Max Verstappen issued a defence of his girlfriend Kelly Piquet and called for an end to online abuse, after the Brazilian model issued a public response on Instagram to unsavoury rumours and accusations that have been made against her.
Piquet, 35, issued an emotional statement on her Instagram account on Tuesday asking social media users to stop spreading ‘falsehoods’ about her.
She stated that she had ‘in the past three years been navigating a strange and upsetting wave of accusations’, some of which relate to her previous relationships, with the 35-year-old having dated Russian Formula One driver Daniil Kvyat.
The post prompted Red Bull driver, Verstappen, to issue his public support to Piquet.
‘This has to stop. These false accusations by certain individuals on Instagram and TikTok are insane and ridiculous at the same time,’ the reigning Formula One world champion wrote on Instagram.
