Many women have spoken out: British police investigate people who covered up Al-Fayed’s sexual abuse at Harrods – World – News

The British police began to investigate whether the people around the British billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed were helpful or covered up the rape and sexual abuse of female employees of his department store Harrods, which he allegedly committed. Reuters reported about it. Al-Fayed, who died last year at the age of 94, denied the allegations, but a BBC documentary brought testimony from a number of women.

Mohamed Al-Fayed in London on 18 February 2008.

“The purpose of this inquiry is to give a voice to those who are still alive, although Mohamed Al-Fayed is no longer alive to face an inquiry,” Stephen Clayman of London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement on Wednesday. He said officers would now focus on questioning “individuals who are suspected of being involved in his actions and we are determined to bring justice”.

Already in September, the BBC broadcast a journalistic program on the case and stated that 19 women contacted the police between 2005 and 2023. According to their claims, the billionaire of Egyptian origin sexually harassed or raped them when he owned the department store between 1985 and 2010. During October, the police said they were registering accusations from another four dozen women.

The department store Harrods apologized to the women and offered compensation to current and former employees affected by the Al-Fayed affair.