A new BBC documentary says the Egyptian-born businessman - who died in London aged 94 last August - carried out the attacks during his time in charge of the elite outlet.
Former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed has been accused of rape, with five female ex-employees alleging the late billionaire sexually assaulted them while in charge of the luxury London department store.
The store's current owners have now told of being 'utterly appalled' by the accusations and have apologised to the women affected. Bruce Drummond, a barrister representing some of the ex-employees, said: 'The spider’s web of corruption and abuse in this company was unbelievable and very dark. One of the women now speaking out, who says Fayed raped her at his London apartment told BBC investigators: 'I made it obvious that I didn't want that to happen.Another woman described being raped at the Mayfair address as a teenager, describing staff at Harrods as being treated as his 'playthings'.'We were all so scared. He actively cultivated fear.
She says he raped her at Villa Windsor in Paris's Bois de Boulogne, a former home of post-abdication King Edward VIII and his wife Wallis SimpsonMohamed Al Fayed, former owner of Harrods and Fulham FC, is pictured here in 2018 Read More Mohamed Al-Fayed is buried next to his son at the family mausoleum as former Harrods tycoon passes away at age 94 'I was kind of face down on the bed and he just pressed himself on me.'Fayed was accused of sexual assault when alive, but the BBC now says it believes many more women could have been victims of him.
Mohamed Al Fayed with the Queen in 1997. His business connections and charity work saw him mixing with high society despite his complaints about what he saw as establishment bias A combination of building a business empire in the UK and establishing a charitable foundation saw him mixing with the UK's most illustrious figures - from stars to royalty.
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