:quality(85)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/4TCBYVAYB5KIFM5DDD2M3DR5VA.jpg "The scandal continues in F1: what Christian Horner said about the leak of the alleged chats with the Red Bull employee and what was his wife’s reaction")
Red Bull boss Christian Horner during the first practice session prior to the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
The scandal continues in Formula 1 around Christian Horner, the Red Bull team boss who was accused by a team employee of “inappropriate conduct” and was later acquitted after an internal investigation. Four days before the debut in the Bahrain GP, a series of alleged sexual chats with the complainant came to light that once again put the former driver in the eye of the storm.
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This Thursday, during the tests at the circuit of the small Arab country, some 79 files with screenshots of the alleged dialogue in the WhatsApp chat application between Horner and the woman on behalf of F1 were leaked to the specialized press and to the upper echelons of F1. from an “anonymous” source. You can also see photos that the Red Bull leader would have sent to the complainant. These documents would come from the internal investigation of the case and the veracity of the content is being analyzed.
As a result of this new chapter in the story that has created a true hell around Horner, the manager of the energy drink team broke the silence from Bahrain: “I am not going to comment on anonymous speculation, but I repeat it: I have always denied the accusations.”
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“I respected the integrity of the independent investigation and cooperated fully every step of the way. “It was a thorough and fair investigation carried out by an expert lawyer and resulted in the dismissal of the complaint,” added the 52-year-old Briton after consulting the press.
The screenshots of the alleged chats between Chris Horner and the Red Bull employee (@themikeawesome3)
In some of the leaked screenshots of the chats you can read some comments. “I can’t sleep, can I call you?” Horner reportedly asked the Red Bull employee. “I’m just ready for bed, it’s time to sleep,” she replied. In another message, the team director asked for photos and the woman replied: “Your wife wouldn’t be so happy.”
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Given this uncovering of the supposed leaked high-voltage messages, the English newspaper The Sun published that Horner’s wife, Geri Halliwell, was stunned by the chats that would prove her husband’s flirtation with the Red Bull employee. The former member of the pop music group Spice Girls was returning to her home in the United Kingdom when the text messages were published.
Geri suffered a lot when the scandal broke out and, sources tell the English media, she burst into tears when she found out about the accusation against her husband. The celebrity was “mortified and angry” by the statements against Horner, but she was also forceful in her thoughts in favor of her husband. “He didn’t do anything wrong,” is what Halliwell repeated to his inner circle in relation to his view of the events as mentioned in the newspaper.
After learning of the acquittal in favor of the former Formula 1 driver, a source told the same media that “they have been hellish weeks for Christian and his family. As he has said all along, these claims are ‘crazy’” regarding the accusation made public by the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf that Horner had sent “sexual messages” to the employee who filed the complaint that exploded in the workplace. Formula 1 one month before the start of the season.
Christian Horner y Geri Halliwell
The truth is that in the run-up to the start of the new Formula 1 season, the team leader, who will try to remain at the forefront of the competition with his star driver Max Verstappen, is going through a new source of conflict for reasons beyond his control. sport. How will it impact Red Bull’s privacy? The extent of the scandal, which promises to have more chapters, is still unknown.