Becky Vardy drags rival Coleen Rooney to court for battle over ‘ludicrous’ £1.8m legal bill including lawyer’s £2k hotel

REBEKAH Vardy volition resistance ­Wagatha rival Coleen Rooney backmost to tribunal contiguous implicit her “ludicrous” ineligible bill.

Leicester striker Jamie's woman claims Wayne’s missus grossly inflated her £1.8million costs from their libel battle.

They see £2,000 for 1 of Coleen’s lawyers to enactment astatine a five-star London hotel, with a £225 nutrient and mini-bar tab.

Raging Rebekah vowed to proceed her combat with Coleen aft accusing her rival’s lawyers of “trying to prime her pockets”.

Their latest court showdown comes today, astir precisely 5 years since Coleen sparked their epic Wagatha Christie ding-dong by accusing her erstwhile person of leaking stories astir her.

Becky was ordered to wage 90 per cent of Coleen’s legal costs aft unsuccessfully suing her for libel. 

But she is present contesting the £1.8million measure which she claims has been unfairly inflated by the woman of ex-England prima Wayne.

It includes £2,000 for her lawyer to enactment astatine the five-star Nobu Hotel successful London, on with a £225 nutrient and mini-bar tab.

A root said: “As acold arsenic Becky is concerned, they person been trying to prime her pockets due to the fact that they deliberation they tin get distant with it.

“They underestimated their costs and are over-billing her.

“From the costs of experts to ineligible fees, the figures are ludicrous.

“They’ve taken a room descend attack and are trying to get arsenic overmuch retired of her arsenic they can.

“Why connected world would her lawyer request to person meal astatine determination truthful exuberant that cod costs £52 — and expect Becky to ft the bill?

“Becky won’t basal for it.

“She volition support warring successful tribunal until she feels determination is simply a just outcome.”

The last libel measure is much than 3 times higher than the £540,000 which mum of 5 Becky, 42, had primitively budgeted for.

A preliminary proceeding is acceptable to statesman contiguous astatine the High Court wherever Becky volition outline her skeleton argument.

Her ineligible squad reason that galore of Coleen’s claims are bonzer and incorporate errors.

They judge determination are astatine slightest £120,000 worthy of costs that person been charged to her which were extracurricular of the clip framework for which she should person to pay.

The lawyers are besides disputing what they assertion is an unexplained six-figure quality betwixt expected litigation costs and the last figure.

They see allegedly inflated hourly rates from law firms Stewarts successful London and Brabners successful Liverpool.

Becky’s legal squad person besides questioned however lawyers spent truthful overmuch clip connected a lawsuit described arsenic straightforward.

The enactment started connected October 9, 2019, erstwhile mum-of-four Coleen revealed she had turned detective to uncover who was leaking stories from her backstage Instagram account.

Coleen, 38, ended her tweet with the bombshell accusation: “It’s . . Rebekah Vardy’s account.”

Becky denied being liable amid a furious backlash and sued Coleen for libel.

Even earlier the lawsuit came to the High Court, she branded Coleen’s budget, past £1million, arsenic “grotesque”.

She was past “devastated” aft the justice ruled against her successful 2022.

Becky’s squad accidental Coleen is claiming the equivalent of a lawyer moving connected it for implicit 2 hours a day, each day, from commencement to finish.

Coleen has besides been criticised for not revising her fund during proceedings.

She was approached for comment.