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ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: London, UK – 5 September 1997
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1. Mohamed Al Fayed shaking hands and receiving condolences for his son Dodi and Diana, Princess of Wales, from people on sidewalk outside Harrods store
2. Al Fayed waving to crowd
3. Al Fayed amongst crowds outside Harrods store
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: London, UK – 10 April 1999
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4. Al Fayed and Michael Jackson on Craven Cottage pitch (ground of Fulham Football Club), waving to fans
5. Pan from fans to Jackson and Al Fayed walking around pitch
6. Al Fayed and Jackson watching match
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: London, UK – 30 June 2003
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7. Various of Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia posing with Al Fayed during Harrods summer sale
8. Customers entering for start of Harrods sale
9. Imbruglia walks with Al Fayed
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: London, UK – 2 October 2007
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10. Various of Al Fayed arriving at court, surrounded by media, for the opening of the British inquest into the death of Princess Diana and her companion Dodi Fayed
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARCHIVE: Paris, France – 27 June 2016
11. STILL image of Al Fayed posing with his Ritz hotel staff for a photograph as guests gather for the inauguration of the newly renovated Place Vendome column (Al Fayed funded the restoration)
STORYLINE:
Lawyers representing dozens of women who say they were raped and sexually abused by Mohamed Al Fayed, the former boss of the famous London department store Harrods, said the case was akin to the crimes of sex offenders Jimmy Savile, Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein.
At a press briefing in London on Friday in the wake of the BBC documentary “Al-Fayed: Predator At Harrods,” the lawyers described the Egypt-born businessman who died last year at the age of 94 as a “monster" who abused young women and girls who worked at the department store during his 25-year ownership.
One of Al Fayed’s alleged victims, who went by the name Natacha, told the press conference that the billionaire businessman was “highly manipulative" and "preyed on the most vulnerable, those of us who needed to pay the rent and some of us who didn’t have parents to protect them.”
In a statement given to the BBC documentary, the new owners of Harrods, who bought out Al Fayed in 2010, said they were “utterly appalled” by the allegations of abuse but added that they were only made aware of them last year.
“While we cannot undo the past, we have been determined to do the right thing as an organization, driven by the values we hold today, while ensuring that such behaviour can never be repeated in the future," the owners said in a statement.
However, Armstrong queried Harrods’ claim that it knew nothing as sexual allegations had been made against Al Fayed for decades.
U.S. lawyer Gloria Allred, who has represented victims in some of the most notorious sexual abuse cases in recent years, including Epstein, Weinstein and Bill Cosby, also spoke.
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