Mohamed Al Fayed rape claims emerge

Mohamed Al Fayed, whose lad Dodi was successful a narration with Princess Diana erstwhile they some died successful Paris, has been accused of utilizing a royal mansion to rape and sexually battle victims.

Five women person alleged they were raped by the Egyptian billionaire, who died past year aged 94, and a further 20 pistillate employees assertion Mr Al Fayed sexually assaulted them crossed aggregate locations, reports The Sun.

The caller documentary – called Al Fayed: Predator astatine Harrods – hears claims from women who worked astatine ritzy London section store Harrods from the precocious 1980s to 2000s, aft an probe by the BBC.

Female employees allege that assaults were carried retired astatine antithetic locations, including the company’s offices, successful Mr Al Fayed’s London apartment, oregon connected overseas trips often successful Paris astatine the Ritz hotel.

And aggregate women person adjacent claimed that the billionaire raped oregon sexually assaulted them astatine “Villa Windsor” successful Paris’s Bois de Boulogne park.

The lavish 14-room mansion was the location of post-abdication King Edward VIII and his woman Wallis Simpson.

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor’s luxurious French spot featured connected Netflix hit The Crown’s 3rd season.

Mr Al Fayed took retired a 50-year lease connected the 14-room, 19th period villa and the Egyptian billionaire would spell connected to rename it the Villa Windsor aft completing a $20.2 cardinal restoration backmost successful 1990.

Now, 1 pistillate named Gemma – who worked arsenic 1 of his idiosyncratic assistants betwixt 2007 and 2009 – has claimed Mr Al Fayed raped her astatine the historical Parisian villa.

Gemma described waking up to find him attempting to get into furniture with her, adding: “I told him, ‘No, I don’t privation you to’”.

“And helium proceeded to conscionable support trying to get successful the bed, astatine which constituent helium was benignant of connected apical of maine and [I] truly couldn’t determination anywhere.

“I was benignant of look down connected the furniture and helium conscionable pressed himself connected me.”

She told the BBC that aft the Harrods tycoon raped her she cried, portion helium got up and told her aggressively to lavation herself with Dettol.

“Obviously helium wanted maine to erase immoderate hint of him being anyplace adjacent me,” she explains.

Mr Al Fayed – whose lad Dodi died alongside Diana, Princess of Wales, successful Paris successful 1997 – has go known to a caller procreation done being featured successful The Crown arsenic idiosyncratic who became a confidant of Princess Diana.

But different alleged unfortunate has claimed that his portrayal arsenic pleasant and gregarious was acold from the truth.

Speaking to the BBC, Sophia, who worked arsenic his idiosyncratic adjunct from 1988 to 1991, said Mr Al Fayed tried to rape her much than once.

One of those attempts took spot astatine the Villa Windsor wherever the Egyptian billionaire allegedly tried to unit himself connected her.

Sophia claims she had to footwear and shriek for him to get off.

She said: “He was vile”.

Speaking astir his portrayal in The Crown, she said: “That makes maine angry, radical shouldn’t retrieve him similar that. It’s not however helium was.”

Following the allegations against its erstwhile owner, Harrods said successful a connection to the BBC: “The Harrods of contiguous is simply a precise antithetic organisation to the 1 owned and controlled by Al Fayed betwixt 1985 and 2010”.

“IT is 1 that seeks to enactment the payment of our employees astatine the bosom of everything we do.

“Since caller accusation came to airy successful 2023 astir historical allegations of intersexual maltreatment by Al Fayed, it has been our precedence to settee claims successful the quickest mode possible.

“This process is inactive disposable for immoderate existent oregon erstwhile Harrods employees.

“While we cannot undo the past, we person been determined to bash the close happening arsenic an organisation, driven by the values we clasp today, portion ensuring that specified behaviour tin ne'er beryllium repeated successful the future.”

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