Anonymous email and compromises. Christian Horner, Red Bull F1 team principal and Geri Halliwell’s husband, at the center of the mess.

He was fired following allegations of “sexual misconduct” by a colleague, as revealed by a Dutch daily in early February. De Telegraaf . Christian Horner (50), who has been Red Bull’s team principal since 2005, was suspected of making inappropriate gestures towards a colleague, whose identity has not been disclosed, the media explained, without giving further details. Meanwhile, Red Bull has launched an internal investigation, while its boss has denied the allegations. Three weeks later, on February 28 and the eve of the start of the 2024 Formula 1 season, his team announced in an official press release that they had cleared him completely. It was also noted that the complaint was rejected “after a fair, rigorous and impartial investigation”.

But this Saturday, March 2nd, the tide seems to have turned once again. On the weekend of this first race of the Bahrain Grand Prix at the Sakhir International Circuit, around 200 people – team principals, F1 managers and journalists – received the same letter – anonymous and more condescending. As revealed by several media outlets, the inside of the message contained a link to Google Drive that led to alleged material that could reignite the complaint against the ex-Spice Girl’s husband, Geri Halliwell. The file will indeed contain screenshots of WhatsApp conversations as well as intimate photos (the authenticity of which has yet to be verified).

Untimely messages and requests “naked”

However, as reported specifically Sun , we already know more or less what will appear in this new evidence. Thus, the tabloid reports that the multiple-sex exchanges between Christian Horner and his co-star clearly indicate acts of harassment. We can read that the latter, thus, “beats his partner so that he takes nude pictures while entering into a secret conversation behind his wife’s back”. It is also revealed from some reports that the accused performed an act of masturbation in the toilet of the plane. Always according to Sun, the complainant would have grown tired of unwanted calls and texts from her boss urging her to stop. He even asked him how he would feel if his wife, Geri Halliwell, did the same thing to one of her employees.

Christian Horner, faced with the controversy that arose less than twenty-four hours after his release, wanted to respond to these new accusations: in the statement, which was read to journalists by the spokesperson of the team, reports BFM TV. “I respected the integrity of the independent investigation and cooperated fully every step of the way,” he added. For her part, Geri Halliwell, who was initially “relieved and happy” to see that her husband was cleared of all suspicion, did not react to this new development. The latter was content to keep his hand in the bag ahead of the start of the F1 Grand Prix this Saturday, March 2.