Former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed raped staff

[arista]

[Former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed
has been accused of rape, with five female
ex-employees alleging the late billionaire
sexually assaulted them while in charge
of the luxury London department store.

A new BBC documentary says the
Egyptian-born businessman - who died
in London aged 94 in August 2023 - carried out
the attacks during his time in charge
of the outlet between 1984 and its sale in 2010.

The corporation says more than
20 female former workers at Harrods
have come forward to accuse
him of sexual abuse and presiding
over a 'culture of fear' at the department store.]


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/09/19/07/89855911-13867629-image-a-34_1726728648250.jpg

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13867629/Harrods-boss-Mohamed-Al-Fayed-accused-rape-department-store.html

[Kazanne]

[Former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed
has been accused of rape, with five female
ex-employees alleging the late billionaire
sexually assaulted them while in charge
of the luxury London department store.

A new BBC documentary says the
Egyptian-born businessman - who died
in London aged 94 in August 2023 - carried out
the attacks during his time in charge
of the outlet between 1984 and its sale in 2010.

The corporation says more than
20 female former workers at Harrods
have come forward to accuse
him of sexual abuse and presiding
over a 'culture of fear' at the department store.]

Saw this on the news this morning, why do people wait so long and all come out together to report it ? ,the man is dead so no consequenses for him.

[arista]

Saw this on the news this morning, why do people wait so long and all come out together to report it ? ,the man is dead so no consequenses for him.

Legal Trouble could have held that lady up.


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/09/19/07/74972917-13867629-Mohamed_Al_Fayed_former_owner_of_Harrods_and_Fulha m_FC_in_2018-a-20_1726727074398.jpg

2018

Evil Al Fayed

[Kazanne]

Legal Trouble could have held that lady up.


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/09/19/07/74972917-13867629-Mohamed_Al_Fayed_former_owner_of_Harrods_and_Fulha m_FC_in_2018-a-20_1726727074398.jpg

2018

Evil Al Fayed

Isn't there about 20 women come forward ?:wavey:

[arista]

Isn't there about 20 women come forward ?:wavey:


Yes, but all would have faced legal trouble,
it took the BBC Producer to get through all that

[Kazanne]

Yes, but all would have faced legal trouble,
it took the BBC Producer to get through all that

Ah,ok thanks for the info.

[rusticgal]

Saw this on the news this morning, why do people wait so long and all come out together to report it ? ,the man is dead so no consequenses for him.


Probably Kaz because he probably had connections with unlikeable people and they felt threatened and possibly in fear of their lives.

[bots]

There were stories and accusations at the time, but it's the same old story, wealthy man, friends with royalty, protected from prosecution.

He was always a con man and a thug, really not much different from Saville

[Gusto Brunt]

A lot of men in power have trouble keeping their manhood in their trousers. Very odd.

[UserSince2005]

makes me want to puke, the thought of it.

[Ammi]

…it’s sad that those females didn’t feel safe to have spoken up when he could have faced justice but I’m glad that they feel able to do so now…

[arista]

A lot of men in power have trouble keeping their manhood in their trousers. Very odd.


But all his life
he has kept these rapes
secret.

Now he is dead
it can all come out

[arista]

…it’s sad that those females didn’t feel safe to have spoken up when he could have faced justice but I’m glad that they feel able to do so now…


It is Normal
when he was alive his legal team,
could destroy you.

[Gusto Brunt]

But all his life
he has kept these rapes
secret.

Now he is dead
it can all come out


He probably threatened them with God knows what if they spoke out when he was alive.

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/09/19/07/89854603-13867629-image-a-12_1726725670637.jpg

Back in the days in Harrods

Women were not safe.

[Ammi]

It is Normal
when he was alive his legal team,
could destroy you.

…of course…it’s a sign of the times also, sadly…I can understand why the females involved felt unable to speak out…but have that need to tell their stories…

[Alf]

It is Normal
when he was alive his legal team,
could destroy you.Are you calling people in the legal profession "corrupt?"

[hijaxers]

Are you calling people in the legal profession "corrupt?"

Money always corrupts , we all know that Alf.

[Maru]

A lot of men in power have trouble keeping their manhood in their trousers. Very odd.

Power is addicting. Men who equate their own prowess with their ability to acquire sexual favors will do so just to prove their status to others has no equal. It becomes a pattern when society continually rewards them for their persistence. In certain industriess, sex and power are synonymous and so it's almost expected men will have to behave a certain way to not be easy pickings in that crowd... (ie Hollywood)

Some people are more susceptible to this game than others. Add in serious drug use and it's a recipe for degeneracy.

[arista]

Are you calling people in the legal profession "corrupt?"


