1 00:00:01,043 --> 00:00:04,043 [birds chirping] 2 00:00:08,563 --> 00:00:11,523 There was a lot of preparation in advance 3 00:00:11,603 --> 00:00:14,323 to travelling to London for the court case. 4 00:00:16,483 --> 00:00:19,283 I had to pack for the week. 5 00:00:20,443 --> 00:00:24,523 And then told my mum what the kids were doin' each day, 6 00:00:24,603 --> 00:00:26,683 what they needed to take to school. 7 00:00:26,763 --> 00:00:28,643 There's all the uniforms. 8 00:00:28,723 --> 00:00:30,883 These here are Cass's. 9 00:00:30,963 --> 00:00:33,643 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Monday. 10 00:00:34,403 --> 00:00:37,003 I literally wrote a whole rota. 11 00:00:37,083 --> 00:00:40,843 Kit and Cass swim Wednesday. Kai swims Thursday. 12 00:00:40,923 --> 00:00:45,603 Cass's PE kit. Friday. Kai for his school trip on Friday. 13 00:00:46,443 --> 00:00:49,563 Um, I think that's everything. 14 00:00:50,403 --> 00:00:51,243 Yeah. 15 00:00:51,323 --> 00:00:54,403 I make sure everything's prepared before I go, 16 00:00:54,483 --> 00:00:59,683 so I can then rest my mind when I'm away from them. 17 00:01:00,403 --> 00:01:01,403 [Wayne] Go on. 18 00:01:03,563 --> 00:01:04,923 -I'll meet ya in Easterton. -[giggles] 19 00:01:05,003 --> 00:01:07,203 [Coleen] It was nice to have Wayne beside me. 20 00:01:08,443 --> 00:01:10,843 But I didn't think it would be any other way. 21 00:01:15,083 --> 00:01:17,003 Wayne drove to London. 22 00:01:20,283 --> 00:01:24,923 It was not an enjoyable one for Wayne, because I was not good company. 23 00:01:25,563 --> 00:01:27,883 I don't think we spoke a word. [chuckles] 24 00:01:27,963 --> 00:01:32,123 We'd had-- She had the files out, and she was lookin' at stuff. 25 00:01:33,843 --> 00:01:36,043 Three-and-a-half-hour, four-hour car journey. 26 00:01:38,403 --> 00:01:40,403 I drove to keep myself occupied. [chuckles] 27 00:01:42,723 --> 00:01:45,723 [Coleen] I just had so many things going through my head. 28 00:01:46,923 --> 00:01:51,723 The thought of being in court, it scared me. 29 00:01:52,923 --> 00:01:57,483 I felt like the victim, and I was havin' to defend myself 30 00:01:57,563 --> 00:02:01,203 for something that… [sighs] …I didn't think was wrong at all. 31 00:02:03,523 --> 00:02:05,523 It was a new journey, 32 00:02:06,323 --> 00:02:09,723 a journey that I never, ever wanted to be on. 33 00:02:22,083 --> 00:02:25,643 [reporter 1] Two-and-a-half years after the original tweet which started it all, 34 00:02:25,723 --> 00:02:27,883 Wagatha Christie starts today at the high court. 35 00:02:27,963 --> 00:02:30,083 [reporter 2] …made headlines all around the world. 36 00:02:30,163 --> 00:02:32,803 [reporter 3] …plot twist Wagatha Christie herself couldn't have foreseen, 37 00:02:32,883 --> 00:02:36,883 was that three years on from that infamous Instagram post, 38 00:02:36,963 --> 00:02:39,203 naming Rebekah Vardy as guilty, 39 00:02:39,283 --> 00:02:41,323 she'd be dragged to court over it. 40 00:02:41,403 --> 00:02:44,763 [reporter 4] It's two very rich women spending millions of pounds 41 00:02:44,843 --> 00:02:46,323 on this court case. 42 00:02:47,243 --> 00:02:51,043 [Coleen] A court case, to me, is for the public. 43 00:02:51,123 --> 00:02:54,203 It's a circus for everyone. [stammers] It's a show for everyone else. 44 00:02:54,283 --> 00:02:56,963 [reporter 5] Photographers and cameras have already arrived. 45 00:02:57,523 --> 00:03:00,403 [reporter 6] A number of celebrity names are going to be brought up. 46 00:03:01,923 --> 00:03:06,923 [Coleen] I felt ashamed. I felt ashamed that I was in this situation. 47 00:03:07,443 --> 00:03:09,363 [shutters clicking] 48 00:03:09,443 --> 00:03:12,843 [Morgan] If you're a newspaper editor, this is a dream story. 49 00:03:14,203 --> 00:03:19,443 It's two seething WAGs married to two famous footballers 50 00:03:19,523 --> 00:03:22,243 locking horns and going to court, 51 00:03:22,323 --> 00:03:26,803 where all the dirty linen on all sides is going to be washed. 52 00:03:30,963 --> 00:03:33,563 They're like, "This is gonna be total mayhem, 53 00:03:33,643 --> 00:03:35,203 and we'll probably sell a lot of newspapers." 54 00:03:38,843 --> 00:03:43,163 A panic came over me, and it was-- it was happening. 55 00:03:43,243 --> 00:03:44,803 It was-- You know, it was real. 56 00:03:44,883 --> 00:03:47,683 [reporter 7] The high court case between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney 57 00:03:47,763 --> 00:03:49,043 has got everybody talking. 58 00:03:49,123 --> 00:03:51,123 [shutters clicking] 59 00:03:52,323 --> 00:03:54,123 [commentator] Enter Coleen Rooney. 60 00:03:54,203 --> 00:03:58,683 You may know her as the wife of former England football captain Wayne Rooney. 61 00:03:59,443 --> 00:04:00,443 [shutter clicks] 62 00:04:00,523 --> 00:04:01,683 Rebekah Vardy, 63 00:04:01,763 --> 00:04:05,603 she's the wife of another England football player Jamie Vardy. 64 00:04:05,683 --> 00:04:08,363 Vardy says she wasn't behind it. 65 00:04:10,203 --> 00:04:11,883 [Freeman] I've covered the Oscars. 66 00:04:13,043 --> 00:04:14,603 I've covered the Golden Globes. 67 00:04:15,363 --> 00:04:18,763 Nothing has compared to the excitement of going to Wagatha. 68 00:04:19,683 --> 00:04:22,323 It was, like, the hottest ticket in town. 69 00:04:23,963 --> 00:04:25,963 [reporter 8] Both women were present in court, 70 00:04:26,043 --> 00:04:29,843 sitting on the same wooden bench about two metres from one another. 71 00:04:31,123 --> 00:04:32,683 Yeah, I looked at her. 72 00:04:33,563 --> 00:04:35,003 I never said hello. 73 00:04:35,963 --> 00:04:37,443 It was awkward. 74 00:04:37,523 --> 00:04:39,923 I think I made a point of looking to say, 75 00:04:40,963 --> 00:04:42,363 "I didn't want it… 76 00:04:45,763 --> 00:04:46,803 but this is it now." 77 00:04:48,563 --> 00:04:52,123 [reporter] Now, under English libel law, the onus is on Coleen Rooney 78 00:04:52,203 --> 00:04:56,443 to prove that that Wagatha Christie post was substantially true. 79 00:04:56,523 --> 00:05:00,163 That it was "dot, dot, dot, Rebekah Vardy's account". 80 00:05:00,683 --> 00:05:03,683 [Coleen] When the legal case with Rebekah started, 81 00:05:04,243 --> 00:05:06,243 I'd never been in a courtroom before. 82 00:05:06,923 --> 00:05:08,563 I didn't know what to do. 83 00:05:10,083 --> 00:05:11,403 It was all new to me. 84 00:05:18,203 --> 00:05:19,563 [Lunt] There are some cases where 85 00:05:19,643 --> 00:05:22,523 you first become aware of them before you're involved professionally. 86 00:05:22,603 --> 00:05:25,843 And I remember seeing the post, 87 00:05:25,923 --> 00:05:28,203 and my jaw hit the floor, to be honest with you. 88 00:05:29,763 --> 00:05:31,763 [Coleen] When the lawyers were putting the case together, 89 00:05:31,843 --> 00:05:34,843 I felt like we had a good start 90 00:05:34,923 --> 00:05:38,363 because I had evidence there to give them. 91 00:05:38,443 --> 00:05:40,883 [Hurworth] Because you put out the morning posts, 92 00:05:40,963 --> 00:05:42,603 they had to get, like, a bit more, like… 93 00:05:42,683 --> 00:05:46,203 [Lunt] Coleen had with her a large wad of papers, 94 00:05:46,283 --> 00:05:51,363 which were all in cellophane wrappers, neatly organised, labelled, Post-it notes. 95 00:05:51,443 --> 00:05:54,923 [Coleen] It's noted, so it's all sorted. It's all, like, just jotted… 96 00:05:55,003 --> 00:05:58,963 I laid it all out in the office and told them the whole story 97 00:05:59,043 --> 00:06:00,363 from beginning to end. 98 00:06:00,963 --> 00:06:03,683 And then I rang the journalist that you'll see in here. 99 00:06:03,763 --> 00:06:06,403 [Hurworth] You know, if she had come to a lawyer and said… [chuckles] 100 00:06:06,483 --> 00:06:09,163 …"I think someone's leaking on me. Like, what can I do about it?" 101 00:06:09,243 --> 00:06:11,163 Never in a million years would I have said, 102 00:06:11,243 --> 00:06:12,923 "Oh, you just go on your Instagram settings, 103 00:06:13,003 --> 00:06:15,123 you change the functionality, upload fake stories, 104 00:06:15,203 --> 00:06:19,443 and then once you've whittled it down, you go online and make the accusation." 