The late Harrods owner, Mohamed Al Fayed, allegedly sexually abused multiple female employees.
Harrods apologized to its employees on Thursday over the late owner Mohamed Al Fayed's alleged sexual abuse.The London department store was bought by Al Fayed, an Egypt-born businessman, in the mid-1980s. Dozens of Harrods employees reported both sexual and physical abuse at the hands of Al Fayed, who died last year at the age of 94.'We failed our colleagues and for that we are deeply sorry,' Michael Ward, the managing director of Harrods, said in a statement on Thursday.
Three reports were allegations of rape, 15 were of sexual assault, and one was related to trafficking.In 2008, Al Fayed was probed by police over the alleged sexual abuse of a 15-year-old. In 2009 and 2015, law enforcement gave evidence about him to the Crown Prosecution Service, the British government's justice department. However, Al Fayed was never charged.The Metropolitan Police said on Thursday that they were reviewing the allegations to see if there were any new leads.
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