Rebekah Vardy 'signs on for '£1.5m Wagatha Christie documentary' to pay soaring legal bills - reports

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Rebekah Vardy has signed a deal worth more than £1.5 million to take part in a documentary on the infamous 'Wagatha Christie' saga, according to reports. The wife of Premier League footballer Jamie Vardy forked out hundreds of thousands of pounds on the court battle with Coleen Rooney, which she ultimately lost.

The documentary is set to air on streaming service Discovery+ in the coming months, according to The Sun, as she faces high legal bills over the case. A source told the paper that Rebekah has received numerous offers to tell all since the case and has always wanted her voice to be heard.

A source told The Sun: "Becky has been inundated with offers ever since the trial ended. She has made no secret she believes she has been hard done by and is keen for her voice to be heard.

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"“Right now she is facing the prospect of a hefty legal bill and sees this documentary as a way to recoup some of the costs. Obviously her fee won’t be anything like the cost of her lawyers but it will help."

The paper also reports that the two are once again bickering despite Coleen, wife of former England captain and Manchester United star Wayne Rooney, winning the libel case. It says Rebekah is not happy at all about the costs doubling to £1.5 million.

Vardy expressed her thoughts shortly after the trial in a TV interview with TalkTV’s Kate McCann, admitting she regrets the dispute went as far as it did but reaffirming that she still believes she is innocent. She said she was “disappointed” with the outcome of the trial, adding: “I didn’t expect it to go that way but I think we had a judge that didn’t understand the case and didn’t look at everything.

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