"This was a shameful period in the business' history," the famous London department store's current boss said.
. Police, meanwhile, said that over almost two decades, 19 women had made sex crime allegations against the businessman, who was never prosecuted.Al Fayed "presided over a toxic culture of secrecy, intimidation, fear of repercussion and sexual misconduct"Five women have told the BBC they were raped by Al Fayed, who died last year aged 94, and several others allege acts of assault and physical violence.
"We failed our colleagues and for that we are deeply sorry," Ward said in a statement. He said Harrods had set up a "settlement process" for Al Fayed's victims."However, the Harrods of today is unrecognisable to Harrods under his ownership."Three of Al Fayed's accusers, Katherine , Lindsay Mason and Gemma .
Al Fayed was questioned by detectives in 2008 over the alleged sexual abuse of a 15-year-old, and in 2009 and 2015 police passed files of evidence about him to the Crown Prosecution Service.The force said on Thursday that it was reviewing the allegations to see whether there were any new lines of inquiry.
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