News about Mohamed Al-Fayed

Model Bianca Gascoigne (left), 37, said she was groomed and sexually assaulted by the former Harrods boss when she worked in the department store as a teenager. In a new interview, she told how Al Fayed (right) would grope her and force her to kiss him during their weekly meetings, before turning up at her apartment. Whilst there, he allegedly sexually assaulted her when she was just 16. Recounting how Al Fayed once offered her the Harrods Park Lane apartment to stay in before catching a flight, she said he unexpectedly turned up at the door while she was there.

Harrods said the women came forward following the release of a BBC documentary last month, which uncovered years of sexual abuse allegations against former owner Mohamed Al Fayed (left). Previously, Harrods revealed it had already settled a number of claims against Al Fayed, who died last year aged 94. The luxury store has a compensation scheme for former employees who claim they were attacked by Al Fayed. The scheme is separate from a legal case against the luxury department store being brought forward by several different law firms.

Known as a vivacious figure who married Princess Diana's (bottom right) father, she ended up becoming a trusted confidante to the late royal. Their complicated relationship helped Countess Raine Spencer (left), who died eight years ago today, secure a job as a board director for Harrods International, working for the now-disgraced Mohamed Al Fayed (top right) in 1996. Diana said to the tycoon at a party with Raine in early 1996, 'Mohamed, this is the woman you should employ - she can organise anything.'

As the daughter of the US ambassador, 19-year-old Melissa Price's life in London was happy, varied and full. It was the mid-Eighties and she would accompany her father, Charles Price, a trusted friend of the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and US President Ronald Reagan, to functions. She often attended dinner parties and receptions which her father and mother, Carol, hosted at Winfield House, the ambassador's official residence set in more than 12 acres of Regent's Park, central London. It was at one such gathering that she first met Mohamed Al Fayed, who had recently acquired Harrods, the centrepiece of his desperate campaign to obtain acceptance into British society.

Police were accused of turning a blind eye to the Mohamed Al Fayed sex scandal last night by seeking prosecutions for only two of the 21 women who lodged complaints about him. All 21 told the Metropolitan Police they had been assaulted by the billionaire, who died aged 94 in August last year. But the Met sought authorisation from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to charge him in just two of the cases, and he was never indicted for any sexual offences. Zoe Billingham, former inspector with the police watchdog HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, called the revelation 'shocking'.

The Metropolitan Police has confirmed 60 people have come forward with new allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed in the wake of a seismic BBC documentary about the late billionaire. Investigators revealed the latest figure as it emerged the Met Police previously received 21 separate allegations of rape and sexual assault against the former Harrods owner while he was alive - but only two had 'sufficient evidence' to be considered for prosecution. Al Fayed, who died aged 94 last year, was hit with an avalanche of rape and assault claims last month after former Harrods workers told a BBC documentary they had been raped or molested by the flamboyant Egyptian tycoon.

The Met police asked prosecutors to to decide whether to charge Mohamed Al Fayed in relation to just two of the 21 woman who accused the former Harrods owner of sexual offences while he was alive, according to reports. Al Fayed, who died aged 94 last year, was hit with an avalanche of rape and assault claims last month after at least two former Harrods workers told a BBC documentary they had been raped or molested by the flamboyant Egyptian tycoon. Last week, the Met Police revealed they are investigating 40 new allegations against Al Fayed and others since the BBC documentary. The 40 new allegations relate to 40 alleged victims and are in addition to allegations police were aware of before the BBC's investigation and documentary, Scotland Yard said. Before the recent media coverage, 21 allegations were made against the late billionaire which resulted in crimes being recorded relating to 21 separate women between 2005 and 2023.

The ex-captain of Fulham Ladies has claimed former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed tired to 'forcefully kiss' her on two occasions.  Ronnie Gibbons has alleged the late businessman 'groped' her at the luxury department store when she was 20-years-old, according to The Athletic.  Al Fayed owned the women's team, which was the first female squad to go professional in Europe, from 1997 and 2013. 

A former in-house Harrods doctor who worked there during 'predatory' Mohammed Al-Fayed's reign says she refused to perform sexual health tests on potential victims. Al-Fayed, who died last year aged 94, has been accused of a litany of sex crimes against dozens of women, some as young as 15, during the years he owned London's most prestigious department store.   More than 20 former Harrods' staff accused him of sexual assault, including rape, and the Met Police have since announced they are now investigating 40 new allegations, bringing the total number of women who have complained to over 60. The notorious germophobe is accused of ordering young female staff members whom he found attractive to undergo 'invasive' STD tests, with the results sent to him. Dr Jenny Duckham, 78, ran the occupational health department when Al-Fayed bought the store in 1985.

Mohamed Al Fayed's security chief corrupted the investigation into Jill Dando's murder by bribing a bent Met Police detective, is has been claimed. John MacNamara, who headed the disgraced late Harrods tycoon's extensive security operation, has been accused of plotting to pay the officer in return for confidential information about the BBC star's death. BBC Crimewatch presenter Jill was tragically shot in the head outside her west London home in 1999 , prompting Britain's biggest police investigation since the Yorkshire Ripper. She died aged 37 and her murder remains unsolved. Punch magazine, owned by predator Al Fayed, previously published key unknown details from the investigation, including that she was shot behind the ear.

An Aussie doctor who allegedly performed sexual health tests on a future victim of sex monster Mohamed Al Fayed has denied the claims, insisting that even if she had tested Harrods staff she would never have shared the details with the disgraced billionaire.

