Mohamed Al Fayed ‘manipulated’ Harrods managers to hide alleged sexual abuse A former director said he was ‘horrified’ when he first heard allegations that Mr Al Fayed had abused hundreds of women. Evening Standard · Nov 30, 2024
OPINION - Mohammed Al Fayed and Harrods — it only gets worse, which is why rage is the answer The horrific crimes committed by Mohamed Al Fayed, the former Harrods owner, are back in the news again. We are now learning that one of his victims could have been as young as 13 and the number of women he could have raped could be in the hundreds. Evening Standard · Nov 30, 2024
Will Harrods take the fall for Al Fayed? Panic hits shop floor as 'barristers get their ducks in a row' Everyone knew Mohamed Al Fayed was ‘a randy old sod’ — but shocking allegations of rape and sexual assault from more than 400 victims have left the nation speechless. Joe Bromley investigates whether one of London’s most believed brands can weather the storm Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2024
UK police investigate more than 5 people over alleged abuse by former Harrods boss Al Fayed Britain’s biggest police force has launched an investigation into more than five people who may have assisted former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed carry out more than 100 alleged acts of sexual abuse The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2024
What the papers say – November 28 Here are the lead stories making Thursday’s newspapers. The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2024
Met Police investigate five suspects who ‘enabled’ Mohamed Al Fayed to rape dozens of women Harrods owner Al Fayed’s crimes took place between 1977 and 2014 and victims included a girl, 13 Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2024
Mohamed Al Fayed may have raped and abused at least 111 women and girls, say police Scale of criminality would make Fayed, who died last year at the age of 94, one of Britain’s most notorious sex offenders The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2024
Mohamed Al Fayed’s sexual abuse ‘could be on same scale as Jimmy Savile’ Survivor’s advocate appointed by Harrods said Al Fayed’s ‘tentacles went far and wide’ The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2024
Mohamed Al Fayed's abuse 'could have been on same scale as Jimmy Savile' Al Fayed’s abuse ‘went far and wide’, Harrod’s survivors’ advocate has said Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2024
'Mohamed Al Fayed's brother Salah also abused us', women say Salah Al Fayed abused women while they were employed by Harrods, victims have alleged Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2024
‘Mohamed Al Fayed’s brother Salah also abused us’, say women The women told the BBC that Salah Fayed abused them in London, the south of France and Monaco between 1989 and 1997. Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2024
Fayed accuser files US court claim to make his younger brother give evidence Claim will be first legal action taken related to alleged crimes of former Harrods owner, who died last year The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2024
UK police watchdog reviews handling of Mohamed Al Fayed sex crime allegations Britain’s police watchdog is assessing complaints from two women over how the Metropolitan Police handled sex crime allegations they made against the late Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2024
Met police refer two cases to watchdog after Fayed investigation complaints Complaints involve inquiries from 2008 and 2013, quality of force’s response and how details leaked in later case The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2024
The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024 Met Police refers itself to watchdog over Mohamed Al Fayed allegations Two women complained about how their investigations were handled
Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2024 Met Police refers itself to watchdog over investigations into Al Fayed allegations The Metropolitan Police has referred itself to the police watchdog over complaints from two women about the handling of investigations into allegations made against Mohamed Al Fayed.
Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2024 Met makes watchdog referral following complaints about Al Fayed investigations Two women made complaints about investigations from 2008 and 2013.
Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2024 Harrods appoints Jasvinder Sanghera as advocate for survivors of alleged abuse The department store confirmed ‘over 290 individuals’ were engaged in the Harrods process.
The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2024 Met Police first told of Fayed sexual abuse allegations ‘a decade earlier than previously acknowledged’ Samantha Jay-Ramsay told the News of the World in 1998 that police had said she was ‘not the first’ with claims over Fayed
Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2024 Met allegedly told of Al Fayed sexual misconduct claims as early as 1995 Samantha Jay-Ramsay’s family said she reported Mr Al Fayed to police when she worked at Harrods almost 30 years ago.
Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2024 Met Police told about Al Fayed sexual abuse allegations 10 years earlier than it admits Harrods employee allegedly groped in 1995 told ‘we’ve added it to a pile of other complaints’
The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024 Mohamed al-Fayed: Full timeline of allegations, from the shop floor of Harrods to Fulham Football Club Allegations about Mohamed al-Fayed were first publicised in 1995
The Conversation · Oct 31, 2024 Four ways Mohamed Al Fayed silenced whistleblowers in his organisation On the first anniversary of former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed’s death, more than 20 women accused the billionaire of rape, sexual assault or harassment while they worked at his luxury department store. Many had been in their late teens and early twenties at the time.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2024 Mohamed Al Fayed’s victims call for Harrods boycott More than 400 alleged victims of ex-Harrods owner have come forward, lawyers for survivors’ group say
Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024 More than 400 people come forward after sex abuse allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed, say lawyers Lawyers say alleged victims ‘have been let down by significant parts of our society’