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Rebekah Vardy will reportedly drag Coleen Rooney back to court over her ‘ludicrous’ legal bill which includes lawyer extortionate hotel fees and mini-bar tab.
Rebekah, who is married to Leicester striker Jamie, is expected to fork out around £1.8 million towards Coleen’s legal bill after losing the libel fight.
However, Rebekah, 42, has reportedly claimed Coleen, 38, has grossly inflated the legal bill which includes a £2,000 charge for her solicitor’s stay at London’s five-star Nobu Hotel and a £225 food and mini-bar tab.
Accusing Coleen’s lawyers of ‘trying to pick her pockets’, a source told The Sun: ‘As far as Becky is concerned, they have been trying to pick her pockets because they think they can get away with it
‘They underestimated their costs and are over-billing her. From the costs of experts to legal fees, the figures are ludicrous.’
Rebekah Vardy is reportedly set to drag Coleen Rooney back to court over ludicrous £1.8million legal bill which included lawyer’s £2,000 hotel and £225 mini-bar tab (pictured 2022)
Rebekah, 42, has reportedly claimed Coleen, 38, has grossly inflated the legal bill which includes a £2,000 charge for her solicitor’s stay at London’s five-star Nobu Hotel and a £225 food and mini-bar tab (pictured 2022)
Insisting the lawyers are trying to take Rebekah for as much as they can, the source questioned why her lawyer would need to be eating expensive meals and expect the WAG to pay.
They added: ‘Becky won’t stand for it. She will keep fighting in court until she feels there is a fair outcome.’
A preliminary hearing is reportedly set to begin on Monday at the High Court where Rebekah will state her argument and claim that Coleen’s claims are extortionate and contain errors.
They reportedly believe there are at least £120,000 worth of costs that have been charged to her which were outside of the time frame for which she should have to pay.
The lawyers will also dispute what they claim is an unexplained six-figure difference between expected litigation costs and the final figure.
They include allegedly inflated hourly rates from law firms Stewarts in London and Brabners in Liverpool.
Her legal team have also questioned how lawyers spent so much time on a case described as straightforward.
The Court will then have to consider whether it was reasonable for the partner at Brabners to stay at the Nobu Hotel and charge dinner and mini-bar charges to the bill.
Insisting the lawyers are trying to take Rebekah for as much as they can, the source questioned why her lawyer would need to be eating expensive meals and expect the WAG to pay
A preliminary hearing is reportedly set to begin on Monday at the High Court where Rebekah will state her argument and claim that Coleen’s claims are extortionate and contain errors (pictured 2022)
MailOnline have contacted Rebekah and Coleen’s representatives for comment.
A judge ruled in 2022 that 37-year-old Coleen’s accusations that Rebekah had leaked stories on her to The Sun were substantially true.
The WAG was ordered to pay 90 per cent of Coleen’s legal bills after losing their libel trial at the High Court.
Rebekah always denied any wrongdoing, but she was described as an ‘untrustworthy witness’ who was likely to have destroyed potentially crucial evidence on purpose in Mrs Justice Steyn’s devastating judgement on the case.
The after-shocks of the bombshell trial continue with the two parties wrangling over legal costs.
In May, Senior judge Andrew Gordon-Saker reportedly told Coleen and Rebekah’s lawyers to come to an agreement, warning: ‘This could go on and on’.
Back in 2023 the sum of the legal fees was still to be assessed but was estimated to be around £500,000.
Therefore the final libel bill is more than three times higher that Rebekah was expecting.
