Geri Horner has returned to social media for the first time since her husband Christian became embroiled in an internal investigation at Formula, having supported her husband throughout the scandal.
The Spice Girl shared a sweet birthday tribute to Victoria Beckham as she turned 50 on Wednesday, along with a gallery of snaps documenting their friendship.
Geri captioned the post: ‘Happy birthday @victoriabeckham you are amazing! From our Tank Girl audition over 30 years ago, and you’re still shining! Wishing you love and joy.’
Christian was the subject of an internal investigation in February after allegations, which he denies, of “coercive behavior” towards a female colleague were made against him, before he was cleared.
However, her future remains under scrutiny after text messages between Horner and what appears to be a female colleague were leaked in 79 screenshots, while an anonymous sender sent an email also copying FIA boss Mohammed Ben. Sulayem, and the head of F1, Stefano Domenicali.
Geri Horner has returned to social media for the first time since her husband Christian became embroiled in the Formula One scandal, posting a birthday tribute to Victoria Beckham.
The Spice Girl shared a sweet birthday tribute to Victoria Beckham as she turned 50 on Wednesday, along with a gallery of snaps documenting their friendship.
While Christian was cleared of wrongdoing, friends said Geri was “extremely humiliated” after a series of intimate messages her Formula One boss husband allegedly sent to a colleague were leaked days later.
One said: “Christian promised all along there was nothing to it.”
She had supported the 50-year-old motorsport executive during an independent investigation into his company after he was accused of coercive behavior towards a female employee.
The Red Bull boss was cleared of any wrongdoing, allowing him to keep his £8million-a-year job and fly to Bahrain ahead of the season-opening Grand Prix last month.
His wife’s friends said she had been “very relieved” that her family could finally get on with their lives after Horner spent weeks in the spotlight.
But just 24 hours after being formally acquitted, the Red Bull team principal’s career and marriage were once again plunged into chaos.
Hundreds of WhatsApp exchanges allegedly between Horner and his colleague, some of a sexual nature, were disclosed through an anonymous email account.
There is no way to check the validity of the long, frequent messages that seem to alternate between the mundane and the intimate.
Christian was the subject of an internal investigation after allegations, which he denies, of “coercive behaviour” towards a female colleague were made, before he was cleared.
Despite supporting her spouse during the investigation, friends said Geri felt “humiliated” when hundreds of messages with the employee, some of a sexual nature, were leaked.
The tranche of almost 80 screenshots, which included several images, was sent to hundreds of journalists and key Formula One figures.
A friend of the former Spice Girl said he feared how the star, who was mortified by the embarrassing fight, would be able to comprehend such public humiliation.
He said: ‘Geri has been living in this happy, happy bubble for so many years, she thought she had her prince and her knight in shining armor but now this.
“She thought everything was gone, she was delighted and very happy when she found out that Christian had been acquitted.
‘Geri was ridiculed when she was with Christian because she had just had another baby with another woman, but she has worked hard to get rid of that image of herself and Christian, and in particular that she is a homewrecker.
“Now everything has collapsed. The tears stopped when the sentencing arrived on Wednesday, now they will surely have started again. This will destroy her. Christian always promised there was nothing to it.
In recent weeks, Geri was said to be “mortified and angry” at her husband of almost ten years, with whom she has a seven-year-old son, for humiliating her.
A source close to the star said she “wasn’t sure what to believe” throughout the saga, but was determined to get through it with her marriage unscathed.
‘Geri is not a fish wife, but she finally got the man she wanted and she won’t want to let him go. “This could end up being a big dilemma for her,” the source said.
Among those who received the dossier ahead of this weekend’s race were FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem and F1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali.
Shortly after the leak, Horner issued a statement saying: “I will not comment on anonymous speculation, but I repeat that I have always denied the allegations.”
‘I respected the integrity of the independent investigation and cooperated fully with it every step of the way. It was a thorough and fair investigation by an independent specialist lawyer, and he concluded by dismissing the complaint filed. “I’m still totally focused on the start of the season.”
However, a few days after the leak, Geri and Christian showed a show of unity, when she proudly stood by his side, kissed and held hands during the Bahrain Grand Prix.
The woman who accused Horner of coercive behavior was last week suspended from her role at Red Bull as a direct result of the investigation after she was told her evidence was “dishonest”.
It was later reported that he had appointed new lawyers and now plans to appeal the verdict that exonerated him.
A source quoted by the outlet stated: ‘Christian and Geri are prepared for more fireworks, but a thorough investigation has already ruled in their favor.
“The woman’s honesty has been called into question and her evidence has been shown to be erroneous.”
Last month, Christian also received hundreds of comments from bewildered fans after he posted a Mother’s Day message to Halliwell.
Fans claimed the timing of his message was “strategic” amid his “sexting” scandal and called him “stupid” for not turning off comments on his Instagram.
He shared photos of his wife to mark Mother’s Day, along with a heartfelt tribute to her in the caption.
She wrote: “Happy Mother’s Day. I am so grateful to the mothers in our family for all they do.” We will always be grateful, today and every day.”
When Christian headed to Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix, Geri was noticeably absent and sources claimed she had given her husband a list of rules in the wake of the scandal.
“One is that Christian cuts or reduces contact with the woman, but that is difficult given his role at Red Bull,” News Corp reported.
And she’s definitely given her opinion on the messages she sends. For obvious reasons, Geri would like her colleague, whom she knew before her appointment, to be as far away as possible.
“But they can’t fire her because there is no reason to do so.”
GBN reported that Christian was not impressed with the list or his wife’s apparent distrust of him.
“At first, Christian was hurt by the idea of a list of rules and said he felt like she was showing distrust,” a source said.
“She insisted that while she still loves him, she has to protect herself and urged him to put himself in her shoes to understand the torment she has endured with public humiliation and shaming.
“Christian finally backed down and agreed to do whatever was necessary.”
Geri and Christian married at St Mary’s Church in Woburn, Bedfordshire, six years after they first met at the British Grand Prix in 2009.
Christian left his partner Beverley just six months after the birth of their daughter Olivia in 2014 and moved into home with Geri.
In November 2014 they announced their engagement in The Times newspaper.
Two years after getting married in 2017, the couple welcomed their first child together, named Montague George Hector Horner.
Geri and Christian share two houses in the English countryside, in Oxfordshire and Hertfordshire, and one of them has a farm with three donkeys, goats and stables for 14 horses.
While adopting a new lifestyle in the country, Geri decided to revamp her image in an attempt to banish the “homewrecker” label and present her relationship as healthy.
A source told Mail Plus that Geri has been “very cautious about her image, trying hard to shake off her racy Ginger Spice past and transform herself into a wholesome Oxfordshire housewife.”