Mohamed Al Fayed sex abuse claims – latest: More than 20 women accuse former Harrods boss of assault and rape
More than 20 women have accused former Harrods owner Mohammad Al Fayed of sexual assault, including five who say they were raped.
The ex-employees, all female, said the Egyptian billionaire had assaulted them while working at the world-famous London department store.
After the allegations were revealed, another woman came forward to accuse him of “sickening” sexual abuse.
Lawyers and survivors involved in the case will hold a press conference on Friday about the allegations, which were first revealed in BBC documentary Al-Fayed: Predator at Harrods.
Fayed, who is accused of abusing women in London, Paris, St Tropez and Abu Dhabi, died last year aged 94.
One woman, who was just a teenager when she was allegedly raped by Fayed, described him as a “monster, a sexual predator with no moral compass whatsoever”, who viewed staff at Harrods as his “playthings”.
Harrods said it was “utterly appalled” by the allegations and said they were the actions of “someone intent on abusing his power wherever he operated”.
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