The women who worked at Harrods from the late 1980s to 2000s said assaults were carried out at the company’s offices, in Fayed’s London apartment, or on foreign trips often in Paris at the Ritz hotel.
A string of women who worked at Harrods have come forward to accuse Mohamed al-Fayed, the late London department store’s owner, of rape and sexual assault., and a further 20 claimed he sexually assaulted them.
Harrods’ current owners said they were “utterly appalled” by the allegations, stressing the company today is “very different”.Bruce Drummond, a barrister from a legal team representing a number of the women, said: “The spider’s web of corruption and abuse in this company was unbelievable and very dark”.Speaking to the BBC, one of his alleged victims, Sophia, who worked as his personal assistant from 1988 to 1991, said he tried to rape her more than once. She said: “He was vile”.
He then invited her to his personal apartment, where he asked her to sit on the bed, with his hand on her leg and a firm grip, she said. Rachel told the BBC: “He raped me. Afterwards, you blame yourself. You’re there to do a job and this is your boss standing there in front of you in a dressing gown. And so even when you’re trying to get out of the situation, I’m trying not to offend him.”Fayed had been accused of groping and sexually assaulting female employees across his lifetime, including a rape allegation which was investigated by police in 2015 but did not lead to any charges.
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