105 00:06:19,523 --> 00:06:21,203 -You know the photo you put out? -Yeah, yeah. 106 00:06:21,283 --> 00:06:22,563 That was, like, the 22nd. 107 00:06:22,643 --> 00:06:26,283 The investigation that Coleen had done was excellent, 108 00:06:26,363 --> 00:06:30,123 but the evidence that we had wasn't good enough. 109 00:06:31,243 --> 00:06:32,283 [typing] 110 00:06:32,363 --> 00:06:35,843 [Hurworth] There's two links in the allegation that Coleen had made. 111 00:06:35,923 --> 00:06:37,443 [notification whistles] 112 00:06:37,523 --> 00:06:41,003 Did Rebekah Vardy or someone with access to her account 113 00:06:41,083 --> 00:06:43,003 view the content in question? 114 00:06:44,923 --> 00:06:48,843 The second link of the chain is did they pass it to The Sun? 115 00:06:50,403 --> 00:06:53,683 And that is the evidence Coleen didn't give us on that day. 116 00:06:55,763 --> 00:06:57,003 [Coleen] I was gutted. 117 00:06:57,083 --> 00:07:00,763 In my eyes, what I had was, you know, it was enough. 118 00:07:02,123 --> 00:07:06,003 But, obviously, in a legal battle, she would win. 119 00:07:08,363 --> 00:07:10,363 [birds chirping] 120 00:07:13,883 --> 00:07:15,643 -[Coleen] Kai. -[Kai] What? 121 00:07:15,723 --> 00:07:17,243 [Coleen] Here's your trainers. 122 00:07:18,323 --> 00:07:20,323 -[children chattering] -[Coleen] You don't need a coat. 123 00:07:20,963 --> 00:07:24,923 I didn't talk to anyone about the case 124 00:07:25,003 --> 00:07:28,083 because I didn't want to see them worrying. 125 00:07:28,923 --> 00:07:30,163 -Wayne. -[Wayne] Yeah? 126 00:07:30,243 --> 00:07:32,043 -I'm going down. -[Wayne] All right. 127 00:07:35,083 --> 00:07:38,483 [Coleen] I tried my hardest to think, 128 00:07:38,563 --> 00:07:40,923 "Was there a way of getting out of this?" 129 00:07:42,683 --> 00:07:44,683 [coach chattering] 130 00:07:47,043 --> 00:07:48,123 [sighs] 131 00:07:48,203 --> 00:07:52,163 We did have conversations very early on about a settlement. 132 00:07:54,403 --> 00:07:57,603 Of course, Coleen's the defendant, not the plaintiff, 133 00:07:57,683 --> 00:08:01,483 and she would have to accept Rebekah's terms. 134 00:08:02,603 --> 00:08:04,643 It was a very high bar that had to be met. 135 00:08:06,283 --> 00:08:08,723 [Hurworth] It wasn't in question that Rebekah Vardy 136 00:08:08,803 --> 00:08:13,323 had suffered damage to her reputation as a result of what Coleen had posted. 137 00:08:14,083 --> 00:08:17,843 The abuse that her kids had received, or the trolling that she'd received. 138 00:08:17,923 --> 00:08:19,563 It was all terrible. 139 00:08:22,603 --> 00:08:26,443 So, she was seeking substantial damages 140 00:08:26,523 --> 00:08:29,963 and an order that Coleen is required to make a public statement, 141 00:08:30,043 --> 00:08:32,683 which would essentially be an apology. 142 00:08:33,443 --> 00:08:37,403 She wanted me to accept that I got it all wrong. 143 00:08:39,843 --> 00:08:42,123 [Wayne] To be honest, I wouldn't want her to do that. 144 00:08:42,683 --> 00:08:46,843 To come out and say she's made a mistake when, um, she didn't feel she has. 145 00:08:46,923 --> 00:08:48,163 [coach] Nearly, K. 146 00:08:49,083 --> 00:08:52,803 [Wayne] She shouldn't have to do that just to live an easy life. 147 00:08:55,283 --> 00:08:59,283 I said to Coleen, "Whatever you do to seek to avoid a trial, 148 00:08:59,923 --> 00:09:02,803 you're going to have to live with it for the rest of your life." 149 00:09:05,203 --> 00:09:08,923 [Coleen] I say to my kids, "Always tell the truth." 150 00:09:09,483 --> 00:09:11,083 Go and score. Go and score in that goal. 151 00:09:11,163 --> 00:09:15,123 [Coleen] For me, as a person and for my beliefs, 152 00:09:15,643 --> 00:09:18,843 I wasn't gonna say something that was wrong. 153 00:09:21,283 --> 00:09:23,003 I had to battle on. 154 00:09:28,683 --> 00:09:32,003 It was like watching two people play chicken on a train track. 155 00:09:32,643 --> 00:09:35,483 Neither of them was going to jump first. 156 00:09:36,323 --> 00:09:39,003 They were willing to take it to the high court. 157 00:09:41,323 --> 00:09:43,443 [Lunt] I knew that my team would be well capable 158 00:09:43,523 --> 00:09:46,123 of loading the bullets for the trial. 159 00:09:46,683 --> 00:09:48,963 But you need to choose the right person to fire them. 160 00:09:49,043 --> 00:09:51,443 [shutters clicking] 161 00:09:52,243 --> 00:09:53,763 -[paparazzo] Morning. -Morning. 162 00:09:53,843 --> 00:09:57,843 David Sherborne, he's this very superpower, A-list lawyer, 163 00:09:57,923 --> 00:10:00,643 you know, the flowing hair, the tan. 164 00:10:00,723 --> 00:10:02,763 That tells us something, doesn't it? 165 00:10:02,843 --> 00:10:04,083 He's a friend to the A-listers. 166 00:10:04,923 --> 00:10:07,083 [reporter 1] Clients include Meghan Markle. 167 00:10:07,163 --> 00:10:08,323 [shutters clicking] 168 00:10:08,403 --> 00:10:09,683 [reporter 2] Actress Sienna Miller. 169 00:10:09,763 --> 00:10:11,043 [paparazzo] Morning, Sienna. 170 00:10:12,083 --> 00:10:14,683 [Boshoff] He's on the steps of the court with Hugh Grant… 171 00:10:14,763 --> 00:10:16,483 -[spectator 1] Johnny! -[Boshoff] …or Johnny Depp. 172 00:10:16,563 --> 00:10:19,163 [spectators cheering] 173 00:10:19,243 --> 00:10:22,283 [Lunt] Whether we wanted it or not, the trial was going to be theatre… 174 00:10:22,363 --> 00:10:24,603 -[spectator 2] We love you! -[cheering] 175 00:10:24,683 --> 00:10:28,683 …and one of David's great skills is he performs well 176 00:10:28,763 --> 00:10:31,083 in the theatre of the trial. 177 00:10:31,163 --> 00:10:33,283 [shutters clicking] 178 00:10:34,883 --> 00:10:37,883 [Sherborne] I knew that, like any good mystery story, 179 00:10:37,963 --> 00:10:39,963 nothing was going to be a slam dunk. 180 00:10:40,723 --> 00:10:43,403 The whole case was called Wagatha Christie, 181 00:10:43,483 --> 00:10:46,603 and it was a sort of whodunnit. 182 00:10:46,683 --> 00:10:48,483 [Morgan] I know there's something we can't talk about, 183 00:10:48,563 --> 00:10:50,123 but everyone else is talking about. 184 00:10:50,203 --> 00:10:51,723 So the thing that we can't talk about, 185 00:10:52,323 --> 00:10:53,883 is there anything you can say about it? 186 00:10:53,963 --> 00:10:57,123 [Sherborne] Rebekah Vardy very publicly stated 187 00:10:57,203 --> 00:11:00,883 that she had no knowledge to all of any of this. 188 00:11:01,403 --> 00:11:03,683 [Rebekah] I want to clear my name, and, you know, 189 00:11:03,763 --> 00:11:05,643 I will do whatever that takes. 190 00:11:06,923 --> 00:11:09,403 [Sherborne] There was the explanations given by Rebekah Vardy 191 00:11:09,483 --> 00:11:12,123 that, "There are lots of people who use my account." 192 00:11:13,803 --> 00:11:16,363 [Hurworth] It was confirmed that the primary people that had access 193 00:11:16,443 --> 00:11:18,923 to Rebekah Vardy's account were Rebekah Vardy 194 00:11:19,603 --> 00:11:21,763 and Caroline Watt, her agent. 195 00:11:24,323 --> 00:11:27,603 [Coleen] I had never heard of Caroline Watt before. 196 00:11:28,123 --> 00:11:31,963 If I walked past her in the street, I would not know who she was. 197 00:11:34,123 --> 00:11:36,603 [Lunt] Mrs Vardy's interaction with the media 198 00:11:36,683 --> 00:11:40,963 was often, if not exclusively, through her agent, Caroline Watt. 199 00:11:43,563 --> 00:11:46,123 [Coleen] Early on, before disclosure, 200 00:11:46,203 --> 00:11:52,843 Rebekah and I had to preserve all messages and emails. 