‘Was a monster, sexual predator’: Late Egyptian billionaire, whose son died with Princess Diana, accused of raping 5 women, abusing 15

Late Egyptian billionaire and former owner of luxury department store Harrods, Mohamed al-Fayed, raped and sexually abused a couple of of his former female employees, in step with a recently released BBC documentary. The documentary, titled Al-Fayed: Predator at Harrods, claims that al-Fayed raped 5 women and sexually abused no lower than 15 of his employees throughout their time working at the splendid department store. Notably, the billionaire passed away in 2023 at the age of ninety four. In 2010, he sold Harrods to Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund.

What the victims told BBC?

Consistent with the BBC, the affected individuals state that the supposed occurrences transpired in cities like London, Paris, Saint Tropez and Abu Dhabi. One female shared her unsettling experience of being assaulted as a teen in al-Fayed’s place of dwelling, branding him a “beast” and an “immoral sexual predator”. Adding to this, three more women allege they were unfortunately violated by him contained in the same surroundings.

He Forced Me to Wash Myself with Disinfectant

The fifth woman revealed that al-Fayed raped her in Paris at his Villa Windsor apartment. He even made her wash herself with disinfectant. “Obviously he wanted me to erase any trace of him being anywhere near me,” she told the BBC.

The BBC Documentary

After seeing Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ where al-Fayed became presented in a sympathetic light, a couple of women felt nudged to voice their experiences. An episode of this series draws attention towards the love story of Princess Diana and Dodi, al-Fayed’s son, which followed her split from Prince Charles. In 1997, the duo met a tragic bring about a car crash, leading al-Fayed to initiate an extensive legal battle, blaming the British Royalty for their deaths. On the other hand, he couldn’t prove his clams.

What Harrods Responds

“We are utterly appalled by the allegations of abuse perpetrated by Mohamed al-Fayed. These were the actions of a private who became intent on abusing his power wherever he operated and we condemn them contained in the strongest terms. We also well-known that throughout this time as a business we failed our employees who were his victims and for this we sincerely apologise,” Harrods said in a statement.

“The Harrods of as of late is an exceptionally different organisation to the one owned and controlled by al-Fayed between 1985 and 2010; it be one which seeks to place the welfare of our employees at the center of the whole lot we do,” it added.

“While we just is not capable to undo the past, we now have been determined to do the correct thing as an organisation, driven by the values we hold as of late, while making certain that such behaviour can never be repeated contained in the longer term,” the company further said.