Man interviewed on suspicion of sex trafficking in Al Fayed investigation

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The late Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed is accused of rape and sexual assault

One man has been been interviewed under caution in relation to the police investigation into the individuals who may have facilitated or enabled offending by the former Harrods boss, Mohamed Al Fayed, the Metropolitan Police has said.

The man, in his 60s, was questioned on suspicion of offences including aiding and abetting rape and sexual assault, and human trafficking for sexual exploitation.

Earlier this month, the Met said it had interviewed three women aged in their 40s, 50s and 60s on suspicion of the same offences.

No arrests have been made at this time and the investigation remains ongoing, the Met said.

The Met says 154 victims have come forward to report allegations of sexual assault, rape, sexual exploitation and human trafficking in relation to the Al Fayed case.

The scope of the inquiry has been widened to cover alleged human trafficking.

Multiple women have accused Al Fayed, who owned the luxury Harrods store between 1985 and 2010, of rape and sexual assault. He died in 2023 aged 94.

At the time of many of the alleged attacks, Fayed was the owner of Harrods, the Ritz Paris hotel and Fulham FC.

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