Jamie Vardy's wife to pay Sh205m in costs after losing court fight against Rooney's wife

Leicester City and England soccer player Jamie Vardy, and his wife Rebekah Vardy, arrive together at the High Court in London, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. On Friday, July 29, 2022, Judge Karen Steyn has cleared Coleen Rooney of libeling Vardy when she alleged that Vardy had leaked her private social media posts to the tabloid press. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Rebekah Vardy, the wife of English soccer player Jamie Vardy, has to pay about 1.5 million pounds ($1.7 million/ Sh 205m) in legal costs to fellow soccer spouse Coleen Rooney after losing the high-profile libel lawsuit she brought against Rooney.

Vardy, 40, lost her libel claim against Rooney, 36, in July when a judge ruled that a widely circulated social media post Rooney wrote accusing Vardy of leaking her private information to the tabloid press was "substantially true."