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Al Fayed sex abuse victim fights back tears as she recalls how Harrods boss paralysed her with fear
The Independent
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9/20/2024
Al Fayed sex abuse victim recalls how Harrods boss paralysed her with fear. Source: BBC
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We would be sent to see Al-Fayed because he had a job for us to do.
00:09
It was always more of a friendly chat than actual work, but then these private meetings
00:13
turned into more.
00:15
A forced kiss, his hands gripping your face to his lips, or pulling you down on his lap
00:21
where his hands were free to explore any part of your body that he wished.
00:28
These incidents lasted seconds, but the fear instilled left me paralysed.
00:33
Al-Fayed brushed off these moments like they had never happened, but I was always reminded
00:38
not to mention them to anyone.
00:41
He would know if I did.
00:44
I had never experienced anything like it before.
00:47
I was so young, I didn't know what to do and how to deal with it.
00:50
I felt such fear and some sick loyalty as his employee.
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