A BBC investigation heard testimony from more than 20 women who said they were sexually assaulted by the billionaire.

Harrods enabled a “system of procurement” for “monster” Mohamed Al Fayed to abuse young women working at the world-famous department store, lawyers representing the victims have said.

Fulham's chairman Mohamed Al Fayed listens as Fulham's new manager Mark Hughes speaks during a news conference at Craven Cottage stadium in London August 3, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) - High-end London department store Harrods has apologised over allegations its former owner,

Twenty women accused Fayed of sexual assault, five of whom said he raped them while they worked at Harrods, the high-end London store he owned. He died in 2023.

Five women said Al Fayed, who died in 2023 at age 94, had raped them, while others detailed alarming accounts of sexual assault and harassment while they were working at Harrods.

The high-end London department store, Harrods, said Thursday that it is “utterly appalled” by allegations of abuse – including rape – perpetrated by its former owner, the late billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed.

Five women say they were raped by former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed when they worked at the London department store, while more than 20 claim they were sexually assaulted by the late billionaire,

Mohamed Al Fayed was a monster, a sexual predator with no moral compass whatsoever,” she says, adding that all the staff at Harrods were his “playthings”. “We were all