Dean Armstrong KCthe lawyer representing the alleged victims described the former Harrods chairman as a “monster”.
He compared the case to Epstein because “in that case, as in this case, there was a procurement system in place to frame the women and girls – there are some very young victims in this case – for abuse.”
The women, who worked at Harrods from the late 1980s to 2000, claimed the attacks took place at the company’s offices, in Fayed’s London apartment. He would also sexually abuse them during foreign trips, often in Paris at the Ritz hotel.
Armstrong KC added: “This is one of the worst cases of corporate sexual exploitation that I, and perhaps the world, has ever seen. It was absolutely horrific, and I cannot emphasize that word enough.”