A WOMAN who was trafficked, drugged and raped by Mohamed Al Fayed says she was not alone – and that victims were like lambs to the slaughter.
Former Harrods owner Al Fayed is accused of multiple counts of rape and sexual abuse.
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More than 20 women have already laid bare the abuse they suffered at the hands of Al Fayed, who died last year.
Another 150 victims have since come forward with claims, Dean Armstrong KC said last week.
Former Harrods secretary Lindsay was one of five women who shared their harrowing ordeals on BBC Breakfast this morning.
Lindsay told how Al Fayed sexually harassed, sexually assaulted and groped female staff on a daily basis.
And she said Al Fayed drugged and attempted to rape her on a work trip to Paris.
She said: “He always tried to isolate me. I was told I was going on a business trip to Paris.
“In fact it turned out I was being trafficked. We went to dinner at the Ritz with a colleague and three celebrities.
“I got a tap on the shoulder by security and me and this other colleague got taken to our accommodation.
“I assumed it would be The Ritz hotel because he owned it and we were there.
“But we got taken to Dodi’s flat and all the doors were locked behind us.”
She added: “We asked what that was about and were told it was to keep us safe.
“But it was so we couldn’t escape. It was the most terrifying night of my life.”
HARROWING ORDEAL
Lindsay said she had no memory of the trip home from Paris – but suffered “significant” injuries and assumed she had been drugged.
She said: “Harrods will never leave me. The memories I have from those tragic episodes are inside me.
“Harrods needs to have some accountability because I had an invasive medical procedure in order to get a secretarial job.
“Harrods must have paid for that. They enabled this whole team of people – who needs 25 PAs?”
Lawyer Armstrong said: “We have heard from scores and scores, probably up to 200 people coming to us to give us their accounts.
“This was a system in Harrods to facilitate the abuse Al Fayed engaged in.”
The lawyer also represents women employed by Al Fayed at the Ritz hotel in Paris.
Armstrong’s team is probing “all entities that Al Fayed had involvement in”.
That includes Fulham Football Club, which Al Fayed owned from 1997 until 2013.
Fulham said: “We are deeply troubled and concerned to learn of the disturbing reports following the documentary.
“We have sincere empathy for the women who have shared their experiences.
“We are in the process of establishing whether anyone at the club is or has been affected.”
‘UTTERLY APPALLED’
Harrods sources said the firm has accepted “vicarious liability” for Al Fayed’s conduct.
It is understood that settlements have been reached with a number of victims since Al Fayed’s death in 2023.
Harrods previously said it was “utterly appalled” by the allegations of abuse.
The firm said it has set up a page on its website inviting former employees to come forward if they have allegations.
On Friday Armstrong said: “This case combines some of the most horrific elements of the cases involving Jimmy Savile, Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein.
“Savile because in this case as in that the institution we say knew about the behaviour.
“Epstein, because there was a procurement system in place to source the women and girls for abuse. There are some very young victims.
“Weinstein because it was a person at the very top of the organisation who was abusing his power.”
Armstrong added: “We will say it plainly, Mohamed Al Fayed was a monster.”
“Weinstein because it was a person at the very top of the organisation who was abusing his power.”
Armstrong added: “We will say it plainly, Mohamed Al Fayed was a monster.”