201 00:11:53,843 --> 00:11:58,203 [Hurworth] The court require you to disclose documentation to your opponent 202 00:11:58,283 --> 00:12:00,403 whether it's helpful or harmful to your case. 203 00:12:01,083 --> 00:12:04,083 In this case, the smoking gun would've been 204 00:12:04,163 --> 00:12:06,723 screenshots from Rebekah Vardy to a journalist at The Sun 205 00:12:06,803 --> 00:12:08,443 sending Coleen's posts on. 206 00:12:10,523 --> 00:12:11,923 [phone rings] 207 00:12:13,883 --> 00:12:15,803 [Coleen] My legal team rang me and said, 208 00:12:15,883 --> 00:12:19,883 "We've got some of the messages between Rebekah and Caroline Watt. 209 00:12:19,963 --> 00:12:21,363 They'll send them over to ya." 210 00:12:23,523 --> 00:12:27,483 And I remember looking at the messages and feeling sick. 211 00:12:30,363 --> 00:12:34,763 "Caroline: Babe, has Coleen unfollowed you? 212 00:12:36,363 --> 00:12:40,363 Bex: OMG. I just saw. Wow. 213 00:12:41,123 --> 00:12:42,123 What a cunt." 214 00:12:43,403 --> 00:12:46,403 I just couldn't believe that two women 215 00:12:46,483 --> 00:12:50,043 could be so nasty about someone that they don't know. 216 00:12:51,723 --> 00:12:54,403 "Bex: I'm going to message her. 217 00:12:55,563 --> 00:12:58,523 Caroline: I would leave it a while 218 00:12:58,603 --> 00:13:03,403 and then, in a few weeks, message her and ask if you have offended her." 219 00:13:05,283 --> 00:13:09,763 Then I thought about my WhatsApp exchange with Rebekah. 220 00:13:09,843 --> 00:13:11,243 [message dings] 221 00:13:15,803 --> 00:13:19,083 I just thought, "You're so two-faced." 222 00:13:20,363 --> 00:13:23,683 "Bex: I never usually message her and say, 'Hi.' 223 00:13:23,763 --> 00:13:25,763 Maybe I should say something about Rosie." 224 00:13:27,163 --> 00:13:29,763 To plan to create a story 225 00:13:29,843 --> 00:13:35,563 to get me to reply back is one thing, 226 00:13:36,643 --> 00:13:39,643 but to use my sister, who's passed away… 227 00:13:41,683 --> 00:13:42,963 was just wrong. 228 00:13:46,643 --> 00:13:47,643 [typing] 229 00:13:50,603 --> 00:13:52,843 It was a big thing to get their messages, 230 00:13:53,523 --> 00:13:58,363 but my lawyers told me that they haven't handed over everything. 231 00:13:58,443 --> 00:13:59,643 There was things missing. 232 00:14:00,883 --> 00:14:02,683 [Hurworth] When we'd opened the document, 233 00:14:02,763 --> 00:14:07,723 all the media files, images, voice notes just said, "Image omitted." 234 00:14:08,883 --> 00:14:12,123 [Lunt] But also, some of the messages had been redacted, 235 00:14:12,203 --> 00:14:15,283 so we couldn't read parts of the documents. 236 00:14:16,043 --> 00:14:19,243 And the reason that was given was that it's just irrelevant. 237 00:14:19,323 --> 00:14:22,723 [reporter 1] Coleen Rooney's lawyer said he wants all the WhatsApp messages 238 00:14:22,803 --> 00:14:24,563 to be released in full. 239 00:14:25,683 --> 00:14:29,683 [Lunt] But after we asked for the relevant documents and records… 240 00:14:31,923 --> 00:14:34,043 we find out that the laptop 241 00:14:34,123 --> 00:14:39,763 Mrs Vardy used to transfer the WhatsApp exchanges to her solicitors 242 00:14:39,843 --> 00:14:43,283 had crashed, but it'd also been disposed of. 243 00:14:45,363 --> 00:14:48,683 [Hurworth] Rebekah Vardy's phone, when the IT forensics examined it, 244 00:14:48,763 --> 00:14:51,643 had experienced this IT malfunction. 245 00:14:51,723 --> 00:14:54,483 The messages then got deleted. 246 00:14:54,563 --> 00:14:57,443 [reporter 2] Coleen Rooney's team have expressed their frustration. 247 00:14:59,083 --> 00:15:02,083 We applied to have Caroline Watt's devices searched too. 248 00:15:03,763 --> 00:15:07,123 Caroline Watt's phone isn't available. 249 00:15:07,723 --> 00:15:10,683 [reporter 3] That telephone belonging to Caroline Watt, 250 00:15:10,763 --> 00:15:15,523 was, you might say fortunately or unfortunately, I'm not kidding, dropped… 251 00:15:15,603 --> 00:15:18,443 …off the side of a boat in the North Sea. 252 00:15:20,443 --> 00:15:24,323 [Coleen] I didn't know what was on that phone or that laptop, 253 00:15:24,403 --> 00:15:30,403 but there could've been vital information that would have helped my side. 254 00:15:31,523 --> 00:15:34,323 I felt like it was a step backwards, 255 00:15:34,403 --> 00:15:36,243 but there was nothing we could do about it. 256 00:15:38,003 --> 00:15:39,003 [horn honks] 257 00:15:41,603 --> 00:15:44,323 One of the critical moments in the lead-up to the trial 258 00:15:44,403 --> 00:15:46,563 was the exchange of witness statements. 259 00:15:48,243 --> 00:15:51,283 [Lunt] There is a degree of anticipation when you finally get to see, 260 00:15:51,363 --> 00:15:53,523 all right, which witnesses they're actually gonna call, 261 00:15:53,603 --> 00:15:55,123 and what are they gonna say. 262 00:15:56,403 --> 00:15:59,283 [Hurworth] We received all of the witness summaries 263 00:15:59,363 --> 00:16:00,843 at the same time in one folder. 264 00:16:02,643 --> 00:16:04,443 It says, "Rebekah Vardy, Caroline Watt." 265 00:16:06,803 --> 00:16:10,323 And then it's witness summaries from all these different journalists at The Sun 266 00:16:10,403 --> 00:16:12,843 who had written the leaked articles. 267 00:16:18,963 --> 00:16:20,523 Every single one of them said, 268 00:16:21,203 --> 00:16:24,123 "I can confirm that it was neither Caroline Watt 269 00:16:24,203 --> 00:16:26,203 nor Rebekah Vardy that was the source." 270 00:16:31,563 --> 00:16:32,683 I just thought, "Shit." 271 00:16:35,243 --> 00:16:37,563 Bumped into Paul an hour or so later. 272 00:16:41,083 --> 00:16:42,843 [Lunt] I saw Jamie in the corridor, 273 00:16:44,283 --> 00:16:48,083 and after the pleasantries of "All right, mate", um, he said… 274 00:16:48,163 --> 00:16:50,483 "You seen the witness statements?" 275 00:16:50,563 --> 00:16:53,443 And he was like, "Yeah, yeah. I, like, opened them very quickly." 276 00:16:53,523 --> 00:16:55,803 He says, "We're fucked, aren't we?" [chuckles] 277 00:16:55,883 --> 00:16:57,283 [phone buzzes] 278 00:16:58,203 --> 00:17:03,443 I phoned Paul Lunt straight away and said, "What-- What's going on here?" 279 00:17:04,923 --> 00:17:08,803 I did what I could to reassure Coleen, but they didn't look promising. 280 00:17:10,243 --> 00:17:14,643 I was concerned because that means I've got no case. 281 00:17:15,643 --> 00:17:18,283 All this fight for nothing. 282 00:17:20,123 --> 00:17:22,603 [Sherborne] That was devastating evidence. 283 00:17:23,443 --> 00:17:27,363 We had to find a way out for her because she was going to lose at trial. 284 00:17:27,443 --> 00:17:28,443 [shutter clicks] 285 00:17:29,403 --> 00:17:33,563 [Coleen] It made me ill. It completely changed me as a character. 286 00:17:34,523 --> 00:17:39,243 I remember sitting with my dad one day, and we took Klay to football… 287 00:17:41,363 --> 00:17:45,843 and he just looked at me and said, "Coleen, you're just-- you're so-- 288 00:17:45,923 --> 00:17:49,723 You're just not you anymore. You just-- You look sick." 289 00:17:51,883 --> 00:17:55,363 [Danielle] I remember turning up in a Costa Coffee car park 290 00:17:56,003 --> 00:17:58,723 and her car looking like an office. 291 00:17:58,803 --> 00:18:01,443 She had her laptop open, she had her phone. 292 00:18:01,523 --> 00:18:05,083 There was ring binders everywhere, there was paperworks everywhere, 293 00:18:05,163 --> 00:18:07,483 and she just looked like a deer in the headlights. 294 00:18:07,563 --> 00:18:08,763 I was like, "Are you okay?" 295 00:18:10,803 --> 00:18:14,043 [Coleen] It was horrible 'cause I didn't wanna be around people, 296 00:18:14,123 --> 00:18:15,883 and that's not me at all. 297 00:18:15,963 --> 00:18:18,283 And I was snappy at the kids. 298 00:18:18,363 --> 00:18:21,043 -[children chattering] -[Coleen] Watch the mud. Watch the mud. 299 00:18:21,123 --> 00:18:22,123 Get them away. 300 00:18:22,643 --> 00:18:27,323 I just hated trying to be happy, and I'm a happy person, 301 00:18:27,403 --> 00:18:31,283 and I… [sniffles, stammers] …I could see people were concerned. 