Al Fayed

[Kevin Cozner]

"Mohamed al-Fayed ‘raped five women’ who worked at Harrods"

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/19/mohamm...

Extract: "It is claimed he would regularly tour the department store’s sales floors to identify young female assistants he found attractive before isolating and attacking them.

The BBC revealed the allegations in a documentary and podcast called Al-Fayed: Predator at Harrods.

In the expose, the broadcaster claims that Harrods not only failed to intervene but also helped cover up allegations against Fayed."

I'm utterly shocked by these revelations, he never came across as creepy at all. Not once. Never.

[andburg]

Kevin Cozner said:

I'm utterly shocked by these revelations, he never came across as creepy at all. Not once. Never.

Said nobody, ever

[Earthdweller]

Christ almighty is there anyone who's not a rapist !

( well me obviously )

[Glassman]

Mohamed al Fayed's daughter pleads not guilty to robbing her brother's phone at family home gym:

https://news.sky.com/story/mohamed-al-fayeds-daugh....

[119]

Glassman said:

Mohamed al Fayed's daughter pleads not guilty to robbing her brother's phone at family home gym:

https://news.sky.com/story/mohamed-al-fayeds-daugh....

What's that got to do with these allegations?

[Chris Peacock]

Powerful and wealthy old man in "doing whatever the fk he wants" shocker.

Sadly it doesn't surprise me in the slightest, it just saddens me that his victims will never see justice.

[cgt2]

A glimpse of the McLaren F1 showroom in the documentary. The showroom lease was part of the deal that led to Le Mans sponsorship, Fayed's flat was directly upstairs. Having been to that buiilding a few times it was noticeable how heavy the security and CCTV presence was. If that footage still exists there must be a lot of evidence of people coming and going.

[Voldemort]

cgt2 said:

If that footage still exists there must be a lot of evidence of people coming and going.

Yes! That'll be evidence of people coming and, er, going.

[rev-erend]

He died about a year ago.

What is the point of a new story about allegations where the guy is not alive to be able to defend these ?

[iphonedyou]

rev-erend said:

He died about a year ago.

What is the point of a new story about allegations where the guy is not alive to be able to defend these ?

Yeah. Same with Savile, right?

[Glassman]

119 said:

Glassman said:

Mohamed al Fayed's daughter pleads not guilty to robbing her brother's phone at family home gym:

https://news.sky.com/story/mohamed-al-fayeds-daugh....

What's that got to do with these allegations?

Nothing other than it's his daughter. I didn't even know he'd died. A quick search on him and that came up. She's getting done for robbing her brother's phone while her dead dad is being accused of being a rapist.

Ignore.

[deadslow]

rev-erend said:

He died about a year ago.

What is the point of a new story about allegations where the guy is not alive to be able to defend these ?

if he were still alive, they would have had big problems making this programme. He would have mobilised the top bd lawyers.

[Sheets Tabuer]

Earthdweller said:

Christ almighty is there anyone who's not a rapist !

( well me obviously )

Often thought it ironic the only person not accused of being a dirty perv was Benny Hill.

[MDMA .]

Kevin Cozner said:

"Mohamed al-Fayed ‘raped five women’ who worked at Harrods"

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/19/mohamm...

Extract: "It is claimed he would regularly tour the department store’s sales floors to identify young female assistants he found attractive before isolating and attacking them.

The BBC revealed the allegations in a documentary and podcast called Al-Fayed: Predator at Harrods.

In the expose, the broadcaster claims that Harrods not only failed to intervene but also helped cover up allegations against Fayed."

I'm utterly shocked by these revelations, he never came across as creepy at all. Not once. Never.

I’m more shocked that some people carried on working there for years after being assaulted and raped on a regular basis.

Go figure.

[tim0409]

I read a biography of Fayed by Tom Bower around 20 years ago and nothing in these allegations is in anyway surprising. It was a fascinating read, he really was dodgy as hell.

[grumbledoak]

So, an organization that covers for it's own predatory staff over decades is now publishing rumours about a man too dead to defend himself? Well, I'm convinced.

[mac96]

tim0409 said:

I read a biography of Fayed by Tom Bower around 20 years ago and nothing in these allegations is in anyway surprising. It was a fascinating read, he really was dodgy as hell.

That's the thing, I don't remember reading anything specific, but I had the idea that he was known to be a predator years ago, so really no surprise.

Victims no doubt kept quiet by fear, initially of job loss, then of lawyers.

[MrJuice]

friend's wife has worked at Harrods since 2006 and says he was a very well known dirty old man. He'd walk around the store and anyone he liked the look of was promoted to work in the chairman's office.

[Xenoous]

He just looks like a dirty old man, always has. This absolutely isn't surprising. I hope the poor women involved get the justice they deserve. Horrible bloke.

[greygoose]

There were reasons he never got British citizenship, he was dodgy as f**k.