One lawyer representing the Justice for Harrods Survivors group called it the worst case of corporate abuse of women the world has ever seen.

BBC documentary revealed Al Fayed sexually abused female staff at his London department store, forced them to have medical screenings and threatened consequences if they tried to complain

Scotland Yard has referred itself to a police watchdog after two women complained about how their cases against Mohamed Al Fayed were handled. According to the Metropolitan Police, the two women raised concerns about the quality of police response and, in the case of the 2013 investigation, how details came to be disclosed publicly.