302 00:18:31,363 --> 00:18:36,163 ♪ Happy birthday, dear Coleen ♪ 303 00:18:36,243 --> 00:18:39,723 But it was just constantly on my mind. I couldn't get away from it. 304 00:18:41,163 --> 00:18:44,123 [Wayne] I remember a few times saying to her, "Just forget about it. Sit down. 305 00:18:44,203 --> 00:18:48,163 Let's watch TV and relax a little bit." But she could never get it off her mind. 306 00:18:48,243 --> 00:18:49,363 [shutter clicks] 307 00:18:49,443 --> 00:18:51,003 Probably the lowest I've seen her. 308 00:18:52,203 --> 00:18:54,763 [Stretford] I remember her crying really badly on the phone, 309 00:18:54,843 --> 00:18:56,803 and it was becoming unbearable. 310 00:18:57,323 --> 00:19:03,723 And I thought Coleen would just fold and give Rebekah what she wanted. 311 00:19:07,403 --> 00:19:12,203 [Sherborne] That was a difficult period, but I remember thinking to myself, 312 00:19:12,283 --> 00:19:16,163 "These witness summaries weren't quite what they appeared to be." 313 00:19:18,723 --> 00:19:21,603 [Lunt] There were reasons to think, "This doesn't add up." 314 00:19:22,123 --> 00:19:25,603 The majority of 'em aren't even signed by the journalists in question. 315 00:19:28,243 --> 00:19:30,403 In advance of trial, there was a hearing. 316 00:19:31,403 --> 00:19:35,203 For the first time, The Sun was represented through their barrister. 317 00:19:35,803 --> 00:19:39,603 [Hurworth] It's normally just a really quite boring technical hearing, 318 00:19:40,363 --> 00:19:42,443 but all hell was breaking loose. 319 00:19:43,283 --> 00:19:47,083 [Lunt] The Sun journalists were saying, "We don't want to turn up at trial. 320 00:19:47,163 --> 00:19:50,803 We will resist being compelled to turn up at trial." 321 00:19:50,883 --> 00:19:53,763 The obvious question will be, who gave you that story? 322 00:19:54,803 --> 00:19:58,003 And the only answer that I can give and ever would give 323 00:19:58,083 --> 00:20:00,723 is the same one that we, uh-- that we gave in the high court. 324 00:20:00,803 --> 00:20:04,083 We would never reveal it. That's simply not something we would do. 325 00:20:05,043 --> 00:20:08,443 The first rule of journalism for any newspaper, 326 00:20:08,523 --> 00:20:09,843 you don't reveal your sources. 327 00:20:09,923 --> 00:20:11,843 Once you do, you never get another story. 328 00:20:11,923 --> 00:20:13,163 Who would trust you? 329 00:20:14,123 --> 00:20:17,003 [Hurworth] We'd got the impression that those witness summaries 330 00:20:17,083 --> 00:20:19,723 that we'd been provided with weren't necessarily accurate, 331 00:20:19,803 --> 00:20:23,043 and that it was an attempt by Rebekah Vardy's team 332 00:20:23,123 --> 00:20:25,043 to force Coleen into settlement. 333 00:20:30,443 --> 00:20:36,083 I didn't understand the tactics of how sides work against each other. 334 00:20:37,163 --> 00:20:41,243 But when The Sun journalists said they won't get on that stand, 335 00:20:41,323 --> 00:20:43,323 there was a sense of relief. 336 00:20:44,923 --> 00:20:48,003 But we still had other hurdles to get over. 337 00:20:48,683 --> 00:20:52,483 I had to continue with that legal battle. 338 00:20:58,323 --> 00:21:02,123 [Lunt] Around the same time, it rapidly became apparent 339 00:21:02,203 --> 00:21:06,643 that Caroline Watt did not want to give evidence at trial. 340 00:21:06,723 --> 00:21:09,523 [reporter] Let's get the very latest instalment 341 00:21:09,603 --> 00:21:12,043 in the so-called Wagatha Christie saga. 342 00:21:12,123 --> 00:21:15,043 Unfortunately, Caroline Watt is now not well enough 343 00:21:15,123 --> 00:21:17,163 to appear in court as a witness. 344 00:21:17,243 --> 00:21:21,243 Caroline Watt will not be appearing during the trial because she has a medical note. 345 00:21:22,403 --> 00:21:25,443 [Sherborne] This coincided with the fact that, to us, 346 00:21:25,523 --> 00:21:30,403 it was becoming undeniably obvious that Caroline Watt was involved. 347 00:21:31,923 --> 00:21:33,843 [Boshoff] Shortly before she withdrew, 348 00:21:33,923 --> 00:21:36,163 I'd spoken to Caroline about giving evidence, 349 00:21:36,243 --> 00:21:37,603 and she'd seemed-- 350 00:21:38,563 --> 00:21:42,643 Uh, she a bit more chatty than usual. 351 00:21:42,723 --> 00:21:44,363 She had a lot she wanted to say. 352 00:21:44,443 --> 00:21:46,603 None of it was for publication or repeating. 353 00:21:47,323 --> 00:21:48,563 She did seem anxious. 354 00:21:49,323 --> 00:21:52,963 Rebekah then changed her witness statement. 355 00:21:53,043 --> 00:21:56,123 Rebekah Vardy is said to now accept 356 00:21:56,203 --> 00:21:59,963 that her agent may be to blame for leaking stories to the press. 357 00:22:00,883 --> 00:22:02,443 [Lunt] Although Mrs Vardy said, 358 00:22:02,523 --> 00:22:07,603 "I accept that my agent, Caroline Watt, may have been behind the leaks," 359 00:22:08,283 --> 00:22:10,923 we still needed to prove that Mrs Vardy 360 00:22:11,003 --> 00:22:13,843 not only knew about it but actually authorised it. 361 00:22:15,003 --> 00:22:16,883 It was absolutely all to play for. 362 00:22:28,243 --> 00:22:31,243 [reporter] Well, you can see the press is gathering for the start 363 00:22:31,323 --> 00:22:34,163 of this Wagatha Christie trial. 364 00:22:35,243 --> 00:22:38,123 The journalists all got to sit in the jury box 'cause there wasn't a jury. 365 00:22:38,203 --> 00:22:40,283 So we're right in the courtroom. 366 00:22:40,363 --> 00:22:44,043 Nothing has compared to the excitement of going to Wagatha. 367 00:22:44,123 --> 00:22:45,603 [notification whistles] 368 00:22:45,683 --> 00:22:47,563 I include my daughter's birth in that. 369 00:22:49,483 --> 00:22:53,803 I'd speak to other journalists and say, "Ooh, who do you think is going to win?" 370 00:22:53,883 --> 00:22:56,203 And a lot of people were backing Rebekah. 371 00:22:57,403 --> 00:22:59,643 [reporter] Well, shortly, we are going to hear opening submissions 372 00:22:59,723 --> 00:23:02,843 from David Sherborne who is Coleen Rooney's lawyer. 373 00:23:02,923 --> 00:23:03,923 [shutter clicks] 374 00:23:04,643 --> 00:23:07,483 [Sherborne] In the absence of that silver bullet, 375 00:23:07,563 --> 00:23:10,643 there needed to be a strategy to try and demonstrate… 376 00:23:10,723 --> 00:23:11,883 -[shutters clicking] -[chattering] 377 00:23:11,963 --> 00:23:14,763 …Rebekah Vardy was, more likely than not, responsible. 378 00:23:18,723 --> 00:23:21,043 [reporter] In court, David Sherborne said… 379 00:23:21,123 --> 00:23:22,883 [Sherborne] "This is a detective story. 380 00:23:22,963 --> 00:23:24,683 And like any good detective story, 381 00:23:24,763 --> 00:23:28,643 you never find the person responsible with a smoking gun in her hand. 382 00:23:29,923 --> 00:23:33,163 Our case is that, responsible, in real terms, 383 00:23:33,243 --> 00:23:36,723 doesn't mean that it's Mrs Vardy who had to pull the trigger herself. 384 00:23:37,443 --> 00:23:40,923 If she gave Mrs Watt the gun and the bullets, 385 00:23:41,003 --> 00:23:44,163 told her who to target and gave her blessing, 386 00:23:44,243 --> 00:23:48,163 that makes her just as responsible as the person who pulled the trigger." 387 00:23:54,723 --> 00:23:56,883 [clock chiming] 388 00:23:56,963 --> 00:24:00,963 [reporter] Determined to clear her name, Rebekah Vardy finally took to the stand. 389 00:24:02,043 --> 00:24:04,283 [Freeman] It was absolutely silent in the courtroom. 390 00:24:04,363 --> 00:24:06,083 You could just feel the whole press box 391 00:24:06,163 --> 00:24:07,923 just, kind of, sitting forward in their seats. 392 00:24:11,123 --> 00:24:13,283 [Boshoff] Now we come to the whole nub of it. 393 00:24:14,323 --> 00:24:19,923 Two women questioned on the stand and bound to give a truthful answer. 