Attorneys for 37 women said they would sue Harrods, the luxury department store, over the rape and sexual assault they say its former owner committed.

Mohamed Al-Fayed owned Harrods, which said it had 'failed' the women accusing the late billionaire of sexual assault, and apologized to them.

The Egyptian businessman, owner of Harrods and the Ritz, died in 2023 at the age of 94. Following the revelations of a series of BBC documentaries, more than 30 women claim to have been sexually assaulted or raped by the man who was then their boss.

The 20 accusers include five women who said he assaulted them while they worked at Harrods, the high-end London store he owned. He died in 2023.

Lawyers in Britain representing dozens of women say Mohamed Al Fayed — the former boss of Harrods — was a 'monster' who sexually abused young women.

More than 100 women have come forward after former Harrods owner Mohamed Fayed was accused of the “serial” sexual abuse of young women who worked at the department store. About one hundred enquiries have been made to a legal team since a BBC documentary aired on Thursday evening about the claims,