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Becky Vardy breaks social media silence after latest triumph in Wagatha Christie case

Becky Vardy has broken her social media silence after winning the latest legal battle in the ongoing case between her and Coleen Rooney.

The 40-year-old took to her Instagram in recent days to praise Dancing On Ice's Stef Reid for her incredible performance - and revealed she is rooting for her to be crowned this year's champ.

Earlier this week, in a remote hearing, Becky and her former PR agent Caroline Watt celebrated her triumph after Mrs Justice Steyn ordered Coleen to pay £65,000 towards the legal costs of her former agent following an unsuccessful bid to bring her into the libel case.

The judgement was handed down following the latest court hearings surrounding the Wagatha Christie saga, during which messages between Rebekah Vardy and her PR agent were revealed.

Rebekah Vardy with her daughter Sofia in the Dancing On Ice audience (beckyvardy/Instagram)

When Coleen posted on her private Instagram about damage to her car, Becky messaged her PR agent: "She's a nasty b****h" and "would love to leak those stories," it was claimed by Mrs Rooney's legal team on Tuesday.

However, Mrs Vardy's barrister, Hugh Tomlinson QC, denied the "nasty b***h" comment was about Coleen.

After the latest court hearing, Becky broke her silence by sharing a selfie with her five-year-old daughter Sofia beaming for the camera after watching Dancing On Ice live.

Becky, who famously competed in the series last year with Andy Buchanan, wrote alongside the gorgeous snap: "Had the best time at @dancingonice I'm in total awe of how incredible @runjumpstefreid is!

"She's amazing… keep voting for her and @andybuchanan2 we need to get them to the final #proudmum."

Becky with Stef Reid and Andy Buchanan (beckyvardy/Instagram)

Becky's jubilant post comes after she won her latest legal battle in the ongoing case between her and Wayne Rooney's wife.

It all started a couple of years ago when Coleen released a bombshell statement on Instagram revealing that she'd set up a sting operation after suspecting someone was leaking stories about her to the press.

She was dubbed Wagatha Christie after telling fans she'd posted a string of fake stories on her private Instagram account and blocked every account but Rebekah's from seeing them.

After the information continued to appear in the press, Coleen said in her statement that it was Rebekah's account behind the leaks.

Rebekah, who was pregnant at the time, vehemently denied she was responsible and publicly told Coleen she should have approached her privately so they could deal with it.

Rebekah is now suing Coleen for libel.

At the end of the hearing, Rebekah's barrister Hugh Tomlinson QC thanked the judge for "battling through Covid to produce a very comprehensive judgment".

A statement was later released by a spokesperson for Coleen, who said: "Coleen is pleased that today’s judgment leaves it open to her to bring separate legal action against Caroline Watt, following the details of telling WhatsApp conversations between her and Mrs Vardy laid before the court last week.

She won the latest legal battle in the ongoing Wagatha Christie case (beckyvardy/Instagram)

"The judgment does nothing to alter the fact that Ms Watt will be a witness in this case. As such, she will be subject to cross examination under oath about her relationship with Mrs Vardy and the media and on the meaning of the WhatsApp messages."

They continued: "In the light of this, Coleen and her lawyers look forward to seeing the results of the further extensive searches ordered today by the judge of Mrs Vardy’s WhatsApp messages with relevant parties, including the manual search of Mrs Vardy’s messages with Caroline Watt.

"In accordance with today’s ruling, Instagram will also be formally be asked to assist with disclosure of relevant Instagram data.

"Coleen and her legal team remain confident of winning this case when it comes to trial in May."

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