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al Fayed
/ æl ˈfaɪjəd /
noun
- al FayedMohamed1933MEgyptianBUSINESS: businessman Mohamed . born 1933, Egyptian-born businessman; owner of the Harrods department store (1985–2010) and of the Ritz Hotel, Paris, from 1979: his son Dodi Fayed (1956–97) died in the same Paris car crash as Diana, Princess of Wales
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Most of the 421 prospective claims were connected to Harrods, but others related to incidents at other businesses owned by Al Fayed, the group said.
Dame Jasvinder added that there are currently about 290 women engaged in Harrods’ compensation process for former employees who say they had been abused by Al Fayed, and that she had written a personal letter to each of them.
Al Fayed is alleged to have also abused women at other businesses he owned, including the Ritz Paris hotel and Fulham FC.
The scale of Mohamed Al Fayed’s sexual abuse could be similar to that of Jimmy Savile’s, Harrods’ newly appointed survivors’ advocate has told the BBC.
Al Fayed “had access to vulnerable young women from that school”, she said, adding that testimony she had heard suggested that Al Fayed’s “tentacles went far and wide”.
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