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settle old scores! ex-harrods boss accused of sexually abusing women

2024-09-27

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xinhua news agency, beijing, september 27 (xinhua) british media recently revealed that mohamed fayed, the former owner of harrods department store and who passed away last year, was suspected of raping and sexually assaulting dozens of women. harrods general manager michael ward apologized to the women who accused fayed on the 26th.

dozens of women testified

fayed was once a british social celebrity. he owned harrods department store from 1985 to 2010 and also owned the british fulham football club. his son dodi fayed died in a car accident in 1997 when paparazzi chased him while riding in a car in paris, the french capital, while he was dating princess diana. fayed often made headlines in the british media for his insistence that the two men were deliberately murdered and gathering evidence.

this is the logo of harrods department store taken in london, england on june 3, 2020. published by xinhua news agency (photo by tim ireland)

fayed passed away in august last year at the age of 94. according to a documentary and podcast broadcast by the bbc on the 19th, five women said they had been raped by fayed, and some women said they were sexually assaulted and physically violent.