At least 20 women have accused the late Harrods owner of assault and violence. The allegations were revealed in a documentary and podcast broadcast by the BBC.
The allegations were revealed in a documentary and podcast broadcast by the British broadcaster BBC.
The late Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayedwho was the owner of the emblematic British department store Harrods was accused of rape and sexual assaultrevealed this Thursday an investigation of the BBCThe deceased was the father of Dodi Al Fayed, the ex-partner of Princess Diana of England.
The accusations were revealed in a documentary and a podcast broadcast by the British network BBC who conducted an investigation into the businessman, who died last year at the age of 94.
The network questioned 20 women who accused the former owner of Harrods of assaults and violence at his properties in London and Paris. Of those interviewed, Five accused him of rapeaccording to the documentary titled “Al Fayed: A Harrods Predator” that will be released this Thursdayalong with a podcast.
Mohamed Al Fayed paid tribute to his son Dodi and Diana in front of a monument in his Harrod’s stores.
Al Fayed He was already accused before of sexual assault by several women and the police opened an investigation in 2015, but the businessman He was never chargedThe BBC accuses Harrods of failing to intervene and of trying to cover up the allegations.
Al Fayed sold the iconic London store in 2010 to the investment branch of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund for £1.5bn ($2.2 billion). The current owners declared themselves “shocked” by the allegations and offered an apology. “As a company, we failed our employees who were victims and we offer our sincerest apologies,” they said.
Demand for justice for his son Dodi and Princess Diana
The Egyptian businessman gained notoriety from the 1990s onwards. 1990, after launching a media campaign to show that her son Dodi and his girlfriend, Princess Diana of Waleswho died in a car accident in August 1997, They were murdered by a conspiratorial plot by the British Royal Family.
Despite having lived in Britain for decades, Al-Fayed was repeatedly denied a British passport by the country’s authorities.
In retaliation, the Egyptian revealed having paid two Conservative ministers, Neil Hamilton and Tim Smith, to ask questions in the House of Commons relating to his business interests.
Source: Ambito
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