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The woman who complained about Red Bull team principal Christian Horner’s behaviour has had her appeal against the investigation that cleared him dismissed.<\/b><\/p>\n
She first lodged a complaint in December that contained allegations of coercive, abusive behaviour and sexual harassment by Horner, 50.<\/p>\n
Red Bull cleared Horner<\/a>, who has always denied the allegations of wrongdoing, in February after an internal investigation conducted by an independent lawyer.<\/p>\n Another independent lawyer has now concluded the appeal against that decision was not upheld.<\/p>\n In a statement, Red Bull said it had “accepted and adopted” the conclusions of the lawyer.<\/p>\n It added: “The company respects the privacy of all its employees and will not be making further public comment of this matter at this time.”<\/p>\n The complainant has been suspended by Red Bull<\/a> since March. BBC Sport has previously reported the reason given to the employee was she had been dishonest.<\/p>\n Red Bull’s statement on Thursday did not address her employment status.<\/p>\n The company has not given further details of the case, citing confidentiality, since the investigation came to light in early February.<\/p>\n The day after the complaint was dismissed, a cache of messages purporting to involve Horner was leaked to nearly 150 senior F1 personnel and media.<\/p>\n Horner described the leak as “anonymous, speculative messages from an unknown source” and refused to comment on its contents.<\/p>\n