Red Bull Principal Christian Horner Denies Inappropriate Behavior Allegations Among F1 Team - PEOPLE

Christian Horner says he “fully” denies allegations of inappropriate behavior made against him earlier this month.

The Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team principal and husband to Spice Girl singer Geri Halliwell-Horner was accused of inappropriate behavior in a report by Dutch news outlet De Telegraaf in February. Sky News then reported that Horner, 50, was the subject of an investigation launched by his Red Bull team.

“I obviously deny fully the allegations that have been made against me,” Horner told CNN on Thursday. “There’s an ongoing process and that obviously is being worked through at the moment.”

Horner would not answer the outlet when it asked him when a decision about the investigation and his future with the Red Bull team would be announced. Though, the former driver said he’s “working with that process.”

Christian Horner.

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In a statement earlier this month, Red Bull said the independent investigation “is being carried out by an external specialist barrister.”

“The company takes these matters extremely seriously and the investigation will be completed as soon as practically possible,” Red Bull said, according to CNN. “It would not be appropriate to comment further at this time.”

BBC noted that the specific details of the allegations brought against Horner have not been made public since being disclosed earlier this month.

Geri Halliwell-Horner and Christian Horner.

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Horner told Sky News he has “absolutely not” thought about resigning as the Red Bull team principal. "I am fully committed,” he said. “I built this team. I convinced people to come and work here."

Horner added that Halliwell has been "very supportive" of him since the allegations were made. 

The couple first met at a racing event in 2009 and became engaged in 2014. They married in 2015 and share one son together, Montague, 7, who was born in 2017. They both have children — Bluebell, 17, and Olivia, 10 — from their previous relationships.

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Horner’s Red Bull Racing team, meanwhile, has been a dominant force in the sport of F1 for years. Its drivers won 21 out of 22 races last year. And both Horner and his team have been regularly featured on the ongoing Netflix docuseries, Formula 1: Drive to Survive, which returns with season 6 later this month.

Speaking with BBC, Horner called the allegations against him “a distraction for the team” and said they are operating “business as normal focusing on preparing for the season ahead.”

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