London's Metropolitan Police revealed on Wednesday that they are investigating five more people who may have helped or enabled the sexual abuse of businessman Mohamed Al Fayed.
This new investigation began after 90 new alleged victims filed complaints, shortly after the BBC aired a documentary that showed the extent of the predator's behaviors.
London police emphasized that several of these new complainants reported "multiple offences", without specifying which ones and without providing details about the victim's profile.
The businessman died last year without facing any criminal charges.
These new cases are suspected to have occurred between 1977 and 2014. The youngest victim was 13 years old.
London Metropolitan Police investigator Steve Clayman said Operation Cornpoppy will look at the role each of these suspects "may have played in facilitating the offending and what opportunities they had to protect victims of the horrendous abuse".
"I recognize the bravery of each victim and survivor who has come forward to share their experience, often after years of silence. This research is about giving survivors a voice, despite the fact that Mohamed Al Fayed is no longer alive to face prosecution" , underlined Steve Clayman, quoted by the BBC.
The attacks lasted more than 30 years, until 2013. Mohamed Al-Fayed was never the target of legal proceedings during his life, but he was arrested by police in 2013.
In mid-November, three women who worked at Harrods accused their brother, Salah Fayed, also deceased, of also sexually assaulting them.
The events allegedly took place in London, the south of France and Monaco between 1989 and 1997 and the complainants also allege they were sexually abused by Mohamed Al-Fayed.
Furthermore, the 'Justice for Harrods Survivors' movement said it had been contacted by more than 420 people, victims but also witnesses, about similar incidents.
They mainly concern the department store, but also the Fulham football club and the Ritz hotel in Paris, which also belonged to Mohamed Al-Fayed.
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