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The UK editor of Vanity Fair, from the 1990s amassed appalling testimonies about the Harrods owner of sex abuse, racism and spying on staff.
The UK editor of Vanity Fair, from the 1990s amassed appalling testimonies about the Harrods owner of sex abuse, racism and spying on staff.
''Vanity Fair'' editor:<ref name=vf1>(22 September, 2024). [https://www.theguardian.com/global/2024/sep/22/remorseless-ruthless-racist-my-battle-to-expose-mohamed-al-fayed 'Remorseless, ruthless, racist': my battle to expose Mohamed Al Fayed]. ''The Guardian''.</ref>
''Vanity Fair'' editor:<ref name=vf1>(22 September, 2024). [https://www.theguardian.com/global/2024/sep/22/remorseless-ruthless-racist-my-battle-to-expose-mohamed-al-fayed 'Remorseless, ruthless, racist': my battle to expose Mohamed Al Fayed]. ''The Guardian''.</ref>
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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>
==Arab lobby's pressure==
==Arab lobby's pressure==