- Christian Horner was accused of “inappropriate habits” by his colleague.
- The top of Purple Bull (50) vehemently denies the allegations made towards him
- A brand new bombshell report within the Netherlands has shed new gentle on the claims
System 1 crew boss Christian Horner is going through allegations of sexual abuse in a scandal that has rocked the world's most glamorous sport.
The husband of former Spice Woman Geri Halliwell was accused earlier this month of “coercive behaviour” in the direction of a detailed worker of the Milton Keynes-based Purple Bull crew, winners of the final three F1 championships.
Nonetheless, experiences from Holland now declare the allegations go deeper with an article within the De Telegraaf newspaper claiming he despatched sexual messages to the girl in query.
Horner, 50, is at present the topic of an inside investigation into allegations of “inappropriate behaviour” by an unnamed London police station.
The millionaire, who earns £8million a yr, spent greater than 9 hours defending his place in a gathering with a barrister final week. He categorically denies all claims towards him.
Neither he nor Purple Bull have responded to the most recent allegations, which declare he despatched “suggestive messages” to an worker, with proof within the type of a WhatsApp message alternate seen by De Telegraaf.
This escalates the claims as initially reported.
Geri was “devastated” by the unique allegations however is claimed to be “sticking to him like glue”.
“She smiles and does every part to maintain them collectively,” mentioned one insider.
De Telegraaf additionally claims the girl was supplied a considerable sum of cash, which Horner's legal professionals denied final night time.
Horner married Geri in 2015, having first met on the British Grand Prix a couple of years earlier. He left his accomplice Beverley, mom of their daughter Olivia, 9, to arrange a brand new dwelling in north London with Geri, with whom he has son Monty, seven.
He drives to the crew's Milton Keynes base day by day, works lengthy hours and is named a fanatical “racer” who had success as a junior rider earlier than he knew he wasn't adequate and turned to cross-country groups as an alternative. than driving for them.
He led the profitable Arden crew within the junior System 3000 class and was backed by Bernie Eccelston, then the ruler of motor racing, to take over Purple Bull once they got here to F1 in 2005 on the age of 31.
He was the youngest crew boss on the time. He’s now the crew's longest serving boss. Ecclestone was finest man at Horner's marriage ceremony to Geri in 2015 and the pair switched roles when Ecclestone married Fabian Flosi, a Brazilian lawyer greater than 40 years his senior.
Horner is having fun with the celebrity that life with Geri has introduced him, in addition to his publicity on Netflix's Drive to Survive. He celebrated his fiftieth birthday in Mayfair with Sir Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wooden and Gary Barlow. Serenaded by choruses of 'Completely satisfied Birthday', Horner lower a cake with 'World Champion' emblazoned on it.
“I assumed we had been beginning a band,” mentioned Horner, who attended the launch of a Purple Bull automobile at their manufacturing facility this week, claiming it was a case of “enterprise as ordinary”.
In December, Horner was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire to honor his achievement in overseeing two seasons of success on the crew, the second of which ended Mercedes' lengthy interval dominated by Lewis Hamilton.
Within the 19 years he led the crew, he gained 13 world championships and made a reputation for himself in and out of doors the game.
