Princess Diana’s ex-father Mohamed Al Fayed accused of rape

Content Warning: This story discusses rape and sexual assault.

Five women have come forward and accused Mohamed Al Fayed From rape.

The late former owner of Harrods, whose son was Imad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Moneim “Dodi” Fayed He is the deceased’s ex-friend. Princess Diana She also died in a notorious car crash in 1997, and has been accused of sexual assault by more than 20 former employees, five of whom described their experiences as rape, according to more than 20 accounts from anonymous women who spoke to the BBC.

An anonymous woman told the BBC that she was a teenager when Al Fayed raped her, and that female Harrods employees were considered “toys” in his hands. She added: “Mohamed Al Fayed was a monster, a sexual predator with no moral compass whatsoever.”

“We were all very scared,” she added. “He was instilling fear in us. If he said, ‘Jump,’ the staff would ask him, ‘How high?'”

After being informed of the allegations against Al Fayed – who died in 2023 aged 94 – the current owners of the high-end store apologised, telling the BBC they were “deeply disturbed” by the allegations.