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Content warning: This communicative discusses rape and intersexual assault.
Five women person travel guardant and accused Mohamed Al-Fayed of rape.
The precocious ex-Harrods owner, whose son Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Mena'em “Dodi” Fayed is the erstwhile fellow of the precocious Princess Diana and besides died successful her infamous 1997 car crash, has been accused of intersexual battle by much than 20 pistillate ex-employees, 5 of whom who picture their experiences arsenic rape, according to implicit 20 accounts from anonymous women who spoke to the BBC.
“Mohamed Al-Fayed was a monster, a intersexual predator with nary motivation compass whatsoever,” said an anonymous woman, who told the BBC she was a teen erstwhile Fayed raped her, noting that pistillate employees astatine Harrods were considered his, “playthings.”
She added, “We were each truthful scared. He actively cultivated fear. If helium said ‘jump’ employees would inquire ‘how high.’”
Upon being informed of the allegations against Fayed—who died successful 2023 astatine the property of 94—the existent owners of the upscale section store apologized, telling the BBC they were “utterly appalled” by the accusations.
Women who provided statements to the BBC claimed that the assaults occurred successful Harrods’ offices, successful Fayed’s London apartment, successful his Villa Windsor property, oregon during overseas trips, often successful the Ritz edifice successful Paris, which helium owned.
Former employees—both antheral and female—told the BBC that it was “very clear” what was happening arsenic the erstwhile Harrods proprietor would place “young pistillate assistants” and beforehand them to enactment successful his offices.
One erstwhile antheral employee, Tony Leeming, who was a section manager from 1994 to 2004, emphasized, “I deliberation if I knew, everybody knew. Anyone who says they didn't are lying, I'm sorry.”
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Meanwhile, different worker fixed the pseudonym of Alice elaborate the frightening day-to-day.
“We each watched each different locomotion done that doorway thinking, ‘you mediocre girl, it's you today,’” she described. “And feeling utterly powerless to halt it.”
Women who were interviewed noted that Fayed’s assaults were adjacent much assertive portion connected institution trips—with 1 pistillate providing a statement of waking up “startled” to find Fayed lasting implicit her successful thing but a silk dressing gown.
She went connected to picture him raping her, aft which she cried and helium told her to “aggressively” lavation herself with the antiseptic disinfectant Dettol.
BBC reports that "many" women who were promoted to enactment much intimately to Fayed alleged they were fixed “invasive” intersexual wellness tests. And portion the tests were described arsenic a perk, galore were not fixed their results—which were, however, sent to Fayed.
“There is nary payment to anybody knowing what my intersexual wellness is, unless you're readying to slumber with somebody,” a pistillate identified arsenic Katherine, who was an enforcement adjunct successful 2005, told the outlet. “Which I find precise chilling now.”
In a connection to the BBC, Harrods condemned Fayed’s alleged actions, noting they had been taken by an idiosyncratic “intent connected abusing his power.”
“The Harrods of contiguous is simply a precise antithetic organisation to the 1 owned and controlled by Al Fayed betwixt 1985 and 2010,” the connection read. “It is 1 that seeks to enactment the payment of our employees astatine the bosom of everything we do.”
For free, confidential help, telephone the National Sexual Assault Hotline astatine 1-800-656-4673 oregon sojourn rainn.org.
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