[Football] Mohammed 'Al' Fayed RIP

[BrightonCottager]

Al Fayed's land bordered onto the M25 and he successfully sued the Department for Transport for the pollution washing onto his land from the road surface. As a result, from then on, the DfT was forced to put in proper drainage on trunk roads.

He also unsuccessfully tried to get permission for a heliport moored on the Thames in a seminal planning law case still quoted today.

He severely pissed off the establishment through outing the MPs he paid to ask questions (leading to the Nolan Principles) and then his son going out with Princess Diana and accusing the royals of assassinating them. Unlike the Russian oligarchs he didn't own friendly newspapers or donate £Mimms to the Conservatives.

 

[marlowe]

This thread has aged well.....

Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods

A BBC investigation into allegations of rape and attempted rape by Mohamed Al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods. Did the luxury store protect a billionaire predator?

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[jcdenton08]

This thread has aged well.....

Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods

A BBC investigation into allegations of rape and attempted rape by Mohamed Al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods. Did the luxury store protect a billionaire predator?

www.bbc.co.uk

Lots of allegations so far, more to come I think.

 

[Bozza]

This thread has aged well.....

Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods

A BBC investigation into allegations of rape and attempted rape by Mohamed Al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods. Did the luxury store protect a billionaire predator?

www.bbc.co.uk

In related news: it's possible to go back and unlike posts you've previously liked. Hope this helps someone.

 

[Weststander]

No surprise I suppose. Another bloke in power is a rapist. Allegedly.

 

[marlowe]

Lots of allegations so far, more to come I think.

Yes, already more women have come forward today. Interesting reading the old comments when his greatest crimes were perceived to be the Michael Jackson statue and his bad treatment of Micky Adams

 

[Greg Bobkin]

I posted about MAF the other day in another random thread. I thought it was odd that an RIP one didn't come up in the search. But yeah - not a good look.

 

[clapham_gull]

No surprise I suppose. Another bloke in power is a rapist. Allegedly.

And known about and reported about for years.

It's funny how these stories failed to stick.

Claims of sexual misconduct against the billionaire businessman were the subject of pieces by Vanity Fair in 1995, ITV in 1997 and Channel 4 in 2017.

Mohamed Al Fayed: a gilded life full of controversy

He acquired prestigious assets but got into plenty of fights, and is now accused of sexual assault by former employees

www.theguardian.com

Harrods was a basket case. I knew someone who worked there in the early 90s. Completely unrelated but they told me a story they had heard from a security guard. Complete fantasy nonsense I thought, but a few years later it becomes a tabloid thing.

 

[wellquickwoody]

I am not criticising anyone on this thread whatsoever before anyone takes umbrage.

Just find it interesting that only one person had a properly low opinion of him before the recent news. Someone on this thread acknowledged the benefits for Harrods and Fulham, but expressed that they found him and odious character.

Maybe this demonstrates how many people can have two sides to their character/personality and very few of us get to see both.

 

[marlowe]

And known about and reported about for years.

It's funny how these stories failed to stick.

John Macnamara, his head of security was a former Met detective and a nasty piece of work by all accounts. I wonder if he was able to use his old contacts in the police to influence the progress of any investigation.
The 15 year old girl who Fayed assaulted gave her phone to the police which had evidence of Fayed's call history to her. When the police returned her phone to her it no longer worked and the investigation was dropped.

 

[Weststander]

And known about and reported about for years.

It's funny how these stories failed to stick.

Mohamed Al Fayed: a gilded life full of controversy

He acquired prestigious assets but got into plenty of fights, and is now accused of sexual assault by former employees

www.theguardian.com

Harrods was a basket case. I knew someone who worked there in the early 90s. Completely unrelated but they told me a story they had heard from a security guard. Complete fantasy nonsense I thought, but a few years later it becomes a tabloid thing.

And who was going to listen to a young punk, 33 years before the truth came out about mass rapist Savile?

 

[GingerBeerMan]

I think the fact he’s a “he” probably had something to do with that

Quite the comment, did you know something?

 

[GingerBeerMan]

In related news: it's possible to go back and unlike posts you've previously liked. Hope this helps someone.

Unrelated, but I noticed the other day that if you like a post from pre-2022 which already has likes, it will remove all of the existing likes.

Wouldn't really have an affect on anything, I just thought it interesting.

 

[Bozza]

Unrelated, but I noticed the other day that if you like a post from pre-2022 which already has likes, it will remove all of the existing likes.

Wouldn't really have an affect on anything, I just thought it interesting.

There's a career in systems testing waiting for you.

 

[clapham_gull]

And who was going to listen to a young punk, 33 years before the truth came out about mass rapist Savile?

Yes, but TV programmes were made about it and he has been extensively reported about.

I'm interested what triggered this new round of press interest, Harrods paying out ?

 

[Lenny Rider]

Given he effectively spent his last years accusing the Royal Family and the establishment of murder I‘d have thought this would have surfaced a long time ago?

Like Savile his victims deserved their day in court.

 

[Flounce]

What I do not understand having watched the TV programme is why so many of these women stuck around in their Harrod’s jobs for years after they had been raped and/or assaulted by him. Surely you’d leave and never go back following an assault even if you were understandably unwilling to “out” him because of justifiable fear.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Given he effectively spent his last years accusing the Royal Family and the establishment of murder I‘d have thought this would have surfaced a long time ago?

Like Savile his victims deserved their day in court.

Come on Lenny, power, influence and money go a long way.

last year I posted on here, if you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything kind of thing.
I heard rumours about 10 years ago from a friend who worked at Harrods briefly.
who was previously a parole officer assessing pedos for release, the stress was so much she gave it up.
She has heard some very famous names mentioned by prisoners within their sick world.

When they are dead the truth will obviously come out.

 

[BrightonCottager]

I've been waiting for this thread or similar to come up. I've not seen the documentary but have read the reports, including that the manager of the Fulham women's team (first professional one in the UK) were shielded from him. It'll be interesting to hear the views of the people who sit around me today and thank God we'll stop singing about him.

In my first post, I said he was divisive. He was also patently manipulative and by all accounts a despicable pervert and criminal. I only hope that that kind of behaviour could not be hushed up / ignored in any organisation these days.

But I'm not going to stop supporting Fulham or being thankful that he invested in us to get us into the Premier League.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

What I do not understand having watched the TV programme is why so many of these women stuck around in their Harrod’s jobs for years after they had been raped and/or assaulted by him. Surely you’d leave and never go back following an assault even if you were understandably unwilling to “out” him because of justifiable fear.

Threats? Coercion?

One victim was told she’d never get another job in London if she said anything.