394 00:24:20,003 --> 00:24:21,923 [reporter 1] When she went into the witness box, 395 00:24:22,003 --> 00:24:25,523 Coleen Rooney stared at her the whole time. 396 00:24:27,123 --> 00:24:29,203 [Coleen] When Rebekah was on the stand, 397 00:24:29,723 --> 00:24:33,803 I took notes of things that I wanted to ask the legal team. 398 00:24:35,243 --> 00:24:39,563 I was eager to know what was gonna come out of her mouth. 399 00:24:40,403 --> 00:24:43,523 [reporter 2] Rebekah Vardy was cross-examined by David Sherborne. 400 00:24:43,603 --> 00:24:46,203 She was asked if she respected people's privacy. 401 00:24:46,283 --> 00:24:47,323 She said she did. 402 00:24:48,283 --> 00:24:50,043 [Sherborne] The fact that she agreed with me, 403 00:24:50,123 --> 00:24:52,323 it was right to respect people's privacy, 404 00:24:52,403 --> 00:24:54,323 it opened the door for me to say, 405 00:24:54,403 --> 00:24:57,883 "Well, hold on. You say that, but what about this?" 406 00:25:00,403 --> 00:25:03,883 This Peter Andre story was published in the News of the World 407 00:25:03,963 --> 00:25:05,683 and was read by millions of people. 408 00:25:06,563 --> 00:25:12,003 She compared, um, Peter Andre's, um, genitalia to a chipolata. 409 00:25:12,083 --> 00:25:15,003 [chuckles] And at that point, all of us in the jury box were like, 410 00:25:15,083 --> 00:25:17,923 "Oh, okay." [laughing] "This is how this trial's gonna be." 411 00:25:18,763 --> 00:25:22,163 [reporter 2] She was asked if it was respectful to share the story. 412 00:25:22,243 --> 00:25:25,843 Rebekah Vardy said that it was something she deeply regretted. 413 00:25:26,803 --> 00:25:29,763 [Freeman] In the end, the judge dismissed it as evidence. 414 00:25:29,843 --> 00:25:33,083 She says, "Just 'cause Rebekah Vardy had done this 18 years ago, 415 00:25:33,163 --> 00:25:35,283 it has no relevance to today." 416 00:25:35,363 --> 00:25:38,923 I'm not one to question the judge, but personally for me, as an observer, 417 00:25:39,003 --> 00:25:41,723 I felt that was a pretty good way to establish 418 00:25:41,803 --> 00:25:43,883 who Vardy was from the first day. 419 00:25:46,043 --> 00:25:48,123 -[chattering] -[shutters clicking] 420 00:25:48,203 --> 00:25:50,603 [Lunt] The Peter Andre article was one illustration 421 00:25:50,683 --> 00:25:52,843 of the kind of things that she's done in the past, 422 00:25:53,363 --> 00:25:57,163 and a key part of our strategy was to put forward to the court 423 00:25:57,243 --> 00:26:02,563 that Mrs Vardy was someone who had a practice of leaking to the press. 424 00:26:10,043 --> 00:26:12,123 [Hurworth] In the first batch of documents 425 00:26:12,203 --> 00:26:14,603 that we received from Rebekah Vardy's team, 426 00:26:15,203 --> 00:26:17,323 some of the messages had been redacted… 427 00:26:19,523 --> 00:26:21,843 but the redactions hadn't been properly applied. 428 00:26:22,363 --> 00:26:26,403 [Sherborne] And when we looked at them in electronic form, 429 00:26:26,483 --> 00:26:30,443 the way in which they had been redacted disappeared. 430 00:26:31,123 --> 00:26:34,523 So we were able to see what was underneath. 431 00:26:36,363 --> 00:26:38,443 [Hurworth] "Caroline: Image omitted. 432 00:26:39,523 --> 00:26:42,163 Bex: She's a nasty bitch. 433 00:26:43,163 --> 00:26:45,163 Caroline: She's trash. 434 00:26:45,923 --> 00:26:48,163 Bex: I've taken a big dislike to her. 435 00:26:48,243 --> 00:26:49,563 She thinks she's amazing. 436 00:26:50,283 --> 00:26:52,283 Would love to leak those stories." 437 00:26:54,323 --> 00:26:56,203 Rebekah Vardy's lawyers' position was 438 00:26:56,283 --> 00:26:59,603 the stories that Rebekah Vardy was talking about in that message 439 00:27:00,243 --> 00:27:02,323 didn't relate to Coleen Rooney, 440 00:27:02,403 --> 00:27:04,963 and therefore, they weren't relevant to the case. 441 00:27:06,163 --> 00:27:07,523 Our position was, 442 00:27:07,603 --> 00:27:11,483 if Rebekah Vardy is talking about leaking stories about Coleen Rooney, 443 00:27:11,563 --> 00:27:14,523 or about anyone else, then it's relevant. 444 00:27:17,323 --> 00:27:20,883 So, as a result of a court order, we got more documents. 445 00:27:26,763 --> 00:27:28,563 [reporter 1] Rebekah Vardy was giving evidence 446 00:27:28,643 --> 00:27:31,603 on the second day of her libel trial against Coleen Rooney. 447 00:27:31,683 --> 00:27:33,243 -[shutters clicking] -[chattering] 448 00:27:33,323 --> 00:27:35,523 [Lunt] When we looked at those documents, 449 00:27:35,603 --> 00:27:38,523 we discovered that there had been discussions 450 00:27:38,603 --> 00:27:41,843 between Becky Vardy and Caroline Watt 451 00:27:41,923 --> 00:27:45,003 leaking stories about other high-profile individuals. 452 00:27:48,083 --> 00:27:51,403 "Bex: Mahrez not turned up to training again. 453 00:27:52,203 --> 00:27:53,443 Lads are fuming. 454 00:27:54,443 --> 00:27:57,443 Caroline: Really? I can tell someone. 455 00:27:58,043 --> 00:28:00,043 Bex: Yeah, do it." 456 00:28:01,043 --> 00:28:04,763 Here in court, we were getting these actual text conversations 457 00:28:04,843 --> 00:28:10,003 of Rebekah telling her agent to leak stories about Premier League footballers. 458 00:28:11,283 --> 00:28:13,843 In Rebekah Vardy's witness statement, 459 00:28:13,923 --> 00:28:16,563 she said that it was just a joke. 460 00:28:16,643 --> 00:28:18,443 It's just their sort of banter. 461 00:28:19,363 --> 00:28:23,163 But one of the messages couldn't possibly be a joke. 462 00:28:23,843 --> 00:28:25,283 [reporter 2] Rooney's lawyer alleging 463 00:28:25,363 --> 00:28:27,683 she turned her connections to her husband, Jamie, 464 00:28:27,763 --> 00:28:31,963 allegedly trying to sell a story about one of his former teammates Danny Drinkwater. 465 00:28:33,523 --> 00:28:37,763 [Sherborne] "Bex: Story. Danny Drinkwater arrested. 466 00:28:38,843 --> 00:28:41,083 Crashed his car drunk with two girls in it. 467 00:28:41,843 --> 00:28:43,643 Caroline: Fuck. When? 468 00:28:44,283 --> 00:28:46,603 Bex: I want paying for this." 469 00:28:47,803 --> 00:28:49,883 The fact that, in the message, 470 00:28:49,963 --> 00:28:52,763 Rebekah Vardy said that she wants paying for this, 471 00:28:53,363 --> 00:28:55,923 demonstrates that she was serious. 472 00:28:57,563 --> 00:28:59,123 [Coleen] When I seen them messages, 473 00:28:59,203 --> 00:29:02,363 I was surprised where there was money involved. 474 00:29:02,963 --> 00:29:05,683 I just thought the reason she was doing it was to-- 475 00:29:05,763 --> 00:29:08,123 to keep a relationship with The Sun. 476 00:29:09,243 --> 00:29:13,123 [reporter] Vardy has admitted trying to leak a story to a national newspaper, 477 00:29:13,203 --> 00:29:15,843 though claims it was a one-off. 478 00:29:16,883 --> 00:29:18,363 [Morgan] What's not unusual 479 00:29:18,443 --> 00:29:21,443 would be famous people giving stories to the papers. 480 00:29:21,523 --> 00:29:23,003 Happens all the time. 481 00:29:23,083 --> 00:29:26,083 But just because somebody has done something here, 482 00:29:26,163 --> 00:29:28,923 it doesn't automatically follow they also did 483 00:29:29,523 --> 00:29:32,523 do what Rebekah Vardy was accused of doing to Coleen Rooney. 484 00:29:33,483 --> 00:29:34,483 [paparazzo] Coleen! 485 00:29:35,003 --> 00:29:36,003 [Freeman] At that point, 486 00:29:36,083 --> 00:29:37,723 some of the journalists who were there with me 487 00:29:37,803 --> 00:29:42,123 felt that there was a kind of fatal flaw in Coleen's team's case. 488 00:29:43,323 --> 00:29:47,123 We were getting these stories about Peter Andre and Danny Drinkwater, 489 00:29:47,763 --> 00:29:52,403 but they didn't have conversations between Caroline Watts and Rebekah Vardy 490 00:29:52,483 --> 00:29:54,563 discussing leaking stories about Coleen. 