Further 65 women contact BBC with allegations of abuse by former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed [Video]

A FURTHER 65 women have come forward to the BBC with allegations of abuse by Mohamed Al Fayed stretching as far back as 1977.

The fresh claims include new details of sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape sent to the BBC in the weeks following the airing of the broadcaster’s Al Fayed: Predator At Harrods documentary.

Al Fayed, the former Harrods and Fulham FC owner who died last year aged 94, is accused of multiple sexual assaults after the BBC investigation was published last month.

Among the new claims is a woman who says she was assaulted by Al Fayed in Dubai in 1977, the earliest accusation of abuse so far.

The BBC reports 37 of the 65 new women to come forward said they had worked at Harrods.

In a statement to the BBC, Harrods said: “Since the airing of the documentary, so far there are 200-plus individuals who are now in the Harrods process to settle claims directly with the business.”

The fresh accusations come after barristers representing …