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Vardy has denied this claim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/itvs-im-a-celebrity-accused-of-normalising-animal-cruelty-amid-rspca-complaints\/\">ITV\u2019s \u2018I\u2019m A Celebrity\u2019 accused of animal cruelty<\/a><br \/>\nWatch:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/how-to-keep-your-long-distance-relationship-healthy-through-lockdown\/\">How to keep your long-distance relationship healthy in lockdown<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>High court justice Warby ruled that Rooney&#8217;s Twitter post was aimed at Vardy, rather than her social media account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This has been a burden in my life for a few years now and finally I have got to the bottom of it&#8230;&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0YqJAoXuK1\">pic.twitter.com\/0YqJAoXuK1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Coleen Rooney (@ColeenRoo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColeenRoo\/status\/1181864136155828224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A report of the hearing, posted by the Courts and Tribunal Judiciary, said that there was no dispute over whether the comments were defamatory of Vardy. 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