Wagatha Christie: Rebekah Vardy to pay Coleen Rooney £1.5m in legal costs

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A judge ordered Rebekah Vardy to pay Coleen Rooney's legal costs after she lost a defamation case.

Mrs Rooney's legal costs were ordered to be paid by Mrs Ranieri.

The court documents state that an initial payment of £800,000 must be made by 15 November.

The judge ruled in Mrs Rooney's favour after the trial.

Mrs Rooney's legal team have not yet produced a final total for their costs, but the last figure presented to the court was over one million dollars.

The figure that Mrs Rooney's legal team presented to the court was less than what had already been spent before the trial.

Mrs Rooney wanted to be paid 100% while Mrs Vardy wanted to be paid 80%.

The order isn't a libel payment because it was Mrs Vardy who sued for libel and her claim failed.