Rebekah and Jamie Vardy did not return to court after a short break in the afternoon proceedings.
Rebekah Vardy allegedly referred to Wayne Rooney’s cousin as ‘Wayne’s chavvy sister’ in messages to her publicist Caroline Watt, the High Court heard.
Claire Rooney, who was said to be ‘close’ to the couple, said the pair appeared to suggest that she may be the source of leaks from Coleen’s private Instagram account.
In her written statement told how she had been provided with an extract of Rebekah’s WhatsApp messages with Ms Watt on February 11, 2019.
She said: ‘In that exchange they appear to be discussing the fact that someone else must also be selling stories on Coleen because a story had appeared in The Sun which they say they weren’t responsible for.
‘I can see that Caroline Watt suggests “It’s probably someone like Wayne’s chavvy sister”. Wayne doesn’t have a sister and so I assume that Caroline Watt is referring to me as Wayne’s cousin and because I still have the Rooney surname.
‘I have never met Caroline Watt in my life, nor have I ever spoken to her. I am not aware that Coleen has either. I can confirm that I have never leaked information about Coleen or Wayne, or anyone else for that matter, to the press.’
An expert instructed by Rebekah Vardy found it ‘surprising’ that there was an ‘absence’ of WhatsApp messages between her and agent Caroline Watt after the Wag tried to export messages from her device to her solicitors, the High Court was told.
Ian Henderson was asked a series of questions in court by Coleen Rooney’s barrister David Sherborne about Rebekah’s data, which the lawyer suggested had been ‘deleted’ or ‘lost’.
Mr Sherborne put it to the expert that he described the ‘absence of this data being caused by the uploading process’ as ‘somewhat surprising’, with Mr Henderson agreeing that he remembered saying that.
‘Clearly by surprised you’re saying that that is not what you would expect to have happened?’ Mr Sherborne added.
‘That is correct,’ Mr Henderson replied.
Twitter users have been reacting to Manchester United’s all-time highest goal scorer giving evidence today at London’s High Court.
So far he has described the awkward moment when he spoke to Jamie Vardy during the Euros in 2016, he asked the Leicester forward to ask his wife to ‘calm down’.
Many followers of the case have poked fun and created memes on Rooney’s bearded appearance, likening him to Henry VIII.