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More women have contacted the bbc, saying that they were assaulted by the late mohammed al fayed when he was the boss of the luxury department store harrods. More than 20 women who worked for him have already come forward as part of a bbc investigation accusing the egyptian billionaire, who died last year, of multiple counts of rape and attempted rape during his 25 year reign at harrods. Many claim that during that time the company helped cover up allegations of abuse. 0ur correspondent simonjones has this report and a warning that it contains descriptions of sexual violence. He owned one of the most famous stores in the world. He loved being in the limelight. But some of mohamed al fayed s former workers have described him as a monster, a sleazebag, a predator who would use his power to stop them speaking out. Now more women are having their voices heard. One who we re calling melanie has asked to remain anonymous. I was sexually assaulted by being groped by al fayed at his park lan ....
The extent of their involvement, i am the extent of their involvement, lam not the extent of their involvement, i am not privy to. We know that a complaint was made by, a young woman of 15 years old, against, i think he was 78 or 80 at the time, so we are aware that the police was involved. One of the earlier questions was about people speaking up and the timing of them speaking up. I would commend that part of the documentary to you. She cried her eyes out because she had got the day wrong. So, the answer to your question is, we are aware that the police were involved. It is not any kind ofjudgment on the police. We were obviously aware that the police were involved in this. The answer to your question is i was speaking in terms of the serialised sexual abuse. When i was talking about other people, they enabled the system to take place. Where is the case in terms of claims where is the case in terms of claims already where is the case in terms of claims already been where is the ca ....
Had no choice settle but to leave harrods. no choice at all. The threat of involving the police would also be made by the security team and on occasion from our investigations we know that this would be followed through. One woman that we represent was sexually assaulted and she had the bravery and courage to raise this in a formal written complaint to harrods. On the same day of making this written complaint, the head of security, john mcnamara, contacted her and said, you are a girl alone contacted her and said, you are a girlalone in contacted her and said, you are a girl alone in london, someone could jump out of the bushes at you, or you could have a sudden accident. You need to deny what you have said in the first letter with a second letter which you must drop off before noon the following day. She, of course, did what she was told because she was absolutely petrified. Another woman who we represent wished to resign because of the sexual assaults and degrading behaviour, she ....
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Hello, i m annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. Within the past few hours, lawyers representing women who say they were raped or sexually assaulted by the former owner of harrods have described mohamed al fayed as a monster. They ve also urged anyone else with similar claims to come forward. At least 37 women have accused the late billionaire of assaulting them. The case follows a bbc investigation in which woman who worked for him came forward accusing the egyptian billionaire, who died last year, of multiple counts of rape and attempted rape, during his 25 year reign at harrods. One of the barristers taking part in the news conference barriser maria mulla explained that when selected for their role, women would be sent for a private medical examination undertaken by three or four doctors whuich included a full cervical smear . Ms mulla gave further detail, revealing that one woman who made a complaint to harrods w ....