A woman, identified only as Amy, who has accused the late Egyptian entrepreneur and billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed of sexual abuse, poses with her back to the camera.
For one Ontario woman, a job at the luxury London department store Harrods in the 1990s was a dream that soon became a nightmare.A woman, identified here only as Amy, has accused the late Egyptian entrepreneur and billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed of sexual abuse. WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it
In 1993, Amy, then fresh out of university, participated in a student work-abroad program that found her selling handbags on the shop floor of Harrods.Amy spoke with CBC News and other Canadian media in London on Friday, recounting her time at the "very glamorous" store. Amy says she was often invited on business trips, during which her passport was taken and she would have only have "the clothes on her back" as she was shuttled away with Al-Fayed."I never knew where I was going to be or when I would be delivered to my flat in London," she said.
Amy says Al-Fayed came into her room, wearing only a towel, and forced himself on her as she lay in bed."Something came to me and I just said , 'If my mother only knew.' And that stopped him. He just stopped in his tracks, got up, and left."
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