Three women who worked for the London department store Harrods accuse a brother of Mohamed al Fayedformer owner of the establishment, of sexual assault, as revealed this Thursday by the BBC. The women said that Salah Fayed, younger brother of the late Egyptian tycoon, He abused them in London, France and Monaco between 1989 and 1997, when he was president of Harrods. One of them stated that she believes she was raped by Salah Fayedwho died in 2010 from pancreatic cancer, after being drugged.
According to the BBC, Harrods said in a statement that these new accusations raise “serious suspicions” about Al Fayed’s brother and reveal the extent of the crimes perpetrated by the former owner of the department store, against whom investigations have already been made. more than 400 testimonies of sexual crimes.
One of the three women, identified as Helen, explained that Al Fayed raped her in a Dubai hotel and months later placed her as personal assistant to his brother, who attacked her after drugging her. “[Al Fayed] he shared me with his brother“Helen told the BBC.
On October 31, the Harrods Justice for Survivors group explained that the first formal letter of complaint to the store, which represents “the beginning of the legal process.”
According to the lawyers representing the group, the majority of the 421 testimonies received refer to cases that occurred in “the context of Harrods”although others have also been recorded from the Fulham football club or the Ritz hotel in Paris, which Al Fayed also owned.
The BBC recently aired a documentary that revealed the extent of Al Fayed’s abuse of Harrods employees and since then at least 40 women have contacted the Police to report that they suffered sexual harassment from the businessman since 1977.
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