:30am tomorrow.
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