Women say ‘Mohamed Al Fayed’s brother Salah also harassed us’

One of Mohamed Al Fayed’s brothers is also accused of harassing women working at the Harrods store, according to testimony from three former employees.

The women told the BBC that Salah Fayed abused them in London, the south of France and Monaco between 1989 and 1997.

A woman claimed she was raped by Salah after being drugged.

All three women said they were sexually assaulted or raped by Mohamed Al Fayed, the company’s chairman at the time.

Salah Fayed, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2010, was one of three Fayed brothers who bought the luxury Knightsbridge store in 1985.

One of the three women, known only as Helen, who waived her anonymity, said she was 23 and had been working her “dream job” at Harrods for almost two years when Mohamed Al Fayed raped her in a hotel room in Dubai.

She claimed she believed she had been drugged and then raped while unconscious by Salah when he offered her a job as a personal assistant to his younger brother a month later.

He told the BBC: “He (Mohamed Al Fayed) shared me with his brother.

“They stole a part of me. “It changed the course of my entire life.”

The BBC also spoke to two women who said they had been harassed by both Mohamed and Salah.

They say they were smuggled abroad and tricked by Salah into smoking crack cocaine.

One of them said: “He was trying to get me hooked on crack so he could do whatever he wanted to me.”

Hundreds of women have alleged that Mohamed Al Fayed, who died last year aged 94, raped or sexually assaulted them.

Police are investigating some of the allegations and Harrods is settling hundreds of claims.

Helen told the BBC she was raped by the billionaire during a business trip to Dubai and Abu Dhabi in February 1989.

He claimed that two months after the trip he was told to sign a Harrods confidentiality agreement, and that both this and fear of retaliation prevented him from speaking out publicly for more than three decades.

Over the next few months he began making plans to leave Harrods and saw this as a way out when Al Fayed asked him to do filing work for his brother Salah at his home in Park Lane.

She said she believed she had been drugged and raped by both Salah and a friend of his after working with him for two days.

Shortly afterwards, Helen resigned from Harrods.

Two other women working at Harrods say they believe they were kidnapped by Salah because they were tricked by deceptive job offers and sexually abused.

Rachael, who was 23 when she took up her job as Salah’s personal assistant in 1994, told the BBC that she was “sexually propositioned” by older men whom Salah introduced to her and that Salah encouraged her to smoke a hookah pipe, which she later discovered contained crack cocaine. he said.

It has been said that Salah could return to Harrods if the role does not suit him. He returned but Rachael said 18 months later she was taken to Mohamed Al Fayed’s home in Park Lane where he sexually assaulted her.

A third woman, whom the BBC named Rebecca, said she was sexually assaulted at Mohamed Al Fayed’s home in 1997, when she was 19 years old.

She was then asked to travel to Monaco to work as Salah’s personal assistant, and he claimed that Salah sexually assaulted her in his apartment.

Harrods said it “supported the courage of these women to come forward” and urged them to make a claim to the company’s compensation scheme.

A spokesman for the company added: “These new allegations highlight the extent of abuse by Mohamed Fayed and also raise serious allegations against his brother Salah Fayed.

“We would encourage these survivors to come forward and make a claim to the Harrods scheme where they can apply for compensation and also receive support from a counseling perspective and through an independent survivors advocate.

“We also hope they look at every avenue available to them in their pursuit of justice, whether it be through Harrods, the police, or the Fayed family and estate.”

The Justice for Harrods Survivors group said: “As we stated when speaking to the media on 20 September, we have credible evidence from survivors to show that the abuse carried out at Harrods and Mohamed Al Fayed’s other properties was not limited to Mr Al Fayed.

“We are grateful that another abuser has been unmasked and look forward to others for whom we have credible evidence—whether the abuser himself or those facilitating the abuse—who will be exposed in due course.

“Make no mistake, the abuse experienced by our survivors was facilitated and enabled by a vast infrastructure; An infrastructure that needs to be exposed and destroyed.

“We are proud to support the survivors of Salah Fayed’s abuse and are determined to achieve justice for them at all costs.”

The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it is aware of the allegations against Salah Fayed.

Commander Stephen Clayman said: “I want to continue to thank those who put their trust in us and came forward to share their experiences. It takes incredible courage to do this and we have specialist teams to ensure victims who contact us are given the best possible support.

“We understand the gravity of these allegations and are committed to reviewing past reports. While we cannot bring criminal charges against a deceased person, our priority is to ensure that every potential victim-survivor has a voice and can access the support they need.

“We are committed to exploring all reasonable avenues of investigation, carefully reviewing new information, and identifying allegations that may warrant criminal action.

“Our commitment to those affected is unwavering. We will do everything possible to update our progress as best we can, but it is crucial that we do this thoroughly and get it right.”