The private details of the controversy around Christia🌃n Horner could go public if the Red Bull employee takes her case to an independent tribunal, it has been reported.

If the now-suspended female staff member’s appeal aga🦄inst the dismissal of grievance is unsuccessful, a tribunal would “potentially” put the private details of the case into the public domain, according to .

Red Bull have refused to release details of the case or the investigation’s findin🅺gs, citing confidentiality, but it has emerged that could change if the complainant takes the case to an employment tribunal in the event her appeal is rejected.

“It’s like a 𝄹roadmap, these are the stops along the way,” legal expert Tania Goodman told The Guardian♑.

“If an employee has🐬 a com💙plaint or grievance, they raise it internally, perhaps informally at first but if it’s not resolved then it becomes formal and is investigated and considered, usually as part of a grievance hearing after which an outcome is given.

“If th✱e employee is not happy with the decision, then they can appeal internally and at the end of that process if they’re still not satisfied they can go to an employment tribunal.

“In those circumstances [going to an employ🐽ment tr🧔ibunal] the confidentiality that attaches to internal procedures would no longer apply.

“A finꦓal hearing is open to the public during which information about the case is available including the nature of the complaints, witness evidence, submissions, the tribunal’s conclusions, and a written judgment.”

Accusations of inaꦍppropriate and controlling behaviour were made against Horner but the Red Bull team principal was cleared of wrongdoing on the eve of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix after an external lawyer was appointed to investigate the claims.

One da꧙y later, an email containing a cache of messages purporting to involve Horner and the woman was leaked to the FIA, F1, team principals and m꧃edia.

Horner has always denied the allegations and said ༺at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix💮 that the time had come to “draw a line under” the scandal that has overshadowed the start of the 2024 F1 season.

The Guardian report the complaint was originally raised last November but “remained private for a long period of time before it was leaked to the press and then confirmed by Red Bull GmbH in early ꧂February”.