37 women accuse Mohamed Al Fayed of sexual assault

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The newspaper La Jornada
Saturday, September 21, 2024, p. 19

Dozens of women from all over the world The late Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed – father of Dodi, Princess Diana’s former partner – owner of the iconic British department store Harrods, was accused of sexual assault. The time has come for justice to be donesaid American lawyer Gloria Allred, part of a group of lawyers who are handling the case of 37 women from several countries, at a press conference in London. Some of the victims were minors when the events took place, only 15 or 16 years oldaccording to his legal counsel. In a BBC report broadcast last Thursday, five of the victims accused him of rape, a charge for which he had already been investigated in 2015 without being charged.