00:00harrods is seeking to replace mohammed al faid's widow heinie waffenfaid and his daughters camilla faid and jasmine faid as
00:09executors of al faid's estate as part of a bid to get money to go towards compensation paid by the
00:16store to alleged victims
00:18in her initial response to harrods about the claims mrs waffenfaid said she did not believe any of the allegations
00:25against her husband were true
00:27and asked why her discount to the store had been revoked stephen motherly smith representing mrs waffenfaid and camilla told
00:36the court on wednesday in her witness statement she addresses why she made those comments and the fact it no
00:43longer represents her considerate view
00:45he said harrods's barrister had accepted those sentiments were readily understandable as an initial response soon after her husband's death
00:55the court has heard there are 320 women including former harrods employees making sexual abuse claims against the al faid
01:05estate both al faid's widow and some alleged victims were in the courtroom on wednesday
01:12lawyers for harrods argue mrs waffenfaid and her daughters are unable to properly deal with the sexual abuse claims against
01:21the estate and treat them dispassionately
01:23they argue the al faid is at risk of bankruptcy due to the pending claims