They would have Money
to destroy the women's life.


You can not call them corrupt.

It is just the way Legal Companies
have extreme power
when a Rich Rapist pays them.

[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

[I warned the Queen that Fayed was a dirty old man,
says former Royal security chief: Elizabeth was told
Harrods boss was 'abuser of women' - while questions grow
over why Starmer failed to charge him when at the CPS

A BBC investigation revealed slew of sexual assault
allegations against Al-Fayed
Police were first made aware of accusations
against Al-Fayed in the 1990s
Sir Keir Starmer has faced questions
about the failure to prosecute Al-Fayed]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13870897/As-Keir-Starmer-faces-questions-failure-charge-Mohamed-Al-Fayed-head-CPS-former-royal-security-chief-warned-Queen-late-Harrods-boss-dirty-old-man.html

[Mystic Mock]

The only thing that I'm going to say is that he can't defend himself from these allegations.

However 20 allegations doesn't look good for him.

[Mystic Mock]

Or 100 allegations.

[arista]

Yes Vanessa Phelps
was asked by him, to go to his Flat
in Harrods.

She Refused

[arista]

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[joeysteele]

Sounding more and more horrendous.

[Mystic Mock]

And he got away with it all.

[arista]

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[arista]

BBC News Text:
[The Sunday People leads with the story
that Cancer Research UK is considering refusing
any further money from the estate
of former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed
after receiving £45,500 from his charity since 2017.
On Thursday, the BBC aired a
documentary called 'Al-Fayed:
Predator at Harrods' which revealed
allegations of rape and attempted rape against
the billionaire by female ex-employees
of his luxury London department store.]


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[arista]

PM Starmer in 2009
was then in charge of the CPS

Twice they failed to follow cases up

Re: Trevor Phillips in Liverpool SkyNewsHD Live

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/09/22/09/89960095-0-image-a-29_1726994232213.jpg

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13878315/mohamed-al-fayed-ghislaine-maxwell-fixer-procure-young-women-sex.html

[arista]

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[arista]

Lady aged
[16 when she was raped by Mohamed Al Fayed
said the assault "changed the course of
my life and career entirely".

Kate (not her real name) said that, while
working at Harrods - her first job - she was also
subjected to inappropriate and "humiliating"
questioning by the billionaire and
an intrusive medical check.

She is one of more than 20 women
who have said the former Harrods owner
sexually assaulted or raped them while they worked
at the luxury London department store.]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj6ere2jyzdo

[rusticgal]

Why wasn’t he arrested?..

Maybe that’s why he was denied a British passport with the rumours circulating…but the question still remains…why was this hushed up until his death…just like Jimmy Saville :shrug:

[arista]

Why wasn’t he arrested?..

Maybe that’s why he was denied a British passport with the rumours circulating…but the question still remains…why was this hushed up until his death…just like Jimmy Saville :shrug:


Protected while he was alive.

[Cherie]

He was protected by the Establishment....shame on them

[Gusto Brunt]

I'm gonna be a little controversial here. Call it skeptical. Mystick Mock is right.

He cannot defend himself.

I can accept perhaps he tried to molest a few. A dirty old man trying his luck but we hear hundreds more 'vicims' have come forward claiming molestation and rape or attempted rape.

The whiff of massive compensation maybe. Probably.

[GoldHeart]

I'm gonna be a little controversial here. Call it skeptical. Mystick Mock is right.

He cannot defend himself.

I can accept perhaps he tried to molest a few. A dirty old man trying his luck but we hear hundreds more 'vicims' have come forward claiming molestation and rape or attempted rape.

The whiff of massive compensation maybe. Probably.


Well he came across like he was untouchable,which is exactly how Savile behaved.

People with power & money tend to behave like arrogant bullies, obviously not all ..but those things seem to go hand in hand .


But I agree it's a mess that once again the person is dead ,and 1. He can't defend himself & 2. He can't be arrested anyway :shrug: .

[Gusto Brunt]

Well he came across like he was untouchable,which is exactly how Savile behaved.

People with power & money tend to behave like arrogant bullies, obviously not all ..but those things seem to go hand in hand .


But I agree it's a mess that once again the person is dead ,and 1. He can't defend himself & 2. He can't be arrested anyway :shrug: .

I'm not saying his terror on women wasn't widespread. it might have been. But it might have just been a few women he attacked. We'll never really know for sure.

And like Savile, Fayed cannot be tried in court. Savile was never convicted of anything.

[Livia]

The women were threatened, told they'd never get another job, told their families would suffer. Be as sceptical as you like but when an ordinary young woman is threatened in this way by someone as fabulously wealthy, powerful and protected as him I don't wonder they kept quiet till he died.