491 00:29:54,643 --> 00:29:58,883 And that did feel like a hole in the centre of the case. 492 00:30:06,483 --> 00:30:10,203 [Coleen] Every day after court, when me and Wayne got back to the hotel, 493 00:30:10,283 --> 00:30:12,283 I didn't know how I was gonna feel. 494 00:30:12,363 --> 00:30:17,763 Whether I wanted to be around people, like, in the hotel restaurant, 495 00:30:18,323 --> 00:30:20,963 or whether I wanted to be on my own. 496 00:30:22,003 --> 00:30:22,843 [dings] 497 00:30:22,923 --> 00:30:25,283 So we had stopped off at… [sucks teeth] 498 00:30:25,363 --> 00:30:27,843 …a Tesco and bought some… [clicks tongue] 499 00:30:27,923 --> 00:30:31,923 …noodles and crisps and waters to keep in the hotel room. [chuckles] 500 00:30:33,883 --> 00:30:36,803 [Wayne] I knew I wanted to support Coleen in the court, 501 00:30:36,883 --> 00:30:39,203 but then it was more actually in the hotel. 502 00:30:39,283 --> 00:30:42,803 Just to try and, you know, forget about it for a few hours 503 00:30:42,883 --> 00:30:44,523 and just calm her and settle her down, 504 00:30:44,603 --> 00:30:47,163 because that's where you can start overthinking things. 505 00:30:48,643 --> 00:30:49,963 [Hurworth] Once the day is finished, 506 00:30:50,043 --> 00:30:52,763 we would have a little debrief with Wayne and Coleen. 507 00:30:52,843 --> 00:30:56,683 I'd not dealt with Wayne that much before the trial, 508 00:30:56,763 --> 00:30:59,043 but he was just fascinated by the whole thing. 509 00:30:59,123 --> 00:31:00,443 Yeah, no. It-- [chuckles] 510 00:31:00,523 --> 00:31:04,163 It was interesting, because I do like, um, crime documentaries 511 00:31:04,243 --> 00:31:08,563 and, um, in particular, the different techniques the two barristers used. 512 00:31:09,363 --> 00:31:13,563 Wayne started suggesting, like, legal argument that we should start running. 513 00:31:13,643 --> 00:31:14,683 [chuckles] 514 00:31:14,763 --> 00:31:19,963 I just said, "Wayne, shut up, and just let David or Paul speak." 515 00:31:20,723 --> 00:31:23,843 I'm not saying he's a modern-day Columbo but, yeah, he certainly-- 516 00:31:23,923 --> 00:31:26,483 Had we given him a gown and a wig, he'd been up for-- 517 00:31:26,563 --> 00:31:29,323 He was-- He was bang up for asking a few questions. 518 00:31:29,403 --> 00:31:33,243 [chuckling] He was then gonna apply for law school, 519 00:31:33,323 --> 00:31:35,203 and he had all these plans. [chuckles] 520 00:31:36,923 --> 00:31:39,923 But them little moments carried us through. 521 00:31:46,803 --> 00:31:50,883 [reporter 1] The eyes of the world turn again to the Wagatha Christie trial today 522 00:31:50,963 --> 00:31:54,123 as Rebekah Vardy's cross-examination continues. 523 00:31:55,083 --> 00:31:57,203 [reporter 2] Rebekah Vardy arrived at the high court, 524 00:31:57,283 --> 00:32:00,203 once again, without her husband, Jamie Vardy, 525 00:32:00,283 --> 00:32:03,163 who had scored twice for Leicester City last night. 526 00:32:03,243 --> 00:32:07,003 [fans chanting] Jamie Vardy, your wife is a grass! 527 00:32:08,203 --> 00:32:14,003 Throughout the trial, it was never reported as a serious matter. 528 00:32:14,803 --> 00:32:17,483 [commentator] There's an element of soap opera about it. 529 00:32:17,563 --> 00:32:20,203 This is great. This is our World Cup. 530 00:32:21,043 --> 00:32:26,203 People said we were like two schoolgirls in the schoolyard fighting. 531 00:32:26,283 --> 00:32:28,683 [reporter] Two WAGs locked in mortal combat 532 00:32:28,763 --> 00:32:31,923 over who said what to whom, about whom and via whom. 533 00:32:32,003 --> 00:32:34,523 [Coleen] A lot of people were getting a buzz 534 00:32:34,603 --> 00:32:36,763 out of the whole Wagatha Christie thing. 535 00:32:36,843 --> 00:32:39,523 She's a WAG and she's a detective. 536 00:32:40,843 --> 00:32:41,923 It was madness. 537 00:32:43,883 --> 00:32:46,923 [Boshoff] I think it was covered as a fun spectacle to be enjoyed. 538 00:32:47,003 --> 00:32:50,363 And I think that was probably equally unfair on both parties, 539 00:32:50,443 --> 00:32:54,243 because it was actually a very serious reputational matter for them both. 540 00:32:57,643 --> 00:33:00,843 [Freeman] On the last day of Rebekah's cross-examination, 541 00:33:02,523 --> 00:33:08,203 this was the moment I realised that Coleen's team had more than I'd expected. 542 00:33:10,563 --> 00:33:14,563 [Hurworth] Before trial started, I was in the office 543 00:33:14,643 --> 00:33:18,203 looking at the WhatsApp messages between Rebekah Vardy and Caroline Watt. 544 00:33:20,683 --> 00:33:24,003 I knew that, on the 8th of April, 2019, 545 00:33:24,083 --> 00:33:28,243 Coleen uploaded onto her Instagram account the gender selection story. 546 00:33:29,363 --> 00:33:32,283 And I saw the WhatsApp message between them was… 547 00:33:33,563 --> 00:33:35,883 [Coleen] "Bex: Coleen's Instagram. 548 00:33:35,963 --> 00:33:38,283 Wonder if they are going for baby five. 549 00:33:39,043 --> 00:33:43,843 Caroline: I already saw it. I can't believe she posted it. 550 00:33:44,763 --> 00:33:48,923 Bex: Maybe she's just put it to see if anyone gives it to the media. 551 00:33:50,043 --> 00:33:54,843 Caroline: I think that might be the case, so attention seeking either way." 552 00:33:57,563 --> 00:34:00,803 It surprised me that they knew I was doing that, 553 00:34:00,883 --> 00:34:03,883 but what they didn't know was I'd hid the story 554 00:34:03,963 --> 00:34:07,963 from all my other followers, except that account. 555 00:34:10,923 --> 00:34:13,323 [Hurworth] Four months after that exchange, 556 00:34:13,403 --> 00:34:17,403 the gender selection post was leaked to The Sun. 557 00:34:18,843 --> 00:34:22,163 And then I knew that on the 22nd January, 2019, 558 00:34:22,763 --> 00:34:26,003 Coleen had uploaded the picture of the car with the dent in it. 559 00:34:27,203 --> 00:34:28,923 I also knew that, on the same day, 560 00:34:29,003 --> 00:34:32,883 Rebekah Vardy and Caroline Watt attended the National Television Awards 561 00:34:32,963 --> 00:34:36,683 with Andy Halls and some other journalists from The Sun. 562 00:34:37,723 --> 00:34:42,163 And then I saw their WhatsApp exchange three days later. 563 00:34:43,963 --> 00:34:49,363 [Coleen] "Caroline: Halls is trying to do a story on Coleen crashing her car, 564 00:34:49,443 --> 00:34:51,523 but her PR won't even reply. 565 00:34:52,523 --> 00:34:56,683 I've told him I'm a hundred per cent confident that it happened 566 00:34:56,763 --> 00:34:57,923 but don't know how. 567 00:34:59,203 --> 00:35:02,203 Bex: Ha ha. She defo did." 568 00:35:03,163 --> 00:35:06,443 [Hurworth] I knew that the same day as those messages, 569 00:35:06,523 --> 00:35:10,723 the car crash article was published in The Sun by Andy Halls. 570 00:35:11,483 --> 00:35:16,043 And Coleen posted on her Twitter account, "Someone is betraying me." 571 00:35:17,723 --> 00:35:20,603 And then the message between Caroline Watt and Rebekah Vardy is… 572 00:35:21,723 --> 00:35:24,363 [Coleen] "Bex: You seen Coleen's Twitter? 573 00:35:25,323 --> 00:35:27,403 Caroline: Just looked. 574 00:35:28,003 --> 00:35:30,403 Such a victim. Poor Coleen. 575 00:35:31,163 --> 00:35:33,163 And it wasn't someone she trusted. 576 00:35:34,923 --> 00:35:36,003 It was me." 577 00:35:42,323 --> 00:35:44,083 -"It was me." -"It's me." 578 00:35:44,163 --> 00:35:46,403 Caroline Watt was the leak. 579 00:35:46,483 --> 00:35:51,803 [reporter] Her agent did leak information from Coleen Rooney's private Instagrams 580 00:35:51,883 --> 00:35:53,963 to The Sun newspaper. 581 00:35:54,043 --> 00:35:55,843 [Freeman] And then Sherborne said, 582 00:35:55,923 --> 00:36:00,643 "Mrs Vardy, your agent is saying here that she leaked these stories about Mrs Rooney, 583 00:36:00,723 --> 00:36:02,083 and you didn't reply." 584 00:36:02,683 --> 00:36:05,163 [Sherborne] At no stage does Rebekah Vardy say, 585 00:36:05,243 --> 00:36:07,403 "What are you talking about, Caroline? 