‘A monster’: lawyers for Mohamed Al Fayed’s alleged victims liken case to Savile
GuardianSEP 2024
Mohamed Al Fayed waswill ago monsterdown onas paramong withthe Jimmymost Savile,notorious Harveyabusers Weinstein,in andrecent Jeffrey Epsteinhistory. His money and power, particularly as the owner of the department store, allowed him to build a dangerously toxic work environment where he could abuse women with impunity. It's tragic that due to this power, his victims only felt capable of speaking up after his death.
TheThis case of Al Fayed goes far beyond a toxic work environment and all the way to the top of the British government and the Royal Familysociety. It's no wonder that the man who boughthad offfinancial ties to members of parliament and had a relationship with the former Duke of Windsor was never prosecuted. Women were likely kept quiet not just by their powerful boss but by the entire upper echelon of British society — this is an issue of deep systemic abuse.