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From 1995 to 1997, I and the lawyer David Hooper, of Biddle & Co, investigated Fayed, who had sued ''Vanity Fair'' and our reporter Maureen Orth over a profile that alleged he was a serial abuser and a racist, and that he spied on his staff, bugging their phones and using hidden cameras.</blockquote>

From 1995 to 1997, I and the lawyer David Hooper, of Biddle & Co, investigated Fayed, who had sued ''Vanity Fair'' and our reporter Maureen Orth over a profile that alleged he was a serial abuser and a racist, and that he spied on his staff, bugging their phones and using hidden cameras.</blockquote>

As the ''Vanity Fair' article reporting that the allegations included racial discrimination, bugging employees phones and enforcing HIV testing, Al Fayed first tried a "libel lawsuit" no less, then he dropped it two years later.<ref>(September 20, 2024). [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/women-accuse-former-harrods-boss-mohamed-al-fayed-sexual-abuse-rcna171961 Women accuse former Harrods boss Al Fayed of sexual abuse: ‘I was just terrified’]. ''NBC''.</ref>

As the ''Vanity Fair'' article came out - reporting that the allegations included racial discrimination, bugging employees phones and enforcing HIV testing, Al Fayed first tried a "libel lawsuit" no less, then he dropped it two years later.<ref>(September 20, 2024). [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/women-accuse-former-harrods-boss-mohamed-al-fayed-sexual-abuse-rcna171961 Women accuse former Harrods boss Al Fayed of sexual abuse: ‘I was just terrified’]. ''NBC''.</ref>

==Arab lobby's pressure==

==Arab lobby's pressure==