586 00:36:07,483 --> 00:36:08,923 You leaked this information?" 587 00:36:10,483 --> 00:36:12,283 What we have is complete silence. 588 00:36:14,803 --> 00:36:16,923 [reporter] While Rebekah Vardy was being accused, 589 00:36:17,003 --> 00:36:22,003 she broke down in tears, slumping forward, putting her head on her hands, 590 00:36:22,083 --> 00:36:26,323 and twice the judge had to suspend proceedings to give her time to recover. 591 00:36:28,283 --> 00:36:29,923 [Coleen] It was painful watching it, 592 00:36:31,523 --> 00:36:35,083 and, in a weird way, I felt for her, 593 00:36:36,043 --> 00:36:40,923 because she chose to go to court 594 00:36:41,003 --> 00:36:43,403 and to put herself in that situation. 595 00:36:45,083 --> 00:36:46,083 It wasn't nice. 596 00:36:46,163 --> 00:36:49,163 -[shutters clicking] -[chattering] 597 00:36:49,683 --> 00:36:52,843 [reporter 1] Rebekah Vardy's evidence lasted almost 12 hours, 598 00:36:52,923 --> 00:36:54,683 spread over four days. 599 00:37:00,003 --> 00:37:01,003 [horn honks] 600 00:37:02,283 --> 00:37:05,483 [reporter 2] Coleen Rooney is expected to give evidence tomorrow. 601 00:37:11,603 --> 00:37:16,923 [Coleen] The night before I was going on the stand, I was terrified. 602 00:37:17,963 --> 00:37:20,483 And I thought, "Are the nerves going to get the better of me, 603 00:37:20,563 --> 00:37:22,883 and I could fall to pieces on that stand?" 604 00:37:22,963 --> 00:37:24,963 [birds chirping] 605 00:37:28,443 --> 00:37:30,163 I get through life saying to myself, 606 00:37:30,243 --> 00:37:33,083 "Come on, Coleen. It's fine. You'll get through this." 607 00:37:34,243 --> 00:37:38,963 This was my chance to deliver my truth. 608 00:37:44,363 --> 00:37:48,443 [reporter 1] Today was the first time Coleen Rooney has ever spoken publicly 609 00:37:48,523 --> 00:37:51,083 about her contentious social media post. 610 00:37:51,163 --> 00:37:54,523 [reporter 2] Wagatha Christie herself takes the witness stand. 611 00:37:54,603 --> 00:37:56,603 [shutters clicking] 612 00:38:05,963 --> 00:38:08,963 Wayne said, "You're gonna be fine. 613 00:38:09,043 --> 00:38:11,443 Just go on there, um, and be you." 614 00:38:14,403 --> 00:38:15,803 [Wayne] I remember saying to Coleen, 615 00:38:15,883 --> 00:38:18,243 "You just go and be honest, and tell the truth. 616 00:38:19,083 --> 00:38:20,843 The public will see that you're genuine." 617 00:38:26,443 --> 00:38:27,763 [person coughing] 618 00:38:29,323 --> 00:38:32,723 [Coleen] When I was on the stand, Rebekah's barrister said 619 00:38:32,803 --> 00:38:37,723 that some of my followers were companies and shops, 620 00:38:37,803 --> 00:38:39,803 and how was that private? 621 00:38:43,763 --> 00:38:45,643 [Morgan] Social media is public. 622 00:38:45,723 --> 00:38:48,043 Coleen may as well have gone to a local Tube station and gone, 623 00:38:48,123 --> 00:38:53,443 "Hello. I've got all these secrets about my life, and I hope no one tells anyone." 624 00:38:53,523 --> 00:38:56,283 -That's-- What could come out of this? -Have you got 300 friends? 625 00:38:56,363 --> 00:38:58,003 Have you got 300 friends? 626 00:38:58,803 --> 00:39:02,683 [Morgan] If I was to broadcast stuff about my life to 300 people, 627 00:39:02,763 --> 00:39:05,523 I wouldn't have any expectation of privacy, 628 00:39:05,603 --> 00:39:08,003 particularly if I was a famous WAG, 629 00:39:08,083 --> 00:39:10,483 married to one of the most famous footballers in the country. 630 00:39:13,323 --> 00:39:16,123 [Coleen] He asked me about a juicing business, 631 00:39:17,123 --> 00:39:21,083 and I said she was a friend of mine 632 00:39:21,923 --> 00:39:24,603 who makes the juices in her back kitchen, 633 00:39:24,683 --> 00:39:27,683 and it's only her that runs that account. 634 00:39:27,763 --> 00:39:29,523 [whooshes, beeps] 635 00:39:29,603 --> 00:39:31,243 The children's clothes shop, 636 00:39:31,323 --> 00:39:35,203 and I said, "She's a friend who I've known for years." 637 00:39:35,843 --> 00:39:37,923 Coleen always had an answer. 638 00:39:38,003 --> 00:39:40,643 She was totally unflustered. 639 00:39:41,483 --> 00:39:45,643 [Coleen] He asked me about the gym, and I said it was my brother's. 640 00:39:46,763 --> 00:39:49,003 So it's not because it's a business 641 00:39:49,083 --> 00:39:51,083 and I don't know who's running that account. 642 00:39:51,843 --> 00:39:55,163 I know the person first-hand 643 00:39:55,243 --> 00:39:59,203 and had an answer to every one of the followers that he questioned. 644 00:40:03,003 --> 00:40:05,403 [Sherborne] Coleen gave her evidence extremely well, 645 00:40:06,163 --> 00:40:09,043 but the case was never going to turn on her evidence. 646 00:40:10,083 --> 00:40:12,203 [reporter 1] Mrs Rooney told the court she believed 647 00:40:12,283 --> 00:40:15,243 Mrs Vardy leaked her private information. 648 00:40:15,323 --> 00:40:19,603 But when asked, "What's the evidence?" she replied, "I don't know." 649 00:40:19,683 --> 00:40:22,963 That is the question that's at the very heart of this trial. 650 00:40:23,043 --> 00:40:24,323 [shutters clicking] 651 00:40:24,403 --> 00:40:26,603 Did we definitely think we were going to win? No. 652 00:40:27,723 --> 00:40:31,043 We still didn't have the direct evidence 653 00:40:31,123 --> 00:40:35,523 that Rebekah Vardy had leaked that material to The Sun. 654 00:40:35,603 --> 00:40:36,603 [shutter clicks] 655 00:40:38,443 --> 00:40:41,603 [reporter 2] Venom has been shed inside Court 13. 656 00:40:41,683 --> 00:40:43,563 Money has been haemorrhaged. 657 00:40:43,643 --> 00:40:46,963 [reporter 3] The next part of this story will be written by the judge 658 00:40:47,043 --> 00:40:49,043 who gave no date for her decision. 659 00:40:49,563 --> 00:40:52,123 -The suspense continues. -[shutter clicks] 660 00:41:05,523 --> 00:41:09,763 [Coleen] After the trial, there was a sense of relief. 661 00:41:15,683 --> 00:41:20,923 I felt that I'd done all I could, and there was nothing else I could do. 662 00:41:24,443 --> 00:41:27,923 I started relaxing a bit more. 663 00:41:29,843 --> 00:41:32,003 [Wayne] Yeah, it was great to get back home. 664 00:41:32,083 --> 00:41:34,723 Back to reality. Back to normal life. 665 00:41:35,883 --> 00:41:39,523 But then you could see, there's still that thing in the back of her mind, 666 00:41:39,603 --> 00:41:41,603 which is, she's waiting for the judgement. 667 00:41:43,763 --> 00:41:47,323 [Sherborne] The more days went past, the more nervous you become. 668 00:41:48,083 --> 00:41:49,563 "When are we gonna find out? 669 00:41:49,643 --> 00:41:51,123 What's the result gonna be?" 670 00:41:51,723 --> 00:41:54,363 [commentator 1] It's been over ten weeks since the court case ended. 671 00:41:54,443 --> 00:41:56,443 [commentator 2] We are all absolutely desperate. 672 00:41:56,523 --> 00:41:59,283 [commentator 1] We've been holding our breath since May. 673 00:42:04,963 --> 00:42:06,003 [thunderclap] 674 00:42:06,083 --> 00:42:08,923 [reporter] The moment has finally arrived. 675 00:42:09,003 --> 00:42:12,563 The high court has made its final judgement. 676 00:42:15,843 --> 00:42:20,083 [Coleen] I felt like it was GCSE results day, 677 00:42:20,163 --> 00:42:24,683 that nervous, butterfly feeling. 678 00:42:26,043 --> 00:42:27,283 I was 50-50. 679 00:42:27,363 --> 00:42:31,083 I just did not know what way it would go. 680 00:42:32,963 --> 00:42:35,123 [presenter] Bringing you some breaking news that's coming in then. 681 00:42:35,203 --> 00:42:38,243 This is in a case regarding Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney, 682 00:42:38,323 --> 00:42:40,203 and the latest-- the decision that's just come in, 683 00:42:40,283 --> 00:42:42,363 is that Rebekah Vardy has lost… 684 00:42:42,443 --> 00:42:48,003 Rebekah Vardy has lost her libel case to Coleen Rooney. 