A former Football Association employee has hit out at Rebekah Vardy in court claiming she “wanted attention” during the 2016 Euros.
The former head of England Supporters’ Club, Harpreet Robertson, gave evidence claiming Vardy intentionally sat in unassigned seats behind Coleen Rooney because she wanted to be in the eye line of photographers.
Robertson, who allocated the seats to the WAG, said: “I do remember Coleen’s seats and Mrs Vardy’s seats because there was an issue after the match and I had to look at my notes on several occasions.”
She said Vardy chose to sit behind Coleen rather than take the seats she had allocated to her.
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“In my opinion at the time and from the information I gathered from colleagues there were plenty of other options and she chose to sit in those seats.”
She said it appeared she wanted to be in the eye line of photographers looking at Coleen.
Robertson said Vardy’s behaviour during the game appeared to suggest she was showing very little interest in the match itself’.
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“From what I could tell, because I was sat behind, that was my opinion at the time,” she said.
She said the last time she saw Vardy in 2018 they had a `very pleasant evening’.
She said the `tabloid papers had photos of Vardy sitting behind Coleen’ the next day.
At the 2018 World Cup, Robertson said: “We were trying to avoid the wives and girlfriends becoming a distraction from the players because we’d seen that in previous tournaments. We didn’t want them to be a distraction.”
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She said she was told by other families Vardy had contractual obligations to get photographed a certain number of times.
She said a shot was taken of the WAGs and a photographer had been tipped off about the location.
Robertson said ‘three or four other ladies in the picture `expressed their annoyance and dissatisfaction’.
Robertson said she did not raise it with Vardy.
“They didn’t want to court the media. They didn’t want to be a party to a photographer being there,” Robertson added.
“The view from the group was the photograph had been set up by Mrs Vardy.”
The libel trial in London, dubbed ‘Wagatha Christie,’ also saw Coleen Rooney blast messages that were allegedly shared between Vardy and her agent Caroline Watt as “evil”.
Vardy denies the accusations made against her.
The trial continues
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