00:00Well, the sheer scale of abuse by former Harrods owner Mohammed Al-Fayed continues to grow,
00:09with six Australian women now coming forward to make sexual assault allegations against
00:14the billionaire. Lawyers acting for survivors say they have now been contacted by more than
00:18400 people who've been impacted by the abuse. The billionaire businessman who died last
00:25year at the age of 94 is accused of multiple counts of rape, attempted rape and sexual
00:31assault by women who worked for him at Harrods. Many felt they weren't able to report what
00:35happened until recently. But his alleged victims weren't just from the London department store,
00:40which Al-Fayed owned between 1985 and 2010. They were also from the Fulham football club,
00:47which Al-Fayed was the owner of for 16 years and various other places. Lawyers for Al-Fayed's
00:53victims today say they have now begun their crusade for justice by officially launching
00:57legal proceedings against Harrods, including on behalf of six Australians.
01:03That, in our opinion, is an industrial scale abuse. Abuse that could have only been perpetrated
01:11with a system that enabled the abuse to happen. And that is what is so key to this case and why
01:19this case, as I've said before, in many ways is the worst case of corporate sexual abuse of women
01:28that the world has ever known. Harrods new owners said earlier this month they're in talks with
01:34around 250 people who are seeking compensation for alleged abuse. Lawyers have praised the courage
01:40of the hundreds of victims who have come forward and say they have been let down by significant
01:45parts of society.
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