Al-Fayed, who died in 2023, has faced similar allegations since 1997.
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00:00Mohammed Al-Fayed, the former boss of London department store Harrods, has been accused
00:06by dozens of rape and sexual abuse. At a press conference on Friday, lawyers representing
00:1137 victims compared the businessman, who died last year, to the likes of Harvey Weinstein
00:17and Jeffrey Epstein. Some of his accusers were teenagers as young as 15 at the time
00:22of the abuse. Al-Fayed's family has not responded to the allegations. Current Harrods owners
00:28said they were appalled but added that they were only made aware of them last year.