[GoldHeart]

The women were threatened, told they'd never get another job, told their families would suffer. Be as sceptical as you like but when an ordinary young woman is threatened in this way by someone as fabulously wealthy, powerful and protected as him I don't wonder they kept quiet till he died.

By sounds of it ,he was even a bit of a bully towards his own son Dodi .

[arista]

Another 40 women
have come forward
Many of them were raped by the Evil Boss of Harrods

[bots]

He was a gangster, there aren't many people who would mess with him once he climbed the ladder

[Zizu]

Another 40 women
have come forward
Many of them were raped by the Evil Boss of Harrods


Radio news said 120 women had come forward with complaints


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[Ammi]

Bianca Gascoigne says she was groomed and sexually assaulted by Al Fayed…


British model Bianca Gascoigne has said she was groomed and sexually assaulted by Mohamed al Fayed when she worked at Harrods as a teenager.

Warning: This article contains details readers may find distressing

The 37-year-old, who is the daughter of England football legend Paul Gascoigne, had visited the luxury department store in Knightsbridge with her parents when she was growing up and said Al Fayed would be "charming" and bring them gifts.

Speaking publicly about it for the first time on The UK Tonight with Sarah-Jane Mee, she said this meant by the time she joined Harrods aged 16 she felt "safe" in his presence.

However, when she started working for the Egyptian businessman she claimed he would grope her and force her to kiss him during their weekly meetings.

She said she felt trapped and frightened and one night he offered her the Harrods Park Lane apartment to stay in before a flight.

In an emotional interview, Gascoigne said: "[Al Fayed] turned up at the apartment to my shock, I was just gobsmacked, I was kind of very shell-shocked.

"I just didn't really know what to do, he came in and then he sat me down on the sofa... he got his privates out and got my hands and was trying to manoeuvre them on his parts.

"When that didn't work he was trying to force my head on to his lap.

"And I don't know how but I managed to wiggle away.

"And I think possibly you know, that him knowing my parents... I don't know, that might have saved me at that moment. But it was horrific."

A string of allegations against Al Fayed have emerged since the release of an investigation by the BBC. He died last year aged 94.

The Metropolitan Police said it had recorded 60 allegations against Al Fayed since the BBC documentary, including claims of rape and sexual assault. Those are in addition to the 21 women who went to the police between 2005 and 2023 with sex crime allegations against the businessman.

On Monday Harrods said more than 250 people are part of its process to settle compensation claims over Al Fayed's alleged sexual misconduct.



…full article…

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/horrific-paul-gascoignes-daughter-bianca-215100830.html

[arista]

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[Gusto Brunt]

400 victims? Yeah right. Let's be honest here, a huge percentage of those claims are trying their luck getting free money.

I'd bet there's only about 10 women he may have assaulted at the most. He was a very very very rich man. He didn't need to put his hand up any woman's skirt. He could have women legally at the drop of a hat.

These money grabbers are even bigger than the scandal itself

[arista]

It depends on how many years.

[Mystic Mock]

BBC News Text:
[The Sunday People leads with the story
that Cancer Research UK is considering refusing
any further money from the estate
of former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed
after receiving £45,500 from his charity since 2017.
On Thursday, the BBC aired a
documentary called 'Al-Fayed:
Predator at Harrods' which revealed
allegations of rape and attempted rape against
the billionaire by female ex-employees
of his luxury London department store.]


https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/1161/live/c2fbc1c0-785f-11ef-b282-4535eb84fe4b.jpg.webp

Controversially they should take the money.

It could lead to important research for the entire population.

[arista]

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[arista]

BBC News Text :
[The Guardian reports that police believe
Al Fayed may have "raped and abused
more than 111 women over nearly four
decades and that his
youngest victim was just 13 years old".
The paper says the scale of the criminality
would make Al Fayed, who died last year
aged 94, one of Britain's
"most notorious sex offenders, and raises
urgent questions about how he got away
with his crimes".]

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[Vicky.]

BBC News Text:
[The Sunday People leads with the story
that Cancer Research UK is considering refusing
any further money from the estate
of former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed
after receiving £45,500 from his charity since 2017.
On Thursday, the BBC aired a
documentary called 'Al-Fayed:
Predator at Harrods' which revealed
allegations of rape and attempted rape against
the billionaire by female ex-employees
of his luxury London department store.]


https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/976/cpsprodpb/1161/live/c2fbc1c0-785f-11ef-b282-4535eb84fe4b.jpg.webp
Seems a bit cutting off ones nose to spite the face for cancer research to refuse donations really.

[Zizu]

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So the police are now going for the creeps who aided and abetted him .. I dread to think how many others were involved… and how !


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