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OVER 150 much women person accused the "monster" Mohammed Al Fayed of intersexual assault, a lawyer for victims has revealed.
More than 20 women have already laid bare the maltreatment they suffered astatine the hands of Al Fayed, who died past year.
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The erstwhile Harrods proprietor is accused of aggregate counts of rape and intersexual abuse.
Now Dean Armstrong KC has said helium expects galore much women to travel guardant with allegations against Al Fayed.
Armstrong told LBC: "We're already signed up with 37. We person overnight, surely successful excess of 150 more.
"They person contacted america - we're anticipating that it volition beryllium much than that."
Armstrong slammed the alleged cover-up by Harrods bosses - saying the rot went beyond Al Fayed.
He said: "It was the facilities and resources of the assemblage firm that were being utilized to efficaciously alteration this alleged behaviour.
"That is thing which indispensable beryllium addressed precise urgently. There was a systematic nonaccomplishment of firm responsibility."
Armstrong added: "That systematic nonaccomplishment is connected the shoulders of Harrods."
The lawyer besides represents women employed by Al Fayed astatine the Ritz edifice successful Paris.
Armstrong's squad is probing "all entities that Al Fayed had engagement in".
That includes Fulham Football Club, which Al Fayed owned from 1997 until 2013.
Fulham said: "We are profoundly troubled and acrophobic to larn of the disturbing reports pursuing yesterday's documentary.
"We person sincere empathy for the women who person shared their experiences.
"We are successful the process of establishing whether anyone astatine the nine is oregon has been affected."
Who was Mohamed Al Fayed?
MOHAMED AL FAYED was champion known arsenic the proprietor of luxury section store Harrods and begetter of Princess Diana's fellow Dodi Al-Fayed.
The billionaire died successful August 2023 astatine the property of 94, astir 26 years to the time aft the passing of his son.
Heini Wathen joined Mohamed Al-Fayed successful 1985 and the mates went connected to person 4 children together; Jasmine, Karim, Camilla and Omar.
Heini and Mohamed's romance began aft they were introduced by Mohamed's lad Dodi.
The mates are portrayed by Hanna Alström and Salim Daw successful the sixth and last play of Netflix's The Crown.
Before marrying Heini, Mohamed had been wed erstwhile before.
In 1954 helium tied the knot with Saudi Arabian writer Samira Khashoggi.
The brace divided aft 2 years but welcomed lad Dodi unneurotic successful 1955.
Dodi is Samira and Mohamed's lone child, but Mohamed went connected to person 4 more kids with his 2nd wife.
Prior to his death, Mohamed lived successful a location adjacent Oxted with his woman Heini.
The household property in Surrey, named Barrow Green Court, is where some Mohamed and his lad Dodi are buried.
His eldest son - Dodi - was killed alongside Diana, Princess of Wales successful 1997.
Harrods sources said the steadfast has accepted "vicarious liability" for Al Fayed's conduct.
It is understood that settlements person been reached with a fig of victims since Al Fayed's decease successful 2023.
Harrods antecedently said it was "utterly appalled" by the allegations of abuse.
The steadfast said it has acceptable up a leafage connected its website inviting erstwhile employees to travel guardant if they person allegations.
Yesterday Armstrong said: "This lawsuit combines immoderate of the astir horrific elements of the cases involving Jimmy Savile, Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein.
"Savile due to the fact that successful this lawsuit arsenic successful that the instauration we accidental knew astir the behaviour.
"Epstein, due to the fact that determination was a procurement strategy successful spot to root the women and girls for abuse. There are immoderate precise young victims.
"Weinstein due to the fact that it was a idiosyncratic astatine the precise apical of the organisation who was abusing his power."
Armstrong added: "We volition accidental it plainly, Mohamed Al Fayed was a monster."
Damaged store mightiness not recover
By Ashley Armstrong, Business Editor
HARRODS has survived satellite wars, 2 weaponry attacks and a occurrence — but present its fortunes whitethorn beryllium tarnished forever.
There are concerns affluent shoppers whitethorn not privation to beryllium seen with its distinctive greenish and golden bags aft the posh store admitted it failed to support unit from predator Mohamed Fayed.
Retail advisor Mary Portas told The Sun: “The rumours were rife and helium was a horror. I anticipation the store isn’t affected but those who surrounded and suppressed this are held to account.”
Harrods has a occupation drafting a enactment nether its erstwhile proprietor arsenic echoes of Fayed stay virtually each implicit the shop.
His garish Egyptian escalator, commissioned successful 1997, inactive dominates the Knightsbridge section store from crushed to 5th floor.
Ex-Fayed lieutenant Michael Ward has been managing manager since 2005 — 5 years earlier his brag sold retired for £1.5billion to the Qatari Royal Family.
Despite his sincere apology to staff, it mightiness beryllium understandable the Qataris would privation a alteration of face.
Accounts this period revealed the Qataris handed themselves a £180million dividend past year, contempt a 35 per cent autumn successful profits to £111.5million connected the backmost of pensions changes.
In a motion of its attractiveness, income roseate by 8.2 per cent to £1billion successful the past year, portion different luxury stores specified arsenic Harvey Nichols struggled.
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