Coleen Rooney suffered with reactive arthritis, stress and anxiety in the run up to her libel trial - but fortunately her relationship with husband Wayne came out stronger
Coleen Rooney emerged victorious from the libel trial of the century with her head held high, her husband Wayne proudly by her side and the respect of the nation. Accuser and loser Rebekah Vardy, meanwhile, became a social pariah, a national laughing stock, left staggering under the weight of Coleen’s enormous legal bill – an eye-watering £1.8 million.
The stress changed Coleen and she no longer recognised herself. “It stripped me of me, of my character,” she says. “I just didn’t want to socialise with people at all. I was completely in my own world. There were days when I’d have a teatime phone call with my legal team and I’d end up in files on my computer until midnight. There were also nights when I didn’t sleep as things were going through my mind. It drained me of my personality, my energy, and my character. It was not a nice place to be.
That support and goodwill came at huge personal cost. As the trial loomed, Coleen desperately tried to avoid going to court. However, Rebekah, 41, insisted and Coleen struggled with the feelings of shame that being sued brings. Now Coleen wants to get back to normal – and start to concentrate on herself and her loved ones. “I canget back to focusing properly on my family and friends, who mean a lot to me.”
“I just looked in my wardrobe to see what I had that was appropriate for court and I worked around that,” says Coleen. “I’d rather buy a summer holiday wardrobe than a court wardrobe, so I just had a few new pairs of trousers.
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