Mohamed Al Fayed: Victims in France call for investigation

One woman says the owner of Harrods and the Paris Ritz ran his companies like a cult or a mafia.

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The BBC understands more than five women have come forward with new claims about Al Fayed’s predatory behaviour in France since the BBC first reported the rape allegations in a documentary last week.

A lawyer representing Kristina Svensson, who spoke out in the documentary about the abuse she suffered at the Ritz, said she plans to ask the Paris prosecutor’s office early next week to launch an investigation.

The Ritz did not comment on the calls for an investigation.

Ms Svensson, who was executive assistant at the Ritz between 1998 and 2000, said: “We’re in enough of a rage that nothing is going to stop us."

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