Rebekah Vardy has said she thinks she is suffering from PTSD following her High Court defamation case with Coleen Rooney, and considered jumping off a shopping mall in Dubai.
Now that the Wagatha Christie case is over, Ms Vardy said she needs to seek treatment, after being hospitalized twice for mental health problems.
The 40-year-old lost his £3million defamation battle against Coleen Rooney, 36, at the High Court last week.
“I think I might be suffering from PTSD,” he told The Sun. ‘I feel physically ill when I talk about the case and what happened, and I have nightmares.
‘I haven’t gone for a scan yet but I know I probably need more treatment. It’s been a terrible time.’
Rebekah Vardy has said she thinks she has PTSD following her High Court defamation case with Coleen Rooney. Image from a teaser clip from Talk TV published this afternoon
Rebekah Vardy leaves the High Court in London, Thursday, May 19, during a defamation trial
Ms Rooney posted on Instagram accusing Ms Vardy of leaking information to The Sun newspaper following her months-long ‘operation’.
Ms Vardy was enjoying a trip to Dubai when she noticed Ms Rooney had taken to social media to accuse her of leaking information to The Sun following her months-long ‘operation’, ending the post with the now immortal words: ‘ It’s… Rebekah’s account Vardy.’
The wife of Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy, 35, said she considered jumping from the top floor of a shopping mall in Dubai while pregnant, after being accused of leaking the stories.
He described it as his ‘low point’, anticipating the UK’s response when he returns to the country.
‘Me and Jamie were in the mall at the time buying baby clothes, and I just thought, “I don’t want to go through this, I don’t want to live like this”,’ she told The Sun.
‘In a split second, I said to Jamie, “I feel like I just want to jump off this top floor”.’
On Saturday Ms Vardy posted a photo on Instagram showing her walking away from the camera with the caption ‘peace out’.
Ms Rooney pictured arriving with her husband Wayne at the High Court in London in May earlier this year
The mother of five also said she has been hospitalized twice with mental health problems since October 2019, when she was accused of the leak.
He saw many counselors, and was given medication for anxiety and depression.
Ms Vardy said she was struggling with panic attacks and felt as if her life had fallen apart, describing the tragedy as exhausting.
Kidney stones had also developed due to stress, he added.
Ms Vardy said she felt ‘bullied’ and ‘humiliated’ during the defamation trial, saying her responses were ‘changed’ and ‘misrepresented’.
Although she did not regret the trial, Mrs Vardy said it was seen as ‘feminist’ and ‘disrespectful’, with people pitting ‘two successful working class women’ against each other.
Ms Vardy said she and Ms Rooney (pictured leaving the Royal Court) had not been on close terms from the start, but said there was ‘no ill feeling’ on her part.
Jamie Vardy, and his wife Rebekah Vardy, arriving together at the High Court in London, Tuesday, May 17, for the defamation trial.
Following Ms Rooney’s famous post on social media, Ms Vardy said she has lost some friends, but has a small circle, keeping football separate from her family life.
He added that he and Ms Rooney were ‘not close’ at first, but said there was ‘no bad feeling’ on his part.
Ms Vardy had sued Ms Rooney for defaming her claims that she had leaked information about her private life to the media.
It followed an elaborate operation which saw Ms Rooney posting fake stories on her Instagram to see which ones ended up in The Sun.
Judge Steyn, said in his judgment that Ms Rooney had succeeded in proving that her allegations were true.
Mrs Vardy will have to pay her opponent’s costs as well as her costs, which sources in both camps say are between £2m and £3m.
The huge legal bill means the Vardys may have to sell their beloved Portuguese mansion to cover the costs.
The bombshell decision from the 13th Circuit Court of the Supreme Court was delivered remotely online last week by Ms Justice Steyn more than two months after the trial in May.
Ms Vardy’s defamation suit has been called the most ill-advised in history.
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