Geri Halliwell was not 'blinded' with her husband Christian Horner when he was hit by an F1 text scandal, a friend of the former Spice Girl unveiled.
The 52-year-old pop star 'had questions' from the Red Bull Boss, 51 with a source that adds that she is 'not a pushover'.
He was accused of sending inappropriate late-night texts to a woman in the forty, who brought her concern about HR in the Formula 1 team.
He was investigated for alleged 'compulsive behavior' towards an unnamed employee. Since then he has been cleared from misconduct after an internal investigation that has enabled him to retain his job of £ 8 million a year.
The revelations are because the scandal is in the spotlight again, because a documentary has shown Horner's reaction to the paddock furore – Branding Colleague Team Head bag Brown a 'dick' for criticizing him.
HIT Netflix Series Drive to Survive follows when the sport was startled by a wealth of texts and photos, supposedly between Horner and a female colleague, were leaked to influential figures and journalists in the sport for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
The race saw Mrs. Halliwell Break-Cover, after he had pulled out of the UK to join her suburmer's husband in a show of solidarity. The messages are reportedly leaked while she was fleeing.
But now a friend has revealed that she did not burst her head in the ground and the allegations came like a 'shock' for her.
She said the sun: 'People think that Geri was just blindly stood by her husband through the whole thing, but it is not that at all.
The revelations come when the scandal is in the spotlight again, since a documentary has shown Horner's reaction to the paddock furore – Branding Fellow Team Principal Zak Brown a 'Prick' to criticize him
The couple, here in the Bahrain Grand Prix in March of this year, was confronted with questions about their marriage after Christian Horner was engaged in a WhatsApp messenger trovers
Geri posed alongside her husband Christian Horner after his investment ceremony in December
'When the allegations came out for the first time, she naturally had questions.
“It was a shock for both when the allegations blew up – they never saw it coming and many people spreading hurtful rumors, but it was not all true, they are now in a really good place.”
Horner has since been cleaned up by two independent investigations after Red Bull had called in top lawyers to view the claims.
The employee's appeal against the first investigation was rejected in August.
Later that month Horner said that he was 'relieved' that there had been a formal conclusion for the accusations of inappropriate behavior against him.
He and Geri, who married in 2015 and share a young son, would now leave the furore behind.
At the time of the first revelations, Mrs. Halliwell resolutely stood by him during the accusations, which he always denied.
The prosecutor was later suspended after the findings of the investigation, which led anger to campaign groups that claimed that “women simply have no confidence that their complaints will be properly investigated.”
Horner's wife Geri (depicted at another Buckingham Palace event in November) was one of the ones there again today when her husband was honored
At the time of the first revelations, Mrs. Halliwell resolutely stood by him during the accusations, which he always denied. Displayed: Horner in Bahrain on 28 February
In December last year, the singer caused a commotion when she sustained the stage in the Royal Albert Hall in London to be challenging that she 'belonged to no one'.
She seemed ready and confident when she chose to read 'my whole life that I belonged to no man' in the 1800s Radical Feminist, Flora Tristan, during a stars -lined edition of Letters Live.
As the only reader who held an opening speech, she described Flora as an 'inspiration' before she read the 'delicious' letter that she could 'not wait to share'.
“I think at least one person should hear here tonight,” she told the overcrowded audience of Albert Hall.
Dressed in a crispy white shirt and black butterfly tie, the herb reads on your life singer aloud: 'A superior woman must be superior with everyone and in all circumstances.
“As for love statements, I have received hundreds, I have the enormous accident to be a beautiful woman.”
She concluded: “I no longer get cross with those who behave poorly, although it hurts me.”
In a clip for the urge to survive premiere yesterday, Horner began to tackle the tumultuous start of his 2024 and the Bombshell leaks by emphasizing: 'The higher you rise, the sharp the knives.
The race last year (photo) saw Mrs. Halliwell Break cover, after he had pulled out of the UK to join her submerk husband in a show of solidarity. The messages are reportedly leaked while she was fleeing.
Christian and Geri Horner celebrate their horse lift to winning at the end of January in Warwick
“I reached the top of my game and I never thought I would have a challenge in a million years if this in my career,” Horner continued.
'It is a crucial time of the year, in a job that I do, you are the front of the organization. You can hide or you can go outside and face it. '
The Red Bull team has always been a fiery topic of the Netflix drama, where champion driver Max Verstappen repeatedly played a key role. He and Horner were booed last month at the 2024 launch event in London.
In another clip, Brown made comments in the immediate aftermath of the leak, because a greater check was placed on the internal investigation that Horner had released in February 2024.
The McLaren -Baas said that he argued for the detail owners and organizers to ensure that all racing teams and the staff and drivers and all others involved in the sport operate in a way we all live on. '
More visual material then shows Horner who walks to Red Bull's hospitality suite and says: 'Zak's AP ****. I get through it. 'It is believed that the Expletive has replaced a much stronger word.
The source added to the newspaper that they are 'not phased' by the Netflix show and instead 'are' focused on the future '.
Since 2005, Horner has led the F1 team of Red Bull and won six constructors championships between 2010 and 2023.
His career started as a racing driver and became a racing winner in the British Formula Renault Championship 1992 before switching to team management after he retired at the age of 25.
