Three women interviewed under caution by Met Police over enabling Mohamed al-Fayed’s abuse
Three women were discreetly interviewed as part of the police investigation into former Harrods boss Mohammed Al Fayed.
The Metropolitan Police said the women, aged in their 40s, 50s and 60s, were being questioned about offenses including human trafficking and facilitating rape.
No arrests have been made at this stage, but the force said a total of 154 people have come forward so far to report allegations of rape, sexual assault, sexual exploitation and human trafficking as part of the investigation into Al-Fayed.
Al-Fayed died in 2023 at the age of 94 and was never charged with allegations of rape and sexual abuse.
Commander Angela Craggs said on Friday: “Victims remain at the center of this investigation.
“Today’s update marks an important step in a complex and wide-ranging investigation.
“Although Al Fayed is no longer alive to face prosecution, we remain determined to bring to justice anyone suspected of playing a role in his crimes.”
Police are investigating people around the businessman who may have enabled him to commit crimes that allegedly spanned decades between 1977 and 2014.
Al-Fayed was first accused of sexual abuse in the late 1980s, but the allegations did not lead to criminal charges.
In 2009, the Crown Prosecution Service, then led by Sir Keir Starmer, chose not to prosecute following allegations that Al-Fayed sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl at Harrods.
He denied all allegations against him and voluntarily participated in police interrogation.
Sexual harassment allegations against billionaire businessman became the subject of news Vanity Fair ITV in 1995, Channel 4 in 1997, Channel 4 in 2017 and BBC in 2024.
The Met added that officers had taken statements from Al Fayed’s accusers and other witnesses over the past 18 months and that information from these interviews had brought allegations of human trafficking into the police’s investigation.
The three suspects were interrogated under precautionary measures between February 25 and March 5 on suspicion of aiding and abetting rape and sexual assault, aiding in the commission of sexual offenses, and human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
