Abused former footballer Ronnie Gibbons says women who spoke out against Mohamed Fayed were ‘amazingly brave’

ABUSED erstwhile footballer Ronnie Gibbons has said women who spoke retired against Mohamed Fayed were “amazingly brave”.

Her praise came arsenic solicitors said much than 420 victims and witnesses person present stepped forward.

Lawyers representing the enactment fiend’s accusers besides announced they had sent disconnected their archetypal missive of assertion against Harrods, and warned anyone trying to debar liability: “We are coming for you.”

And they said they bash not spot the West London section store — present owned by the authorities of Qatar — to bash the close thing.

Dean Armstrong KC described Fulham Football Club, wherever Gibbons was women’s captain, arsenic 1 of Fayed’s “tentacles” successful his maltreatment of women.

He told a property league yesterday: “This is nary longer lone astir Harrods.

“We present person clients who person suffered maltreatment astatine Fulham Football Club and astatine assorted different places associated with Fayed.”

Gibbons, present 44, revealed this period that she had doubly been sexually assaulted by the billionaire Harrods and Fulham brag successful a country astatine the luxury store erstwhile she was 20.

It was said she was driven by nine unit to his lair and trapped, earlier being abused.

Gibbons said successful a video connection yesterday: “Seeing you [other victims] talk helped maine person the courageousness to get successful interaction with barristers.

“As hard arsenic it’s been, it’s been precise empowering.”

Mr Armstrong added that Gibbons’ hellhole “flies successful the look of the proposition that Fulham protected their players”.