Last month, 5 women reported publicly having been raped by billionaire Mohamed Al Fayedformer owner of the Harrods department store and died in 2023, while working for him.
NOW, 65 other women denouncedor even, in front of the British channel BBC, having been the victim of sexual abuse by the tycoon, when he owned London’s department stores, with accusations dating back to 1977.
The new allegations include new details about sexual harassment, assault and rape. Several of them were recruited, according to their version, to supposedly apply for jobs within the billionaire’s household staff and were then recruited. sexually exploited by Al Fayed, some at his mansion in Oxted (UK).
The former owner of London football club Fulham, who died last year aged 94 without facing any legal consequences for his actions, has been accused of multiple sexual assaults after the BBC released an investigation last month.
Internal investigations at Harrods
Among the new allegations is that of a woman who says she was assaulted by Al Fayed in Dubai in 1977, the first of accusations against the Egyptian that have come to light. According to the BBC, 37 of the 65 new women who shared their experience had worked in Harrods.
Once the scandal was discovered, the company announced an internal investigation led by lawyers and a review of the situation by a non-executive committee of the board of directors, which will be independent of the company’s management.
In addition, a group of lawyers representing the businessman’s victims is preparing a civil action against the department stores, accusing them of having sponsored an Al Fayed collaboration and cover-up scheme, in which doctors were involved who gynecologically examined employees, human resources workers and security personnel.
For its part, the British prosecutor’s office admitted having ruled out filing charges for sexual crimes against the deceased businessman on at least two occasions, in 2008 and in 2013, believing that there was no solid evidence.