685 00:42:48,083 --> 00:42:51,483 I'd, uh-- I couldn't process it. It was-- 686 00:42:52,723 --> 00:42:55,523 I swore, and that was… [chuckles] …the only thing I did. 687 00:42:55,603 --> 00:42:58,723 I just-- I just swore, and I-- 688 00:42:58,803 --> 00:43:02,603 I teared up, and it just didn't sink in. 689 00:43:03,563 --> 00:43:07,043 [reporter 1] Neither Vardy nor Rooney was at the high court to hear the outcome, 690 00:43:07,123 --> 00:43:09,163 but in a damning high court judgement, 691 00:43:09,243 --> 00:43:12,643 Vardy was described as an untrustworthy witness 692 00:43:12,723 --> 00:43:17,683 who is likely to have destroyed potentially crucial evidence on purpose. 693 00:43:17,763 --> 00:43:22,483 Vardy says, "The judge got it wrong", and that she can't accept the decision. 694 00:43:23,283 --> 00:43:26,283 Straight away, my phone just started pinging, 695 00:43:26,363 --> 00:43:27,963 and messages started coming through. 696 00:43:28,043 --> 00:43:29,323 [reporter 2] In the judgements, 697 00:43:29,403 --> 00:43:33,483 Coleen Rooney was described as having given honest and reliable evidence, 698 00:43:33,563 --> 00:43:36,363 and crucially, her original post with the accusation 699 00:43:36,443 --> 00:43:39,323 was ruled to have been substantially true. 700 00:43:39,403 --> 00:43:43,323 [Danielle] I was at a wedding in Spain, and I was just finding out, 701 00:43:43,403 --> 00:43:47,163 and we sent a little celebratory drink picture… 702 00:43:47,243 --> 00:43:48,243 [shutter clicks] 703 00:43:48,323 --> 00:43:50,483 …as a "thank God that's over". 704 00:43:50,563 --> 00:43:51,563 [shutter clicks] 705 00:43:52,643 --> 00:43:56,683 [presenter] Well, let's cross now live to the high courts in central London. 706 00:43:56,763 --> 00:43:58,243 What's been the reaction then? 707 00:43:58,803 --> 00:44:03,523 [Freeman] I was surprised at how pro-Coleen the verdict was 708 00:44:03,603 --> 00:44:07,203 and how much the judge had seen through Rebekah Vardy's evidence. 709 00:44:07,283 --> 00:44:09,443 [reporter] She called it inconsistent, evasive, 710 00:44:09,523 --> 00:44:12,083 and said it needed to be treated with considerable caution. 711 00:44:13,123 --> 00:44:16,843 [Freeman chuckles] It was an extraordinary vindication for Coleen. 712 00:44:16,923 --> 00:44:20,003 She had done something kind of incredible really. 713 00:44:20,083 --> 00:44:24,483 She really exposed the truth of how these stories get into the papers 714 00:44:24,563 --> 00:44:27,163 in a way that no one's really done before. 715 00:44:28,243 --> 00:44:31,203 I thought Rebekah Vardy was trying to be queen of the WAGs 716 00:44:31,283 --> 00:44:33,843 by giving tabloids stories about Coleen 717 00:44:33,923 --> 00:44:37,803 in exchange for them then writing positive stories about her. 718 00:44:38,963 --> 00:44:40,123 [Boshoff] Who does she know about? 719 00:44:40,203 --> 00:44:42,683 Coleen is the most famous person she knows about, right? 720 00:44:42,763 --> 00:44:44,683 So this is her greatest currency. 721 00:44:49,003 --> 00:44:53,323 [reporter 1] One of Britain's most expensive libel cases ever. 722 00:44:53,923 --> 00:44:56,763 [reporter 2] Mrs Vardy is now expected to foot most of the legal bill, 723 00:44:56,843 --> 00:44:59,243 estimated at three million pounds. 724 00:44:59,323 --> 00:45:01,123 -[Coleen] You okay? -Hi, Coleen. How are you doing? 725 00:45:01,203 --> 00:45:02,643 -Yeah. Good. Thank you. -Good to see you. 726 00:45:02,723 --> 00:45:04,203 -Hiya, Col. How are you? -Hi, Paul. You okay? 727 00:45:04,283 --> 00:45:05,163 Yeah, good. Thank you. 728 00:45:05,243 --> 00:45:08,603 Okay, so in terms of where we are now, the case is obviously done. 729 00:45:08,683 --> 00:45:09,763 The judgement is over. 730 00:45:09,843 --> 00:45:12,323 Mrs Vardy's confirmed that she's not going to appeal it. 731 00:45:12,963 --> 00:45:16,163 So, the only thing that remains therefore is to recover the costs. 732 00:45:17,203 --> 00:45:22,003 It was a pathetic reason to go to court. 733 00:45:22,603 --> 00:45:25,083 I wish we could have settled it. 734 00:45:25,163 --> 00:45:26,883 I wanted to settle it. 735 00:45:26,963 --> 00:45:29,483 The money was absolutely ridiculous, 736 00:45:29,563 --> 00:45:33,643 and… [sighs] …I mightn't get all my money back. 737 00:45:34,283 --> 00:45:38,283 It's an item-by-item statement of all the costs you've incurred. 738 00:45:38,363 --> 00:45:41,643 So, if I give you an example, it's your disbursements, VAT, so forth. 739 00:45:41,723 --> 00:45:45,363 And the court will then look at the amount of costs if we can't agree them. 740 00:45:46,163 --> 00:45:52,963 But, for me, getting justice for telling the truth is the most important thing. 741 00:45:54,763 --> 00:45:57,763 [birds chirping] 742 00:46:05,763 --> 00:46:07,243 What do you want for breakfast? 743 00:46:10,363 --> 00:46:11,443 What cup do you want? 744 00:46:12,843 --> 00:46:15,843 I feel like a massive weight's been lifted. 745 00:46:16,443 --> 00:46:18,123 What have you decided, Cass? 746 00:46:21,883 --> 00:46:27,683 From when the first Instagram post went in the paper to the court case, 747 00:46:29,083 --> 00:46:30,843 must've been four-and-a-half years. 748 00:46:32,883 --> 00:46:35,443 -Wow. Look how smart you look. -No. 749 00:46:35,523 --> 00:46:39,523 [Coleen] I can now focus on everything that's important to me. 750 00:46:44,843 --> 00:46:46,563 We all make mistakes in life. 751 00:46:47,203 --> 00:46:53,763 And when someone holds their hands up and says, "I've done wrong"… 752 00:46:53,843 --> 00:46:56,483 -[child muttering] -[Coleen] Why are they like that? 753 00:46:56,563 --> 00:47:00,283 …you can forgive and you can move on. 754 00:47:01,523 --> 00:47:03,203 Mum, my nose is bigger. 755 00:47:03,283 --> 00:47:05,083 -[Coleen] Your nose has got bigger? -Yeah. 756 00:47:05,163 --> 00:47:07,123 [Coleen laughs] Why? 'Cause you're going into reception? 757 00:47:07,203 --> 00:47:08,763 -Yeah. -[Coleen chuckles] 758 00:47:09,963 --> 00:47:16,323 But she's still denying and still saying it wasn't her, 759 00:47:18,123 --> 00:47:20,683 so it makes it a hard thing to do. 760 00:47:21,963 --> 00:47:22,963 That's it. 761 00:47:25,363 --> 00:47:27,083 -[shutter clicks] -Reception boy. 762 00:47:28,763 --> 00:47:30,803 -Right, go on then. All get in together. -[child] Mum, is it-- 763 00:47:30,883 --> 00:47:33,083 -[Coleen] Klay-- Get in together. Quick. -[shutter clicks] 764 00:47:34,123 --> 00:47:36,723 It's a nice feeling to be back. 765 00:47:41,603 --> 00:47:43,683 [producer] And any more leaks from your Instagram? 766 00:47:43,763 --> 00:47:45,763 [sucks teeth] No. 767 00:47:45,843 --> 00:47:49,483 There's been no leaks from my Instagram since I put that post up. 768 00:47:51,523 --> 00:47:52,723 That says a lot. 769 00:47:52,803 --> 00:47:55,723 [crowd cheering] 770 00:47:55,803 --> 00:47:56,963 ["Someone You Loved" playing] 771 00:47:57,043 --> 00:48:02,043 ♪ This all or nothing way of loving Got me sleeping without you ♪ 772 00:48:02,123 --> 00:48:03,643 [crowd cheers] 773 00:48:03,723 --> 00:48:06,123 ♪ But I need somebody to know ♪ 774 00:48:06,203 --> 00:48:08,363 ♪ Somebody to heal ♪ 775 00:48:08,443 --> 00:48:10,483 ♪ Somebody to have ♪ 776 00:48:10,563 --> 00:48:12,963 ♪ Just to know how it feels ♪ 777 00:48:13,043 --> 00:48:15,003 ♪ It's easy to say ♪ 778 00:48:15,083 --> 00:48:17,243 ♪ But it's never the same ♪ 779 00:48:17,323 --> 00:48:21,443 ♪ I guess I kinda liked the way You numbed all the pain ♪ 780 00:48:21,523 --> 00:48:25,923 ♪ Now the day bleeds into nightfall ♪ 781 00:48:26,003 --> 00:48:30,043 ♪ And you're not here To get me through it all ♪ 782 00:48:30,123 --> 00:48:32,323 ♪ I let my guard down ♪ 783 00:48:32,403 --> 00:48:34,643 ♪ And then you pulled the rug ♪ 784 00:48:34,723 --> 00:48:39,363 ♪ I was getting kinda used to Being someone you loved ♪