Mohamed Al Fayed's brother 'sexually assaulted three Harrods workers after owner's abuse'

Mohamed Al Fayed's brother, Ali, 82, denies allegations helium targeted erstwhile employees of Harrods successful London, Scotland, Switzerland and the United States aft they had been assaulted by his brother

Three women person accused Mohamed Al Fayed's lone surviving member of sexually assaulting them portion they worked astatine Harrods.

The erstwhile employees of the luxury store accidental Ali Fayed, 82, targeted them successful the 1990s successful London, Scotland, Switzerland and the United States. A spokesperson for the businessman, who lives successful the US, said helium "will not beryllium scapegoated" and that helium "unequivocally denies immoderate and each the allegations of wrongdoing" and that "the incidents simply ne'er took place".

A erstwhile interior decorator for Harrods has told the BBC that 1 battle happened connected a enactment travel portion she was staying with Ali Fayed and his household astatine their erstwhile location successful Connecticut. "His hands were everywhere," she said, and helium stopped due to the fact that "one of his small boys started calling for him". She said Mohamed Al Fayed would regularly drawback her breasts and humiliate her successful the workplace earlier tasking her with helping to renovate his Scottish Balnagown Estate.

It was successful Ali's bureau successful Park Lane wherever the 2nd pistillate says she was archetypal assaulted by the younger sibling, with him "trying to kiss" her, followed by him "groping" and "molesting" her. She said some Fayed brothers would regularly springiness her gifts. "With Mohamed, it would often beryllium wads of cash, Ali would springiness jewellery oregon clothes. It would beryllium a see-saw betwixt abusive behaviour past praise for my enactment and these lavish items." The maltreatment worsened successful 1992, erstwhile she flew to Connecticut to assistance decorate Ali Fayed's US home, it is claimed.

She said she was staying successful a impermanent country astatine the family's location erstwhile Ali Fayed told her to get changed for meal 1 evening. "I was successful the bath and got undressed. When I came retired successful my underwear, helium [Ali] was conscionable lasting determination successful the room. I hadn't heard him travel successful oregon knock." She said Ali Fayed got her connected the furniture and tried to get connected apical of her. His hands were "inside my bra, wrong my pants. I knew what his volition was".

The pistillate said the alleged onslaught stopped erstwhile 1 of his children called retired for him. A spokesperson for Ali Fayed told the BBC the businessman "is not a perpetrator" and volition "robustly support himself against these unsubstantiated claims". The pistillate claims she was yet fired for being successful a narration with different employee. Harrods aboriginal settled a lawsuit she brought for unfair dismissal, the BBC reports. She said: "To this time I endure with unspeakable anxiousness and panic attacks and I don't similar radical successful my space," she says.

A 2nd woman, who worked arsenic a idiosyncratic adjunct to Mohamed Al Fayed for astir 3 years, said helium sexually abused her passim her clip astatine Harrods. She said helium fto himself into her country connected a enactment travel to Paris and tried to rape her. It was portion staying astatine the Fayed household skis chalet successful the upmarket Swiss edifice of Gstaad that she says Ali assaulted her astatine a section swimming pool. She said: "He pulled maine successful nether the water, and groped and fondled me, making maine consciousness very, precise uncomfortable - precise overmuch trapped. I was terrified reasoning however americium I going to get retired of this." The pistillate claimed that Ali Fayed laughed arsenic helium "groped" her, earlier she managed to interruption distant from him.

The 3rd pistillate said Ali subjected her to a superior intersexual battle successful his Park Lane level aft giving her a necklace and vessel of wine. She told the BBC she felt "numbed with fear" and had to bash immoderate she was told successful bid to "get retired of there". "Afterwards helium conscionable told maine I could go."

All 3 women are suing Harrods done Justice for Harrods Survivors. Barrister Maria Mulla said: "We applaud the bravery of the women who person spoken retired connected their allegations against Ali Fayed and reiterate our committedness to securing justness and accountability for each survivors." All 3 women accidental they had already been sexually assaulted by Mohamed Al Fayed erstwhile they were allegedly targeted by Ali Fayed.

Since a BBC documentary aired successful September connected his alleged crimes, 111 women person travel guardant to constabulary to marque allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed, who added the Arabic prefix "Al" to his named successful the 1970s. He is accused of attacking women and girls betwixt 1977 and 2014, including 1 who says she was conscionable 13. Mohamed Al Fayed, who died successful 2023 aged 94, and his younger brothers Ali and Salah bought Harrods successful 1985.

Chairman Mohamed ran day-to-day operations of the Knightsbridge section store, Ali Fayed was a manager and besides helped oversee the House of Fraser group, which they owned successful the aboriginal 1990s. Harrods, which came nether caller ownership successful 2010, said successful a connection that the caller claims constituent to the "breadth of abuse" by Mohamed Al Fayed and "raise superior allegations" against his member Ali. "We could not perchance talk connected behalf of immoderate idiosyncratic who can, and should, respond to these allegations directly," it added. Ali Fayed was granted UK citizenship successful 1999 and co-owns British shirtmaker Turnbull and Asser with his sons.

He resigned arsenic manager connected December 8 2024, 10 days aft these allegations were enactment to him, the BBC said. Mohamed Al Fayed was ne'er charged contempt 21 women and girls coming guardant to constabulary erstwhile helium was alive. The 3 women judge Ali should present beryllium investigated by police. "Whether immoderate charges would beryllium brought, I don't know, but I judge helium should beryllium investigated for what helium did," said Amy.

Ali Fayed's spokesperson said helium "unequivocally denies immoderate and each allegations of wrongdoing. The alleged incidents simply ne'er occurred. Mr Fayed is not a perpetrator and volition not beryllium scapegoated. He volition robustly support himself against these unsubstantiated claims and volition not let mendacious accusations to spell unchallenged."