Mohamed Al Fayed’s son Omar says he is ‘horrified’ at rape and sex attack allegations against his late billionaire father that have ‘thrown into question, the loving memory I had of him’

Mohamed Al Fayed’s son Omar has spoken out on the rape allegations against his father, saying he is ‘horrified’.

Five brave survivors alleged in a documentary that they had to barricade doors with chairs to get away from former Harrods boss Al Fayed, who died last year aged 94.

Former employees said he would fly them to Paris under the guise of a work trip, take away their passports and put them in hotel rooms without locks.

Chilling claims say he monitored them with CCTV in their own homes, phone tapping and he threatened their families if they ever dared to speak out about the abuse.

BBC journalists looking into his predatory history gathered the stories of more than 20 women who said they had been abused by him, and ‘up to 200’ more have come forward since.

His son Omar Fayed, 36, said the extent of the numerous claims ‘has thrown into question the loving memory I had of him’.

He previously made a spirited defence of his father, dismissing the allegations that he raped five of his young women staff as ‘completely outrageous’. 

But today he said: ‘I am horrified and deeply concerned by the allegations recently brought to light against my late father.

Mohamed Al Fayed’s son Omar has spoken out for the first time on the rape allegations against his father (pictured)

Omar Fayed and his father Mohammed Al Fayed pictured together in 2007

Harrods (pictured) was an alleged hunting ground for Al-Fayed who targeted ‘vulnerable’ women before sexually assaulting them 

Five ex-Harrods employees who spoke of Al Fayed’s alleged abuse are seen above. Pictured bottom left to right are Jen, Lindsay, and Catherine. Top left to right are Nicole and Gemma

‘The extent and explicit nature of the allegations are shocking and has thrown into question, the loving memory I had of him.

‘How this matter could have been concealed for so long and in so many ways, raises further disturbing questions.’

He said that he loved his father ‘very much’ and he was a ‘wonderful dad’.

But he added ‘that aspect of our relationship… does not blind me from an objective assessment of circumstances’.

He said he stood ‘unequivocally in support of any legitimate investigation into these allegations.

‘The alleged victims and public deserve full transparency and accountability.’

‘I will continue to support the principles of truth, justice, accountability, and fairness, regardless of where that journey may lead. No one is above the law.’

Al Fayed dons a Victoria emerald and diamond tiara at Harrods’ New Year sale in 2001

The boss of luxury store Harrods has spoken out for the first time over billionaire businessman Mohamed Al Fayed’s (pictured) alleged sexual abuse.

Omar, the youngest of Fayed’s four children with his second wife, Finnish model Heini Wathen, previously conceded that his father was an ‘old-school chauvinist’.

He told friends: ‘Perhaps he was like an older version of Donald Trump.’

But he said previously that ‘the allegations of rape are completely outrageous’.

At the time, he told friends at he believed the BBC screened its explosive documentary – Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods – to divert attention from the child porn disgrace of its TV news presenter Huw Edwards. 

Environmentalist and publisher Omar told a friend: ‘I think the Beeb have had this up their back pocket.’

He added: ‘With all the fire they are coming under, I think it’s timely that they deployed it just as Huw Edwards is let off the hook effectively for the most disgusting conduct.’