The case Christian Horner and the scandal that broke out with the complaint of an employee of Red Bull against him for alleged “inappropriate conduct” has a new chapter. After it became known that the team leader was acquitted and that his partner demanded, according to the British media, that the complainant employee be removed from the organization, The Milton Keynes team appears to have heard the claims and suspended the woman who accused Horner indefinitely..
After Red Bull’s statement in which it acquitted Horner, the storm surrounding the Briton did not stop: first an email was leaked with screenshots of the alleged WhatsApp traffic between the woman in question and Horner and last Saturday by On the night, Max Verstappen’s father, Jos, said the whole situation “cannot continue like this” and that there is “tension in the air.”
A meeting took place between Horner and Verstappen’s manager to lower tensions ahead of this weekend’s Saudi Arabia Grand Prix and it seemed that this agreement was going to put an end to the whole matter. However, according to reports published by The Telegraph, Red Bull suspended the employee after Geri Halliwell (former member of the Spice Girls) demanded that her husband cut all ties with the complainant. This comes after Halliwell made a public show of support for Horner at last Saturday’s Bahrain Grand Prix.
The Sun afirma que Halliwell, “distressed”, he made it clear that he firmly wanted “out of scene” to Horner’s accuser, and the plaintiff learned this Thursday that she has been suspended with full pay by Red Bull. Furthermore, they explain that Halliwell felt “relieved and euphoric” after Horner was cleared by Red Bull’s internal investigation, before the story surrounding her leaked WhatsApp messages left her “stunned.”
Some British media report that the employee who accused Horner showed up for work last Monday and upon her arrival was notified that she was suspended as a direct result of the Red Bull investigation. They say that the complainant received a document letter and now has five business days to appeal the result of the investigation that has cast a huge shadow over the team.
According to The Guardian, a Red Bull Racing spokesperson said: “We cannot comment because it is an internal matter.”. Horner, who has always denied the accusations made against him, will once again be the center of attention at an official FIA press conference scheduled for this Thursday.
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