According to a victims’ group, more than 400 people have come forward with allegations of sexual violence against the late entrepreneur Mohamed Al Fayed. These include former employees of the well-known London department store Harrods and the football club Fulham FC, both of which were owned by Al Fayed, as well as “several places” that had links to the businessman, the group said at a press conference. .
Lawyers said they were currently processing 421 requests from alleged victims and witnesses. The majority come from Great Britain, but there are also people from other European countries, the US, Asia and Australia.
Lawyers: “Size on an industrial scale”
“This, in our view, is abuse on an industrial scale,” said attorney Bruce Drummond. “Abuse that can only be committed thanks to a system that makes the abuse possible.”
Al Fayed committed his crimes everywhere: in London and his estate in Surrey, but also on his private plane, on his yacht and in the luxury Ritz hotel he owned in Paris. “Every young woman around him became a target,” Drummond said. Harrods’ current management was appalled.
Several former employees have made accusations
In September, the BBC reported that several former Harrods employees had made allegations against Al Fayed. According to the British broadcaster, he is said to have reached out-of-court settlements with alleged victims in some cases. Other alleged victims subsequently came forward, including a Fulham player and model Bianca Gascoigne, the daughter of former British professional footballer Paul Gascoigne.
Al Fayed owned the luxury department store Harrods until 2010 and the London club Fulham until 2013. He died at the end of August 2023 at the age of 94. His son Dodi Al Fayed was Diana’s last partner and died with the princess in a car crash in Paris in 1997.
Source: Krone
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