Mohamed Al-Fayed's Brother Also Accused Of Rape

Three women who worked at Harrods have accused Mohamed Al-Fayed's brother, Salah Fayed, of raping them when the two owned the London department store.

According to these testimonies released in an interview with the BBC on Thursday, the rapes occurred in London, the south of France and Monaco, between 1989 and 1997.

Salah Fayed died in 2010, while Mohamed Al-Fayed died in 2023.

The three women, one of whom, Helen, testified openly, also claim to have been raped by Mohamed Al-Fayed.

Helen says she was 23 and had been working at Harrods for two years when the Egyptian businessman raped her in a Dubai hotel room in 1989.

She was then transferred as personal assistant to her brother Salah, whom she accuses of drugging her before raping her. She resigned shortly afterwards. “He shared me with his brother,” he said.

The second woman to testify claims she was raped during a trip to Monaco by Salah, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2010.

The third accuses him of rape in 1997, in London, then in Monaco, when he was 19 and working at Harrods.

Contacted by France-Presse (AFP), the current management of Harrods stated that it "supports the courage of these women" in testifying and encouraged them to approach "ask for compensation" and obtain support.

"We also hope that they will consider all appropriate avenues in their pursuit of justice, whether that involves Harrods, the police or the Fayed family," the group added.

On Tuesday, the New York Times reported the testimony of another victim who stated that Mohamed Al-Fayed's other brother, Ali, 80, was aware of the 'trafficking' of women carried out by his older brother.

Testimonies against Mohamed Al-Fayed have multiplied since the broadcast, in September, of a BBC documentary that reported multiple accusations of rape and sexual assault allegedly committed by the Egyptian businessman, who died in August 2023, aged 94.

The group "Justice for Harrods Survivors" said it had been contacted by more than 420 people, victims but also witnesses, about events relating mainly to the department store, as well as the Fulham football club, the Ritz hotel in Paris and other locations. .