What does Rebekah Vardy actually get for trademarking ‘Wagatha Christie’ after Coleen Rooney trial?

A ineligible adept has explained what Rebekah Vardy tin really get for trademarking the word ‘Wagatha Christie’ aft the infamous proceedings with Coleen Rooney.

The tribunal lawsuit that captured the federation successful 2022 was dubbed Wagatha Christie aft Coleen’s detective enactment and months-long ‘sting operation’ that led to her accusing Vardy, 42, of leaking fake stories astir her backstage beingness to the press.

‘It’s…. Rebekah Vardy’s account,’ she wrote, successful a viral social media station successful October 2019.

The woman of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy vehemently denied the claims, proceeding to writer Coleen, 38, for libel, but a High Court justice recovered Coleen’s station to beryllium ‘substantially true’.

The mum-of-four and woman of former Manchester United and England skipper Wayne Rooney has since spoken astir the tribunal lawsuit successful occasional interviews and a Disney+ series, titled Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story.

Now, during a stint connected I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! alongside the likes of GK Barry and Tulisa, Coleen has spoken astir however ‘draining’ it was, calling the proceedings her ‘worst nightmare’.

She besides joked astir Vardy coming ‘after’ chap campmate Dean McCullough, aft helium referenced ‘Wagatha Christie’ successful a conversation.

‘That term, who owns that term?’ helium asked, to which Loose Women’s Jane Moore said: ‘That’s a full other… she does.’

‘She mightiness beryllium aft you now,’ Coleen quipped.

After losing the libel case, Vardy trademarked the operation ‘Wagatha Christie’, contempt comedian Dan Atkinson claiming to The Guardian that helium was the 1 who coined the phrase.

We present cognize what that really means though, and whether it tin inactive beryllium referred to connected I’m A Celebrity, with hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly besides joking successful past night’s episode: ‘If we accidental those words, we’ll extremity up getting sued, and extremity up having to transportation the wealth to… Rebekah Vardy’s account.’

Legal adept James Pipe, of freegrantsforfelons.org, told Metro: ‘By trademarking “Wagatha Christie,” Rebekah Vardy gains the exclusive rights to usage the sanction commercially successful the UK.

‘This means she tin nett from licensing it for products, merchandise, oregon media projects, specified arsenic covering lines oregon amusement content.

‘However, she doesn’t person thing automatically; for her to benefit, companies oregon individuals would request to question her support and perchance wage a interest to usage the trademarked sanction commercially.

‘It’s besides worthy noting that the trademark doesn’t halt radical from utilizing “Wagatha Christie” successful a non-commercial context, specified arsenic quoting it successful articles, casual conversations, oregon commentary.

‘Essentially, the trademark gives her a imaginable avenue to profit, but immoderate existent net beryllium connected whether others privation to usage the sanction commercially and are consenting to wage for it.’

After the trial, Coleen said astatine the time: ‘It was not a lawsuit I ever sought oregon wanted. I ne'er believed it should person gone to tribunal astatine specified disbursal successful times of hardship for truthful galore radical erstwhile the wealth could person been acold amended spent helping others.’

Having been defeated, Vardy was ordered to wage 90% of Coleen’s ineligible costs.

Coleen is appearing connected I’m A Celebrity and pursuing successful the footsteps of Vardy, who was connected the 17th bid of the amusement successful 2017, and has had a batch to say.

‘Everyone seems to deliberation I person this monolithic occupation with Coleen going into the jungle,’ Vardy said to The Sun.

‘But bash you cognize what? If you privation to instrumentality the fire, the flames are going to get higher.’

She went on: ‘I wasn’t going to transportation connected talking astir this, I had nary intentions of talking astir it but she intelligibly can’t fto it go.

‘We’ve done a book, we’ve done a documentary, we’re going into the jungle.

‘She’s pursuing successful my footsteps. I deliberation she ever wanted my life.’

Sources besides told MailOnline that Vardy’s ineligible squad volition beryllium watching Coleen connected I’m A Celebrity ‘like hawks’, with marque and civilization adept Nick Ede saying: ‘She volition beryllium keeping her eyes and ears glued to the surface successful lawsuit she tin garner immoderate nuggets from Coleen that could perchance defame her.’

He added that Coleen volition beryllium cautious with her comments portion successful the jungle: ‘Coleen is simply a precise backstage idiosyncratic truthful for her to hold to this volition and to look connected the jungle producers volition beryllium wanting her to spill much beans astir the Wagatha Christie case.’

‘She’s a precise cautious talker truthful volition beryllium making definite she rehearses immoderate answers to questions campmates whitethorn interrogate her on.

‘She won’t privation to look immoderate much issues oregon tribunal letters from Vardy’s camp.’

I’m A Celebrity continues contiguous astatine 9pm connected ITV1.

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