Geri Halliwell is locked in “crisis talks” with Christian Horner after the Red Bull Racing boss’ alleged texting scandal.
The former Spice Girl has flown to Bahrain to hitch her husband within the midst of his ongoing saga concerned leaked texts and pictures which got here to mild simply 24 hours after he was cleared of wrongdoing in an investigation following allegations of inappropriate behaviour in direction of an unnamed feminine colleague.
A supply revealed on Thursday (February 29) that the popstar has been discussing along with her workforce about how one can deal with the state of affairs as she fears the leaked texts, which have been shared by 1000’s on-line, may injury her popularity, the Mirror experiences.
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Despite initially telling associates she would not meet with Red Bull Formula One boss Horner over the alleged messages, his household satisfied her to take action. While Geri was on her approach to the Gulf state, the texts had been made public, leaving the 51-year-old “humiliated”.
The supply mentioned: “Geri has been locked in crisis talks with her team this week about how to manage all of this. Christian had played down the whole affair to her, but she can’t bear the fact it is now all out in the open. She feels like a fool. It has really taken its toll on her and she told pals this week she would not be in Bahrain.
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“She was adamant she wouldn’t be there, she would not pretend like everything was OK. But Christian’s mum has been leaning on her heavily to stand by his side, and publicly back him, and her pleas seem to have worked. Her own team had been urging her to keep her distance and seek advice.
“They are nervous in regards to the affect on each her personally and her model and need her to pause and take into account her subsequent transfer rigorously. She feels extremely torn between the 2 camps. It’s a horrific state of affairs for her to be in, and it’s rising worse by the minute.”
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Halliwell was mentioned to be “distraught and humiliated” after the allegedly inappropriate messages and pictures had been despatched to 149 people concerned in Formula One, together with FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, and the media.
Reports in Bahrain recommended Horner was because of meet Ben Sulayem on Thursday in regards to the electronic mail leak, which got here simply 24 hours after he was cleared by an inner inquiry over claims he displayed “coercive behaviour” in direction of a feminine colleague.
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It is known Red Bull had been wanting on the photographs contained within the leak. They got here from an electronic mail deal with named Feb Twenty Ninth utilizing a Google Drive hyperlink of WhatsApp messages and pictures, despatched at 6.14pm Bahrain time on Thursday which had been non-public messages purporting to be from Horner and a feminine member of employees.
Horner, who had denied all allegations in opposition to him, had instructed of his reduction at being cleared by the interior inquiry. He mentioned: “I respected the integrity of the independent investigation and fully cooperated with it every step of the way.”