An additional 65 ladies folks bask in attain forward with allegations of sexual abuse against the gradual billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, following the beginning of the documentary Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods.
The BBC reported that the recent claims, which span from 1977 to current years, surfaced after the documentary aired.
The accusations encompass cases of sexual harassment, assault, and rape, inviting now not finest workers of his companies but additionally ladies folks outdoor his professional circle.
The present allegations recommend that Al Fayed, who handed away closing three hundred and sixty five days, aged a broader differ of ways to take advantage of ladies folks than previously identified.
Several ladies folks claimed they were lured into working as home workers for Al Fayed underneath flawed pretenses, finest to be subjected to sexual abuse, at the side of at his mansion in Oxted, Surrey.
One of the earliest reported incidents dates assist to 1977 in Dubai, properly earlier than Al Fayed became a excellent figure in the UK following his 1985 hang of Harrods. A lady described how Al Fayed stalked, threatened, and indirectly sexually assaulted her.
Identical accounts of intimidation were later made by ladies folks who labored at Harrods, with some alleging that security workers were eager in facilitating the harassment.
Of the 65 ladies folks who came forward, 37 claimed they were employed at Harrods once they were abused by Al Fayed.
Primarily basically based on the BBC’s inquiries, Harrods issued an announcement acknowledging the ongoing project to home the claims.
“For the reason that airing of the documentary, over 200 persons are now in the Harrods project to make a selection claims instantly with the industrial.”
However, now not all of the ladies folks who came forward were employed by Al Fayed. Some alleged they were focused and assaulted outdoor his professional sphere.
One lady, who labored at a London flower store in the early Eighties, said she became flown to the Paris Ritz for a job interview, finest to be sexually assaulted by Al Fayed.
One other lady, a broken-down BBC invent-up artist, alleged she became assaulted by Al Fayed in 1989 while working on The Dresses Display shroud for the length of an interview at Villa Windsor, his Paris space.
