London, United Kingdom:
Three girls previously employed by Harrods have accused the brother of its late boss Mohamed Al-Fayed of sexual violence, following lots of of comparable claims towards the previous proprietor of the posh London retailer, the BBC reported Thursday.
They are saying the late Salah Fayed assaulted them throughout the interval when he collectively owned the division retailer together with his brother, the broadcaster stated.
The ladies alleged they had been abused in London, the south of France and Monaco between 1989 and 1997.
The report follows a slew of claims in latest weeks by lots of of ladies towards the Egyptian former Harrods and Fulham Soccer Membership proprietor Mohamed Al-Fayed of sexual assault together with rape.
Salah Fayed died in 2010 and Mohamed Al-Fayed died final 12 months aged 94.
One of many three girls behind the newest accusations, named Helen, who waived her proper to anonymity, instructed the BBC that she had been working for the retailer for 2 years when Mohamed Al-Fayed raped her in 1989 throughout a enterprise journey in Dubai.
He then supplied her a private assistant job together with his brother Salah, who she stated went on to drug her and rape her whereas she was unconscious.
Mohamed Al-Fayed “shared me together with his brother,” she stated.
She stated he had stayed silent concerning the expertise, having signed a non-disclosure settlement, a doc the BBC reported having seen.
The second girl stated Salah Fayed abused her throughout a visit to Monaco, whereas the third girl, who was employed on the age of 19 in 1997, stated she was sexually assaulted in his Monaco house.
Contacted by AFP, Harrods stated it “helps the bravery of those girls in coming ahead” and encourages survivors “to return ahead and make their claims” to the corporate, which is providing compensation and counselling help.
“We additionally hope that they’re taking a look at each acceptable avenue to them of their pursuit of justice, whether or not that be Harrods, the police or the Fayed household and property,” the corporate stated.
On Tuesday, the New York Occasions printed the claims of a sufferer accusing one other brother of Mohamed Al-Fayed, Ali, aged 80, of realizing concerning the “trafficking” of ladies.
Allegations have mounted for the reason that airing of a BBC documentary in September that detailed a number of claims of rape and sexual assault by Mohamed Al-Fayed.
The Justice for Harrods Survivors group stated it had acquired greater than 420 inquiries, primarily associated to the shop but additionally concerning Fulham Soccer Membership, the Ritz Resort in Paris and different Fayed entities.
London’s Metropolitan Police stated earlier this month that it was “actively reviewing 21 allegations reported to the Metropolitan Police previous to Mohamed Al-Fayed’s passing… to find out if any extra investigative steps can be found or there are issues we might have completed higher.”
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