The lady concerned within the alleged texting scandal involving Christian Horner is allegedly “very unhappy” that the Red Bull Racing boss was cleared after a misconduct investigation.
The 50-year-old has been on the centre of a serious investigation concerning allegations of inappropriate behaviour with a feminine colleague forward of the start of the 2024 Formula One season.
The controversy was seemingly put to mattress after Horner was cleared of any wrongdoing on Wednesday (February 28) however simply 24 hours later, an nameless e-mail deal with leaked a sequence of texts and pictures, allegedly belonging to the Red Bull staff principal, to journalists.
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The alleged messages and photos, which have been seen by Daily Star Sport, had been additionally leaked to F1 staff principals and Liberty Media administration, together with FIA president Mohamed ben Sulayem and F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali. On the eve of F1’s first Grand Prix of the season in Bahrain, a supply shut the unnamed feminine Red Bull worker – described as a relative – has mentioned the scandal surrounding Horner has been “disgusting”.
“My reaction to all this is that it is disgusting. In the words of Red Bull, Christian Horner has been cleared but I think many people look at that answer and can’t quite fathom out the truth behind it,” they mentioned to the Daily Mail.
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“It’s obviously not going to rest now because of these leaks. I wasn’t aware of the messages prior to them being picked up by the media and I have no idea at all who is responsible for the leak.”
The supply added {that a} relationship between Horner and the feminine colleague by no means existed. They added: “I haven’t read the text messages but there was never any relationship between her and Christian – God, no. She doesn’t discuss that sort of stuff with us. If you work for a person like him, you live with many pieces of information that are not to be disclosed. She certainly hasn’t spoken to me about it.”
With the Red Bull worker reportedly working from house, she’s mentioned to be “very unhappy” with the one-sidedness of the investigation that was launched by the power drinks firm.
“We speak every day and she’s very unhappy – of course,” the supply continued. “In her mind-set it is all very one-sided and she or he’s been crucified. Are the Red Bull investigation staff impartial? Who is aware of?
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“They’ve made comparisons in the newspapers about Christian being grilled for 12 hours or so…well how many hours was she grilled for? They don’t ask that question, but it is a lot more than that.”
Horner has vehemently denied all allegations made towards him and reiterated these views with a brand new assertion on Thursday night.
It learn: “I will not comment on anonymous speculation, but to reiterate I have always denied the allegations.
“I revered the integrity of the impartial investigation and totally cooperated with it each step of the way in which.
“It was a thorough and fair investigation conducted by an independent specialist barrister, and it has concluded dismissing the complaint made.
“I stay totally targeted on the beginning of the season.”