Diana, Duchess of Ulster, lowered the iPad on which she had just read a report of the late Mohamed Al Fayed's misdeeds. She found her hands trembling. Anger? Or delayed shock at the behaviour of a ­revolting man who once tried to become her father-in-law? In front of the 63-year-old duchess, beyond this shaded verandah, stretched a vista of sun-blessed vines that were among the finest in southern Africa. The 2024 harvest promised to be a good one. Diana's clever, kind husband - the 14th Duke of Ulster, though he seldom used the title - had planted Cape View vineyard soon after he ­emigrated here as a young man.

The Metropolitan Police say claims relating to 40 alleged victims include sexual assault and rape between 1979 and 2013. These are in addition to 21 allegations the force was aware of prior to the broadcast last month. Commander Stephen Clayman said: 'Since the broadcast of the documentary and our recent appeal, detectives have received numerous pieces of information, predominantly relating to the activities of Mohamed Al Fayed but some relating to the actions of others.'

An avalanche of rape and assault claims began last month with a BBC documentary saying at least 20 women who had worked at Harrods in London said they had been raped or molested by the flamboyant Egyptian tycoon who bought the iconic department store in 1985. But 65 more women have since approached the broadcaster, with similar claims from as long ago as 1977, before he bought Harrods. It suggests Al Fayed's reign of sexual terror, first reported on in the 1990s, but with police repeatedly failing to prosecute, could have been even longer and wider than already feared. While he died aged 83 five years ago, lawyers are now acting for many victims, far in excess of those who have spoken to the BBC, in a quest for damages and some form of justice.

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They finally separated in 1992 after a tumultuous marriage that saw both engage in adultery. While Prince Charles was ensconced with the future Queen Camilla (then Mrs Parker Bowles), Diana had several lovers. One who has never been named was a married politician who was 'famously' charming, according to royal expert Tom Quinn. He revealed in his 2021 book Scandals of the Royal Palaces that the politician, whose identity has never been revealed, was seen late at night in his boxer shorts by a member of Kensington Palace staff. According to a former member of staff, the lover had 'wandered off' without his trousers and then was unable to get back to Diana's room because a door had closed behind him. He was left 'red-faced' as a staff member said good morning to him, Quinn recounted. On other occasions, the lover would allegedly be forced to hide behind curtains or in Diana's en suite bathroom when staff entered her bedroom, because the Princess was 'embarrassed'.

Scotland Yard is probing claims that police officers were bribed by Mohamed Al-Fayed. A Met detective is said to have accepted a suit from Harrods and cash in a white envelope, while a senior commander was allegedly given luxury hampers 'whenever he had been a particularly great help'. The detective was so useful to the Egyptian tycoon he was given a mobile phone to aid his illicit work, said a close Al-Fayed aide. 

Bullying, assault, rape: the allegations against late Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed defy belief. One survivor, who was a high-flying PA in her 30s when she worked for him, tells Maddy Fletcher about his humiliating and coercive behaviour

The disgraced late Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed allegedly paid bribes to corrupt police officers who helped the tycoon persecute his staff. The billionaire has been accused of raping five female employees and abusing more than 20 other women while he was in charge of the luxury London department store. The Egyptian-born businessman - who died in London aged 94 in 2023 - was accused of coercing women into undergoing invasive medical exams, with the results sent directly to Al Fayed himself.

More than 100 women have claimed Al Fayed, who died last year aged 94, assaulted or raped them following a shocking probe by the BBC. And now Nigel Blow has claimed his job offer was withdrawn because of his connection to scandal-ridden Harrods.

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More than 100 women are said to have accused the former Harrods and Fulham FC owner of sexually abusing them across a 26-year reign of terror since a BBC documentary about his alleged attacks was aired. Lawyers representing the victims have called on Harrods to reveal how many women have been silenced by NDAs, which would prevent them disclosing sensitive information they agreed not to share. However, Harrods has confirmed that it will not enforce any NDAs related to Al Fayed's alleged abuse. A spokesman said: 'There are no NDAs attached to settlements made under the current ownership and Harrods would not seek to enforce any NDAs that relate to alleged historical sexual abuse by Fayed that were entered into during the period of his, Fayed's, ownership.' It comes after fresh claims were made about an indecent proposal which Al Fayed, who died last year aged 94, made to the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

Paul Burrell, who worked for Diana between 1987 and 1997, told of being 'disgusted' by Al Fayed's behaviour - and said that, if still alive, she would support the women now accusing the late tycoon of sexual assault. A BBC investigation last week revealed five female ex-employees have accused Al Fayed of raping them - and MailOnline revealed yesterday another 23 women have come forward with allegations about him. The Egyptian-born businessman - who died in London aged 94 in August last year - is alleged to have carried out the attacks during his time in charge of the outlet between 1984 and its sale in 2010.

A high-ranking diplomat complained to the Government after his daughter was sexually assaulted and imprisoned by Mohamed Al-Fayed on his yacht in the south of France. The Mail on Sunday has learned that the disgraced billionaire, who died last year aged 94, is alleged to have locked the young woman in a cabin for 36 hours after the attack, described by a source as one of the worst he carried out. It is understood the influential envoy's high-level protest dealt the tycoon's hopes of British citizenship a significant blow. At the time - 1989 - Al-Fayed, an Egyptian, was facing questions about his takeover of Harrods four years earlier. A Department of Trade and Industry inquiry had described him as 'unreliable, untrue and bogus'.