Former Harrods employees claim Mohamed Al Fayed was sent sexual health test results offered to them as a “job perk”.

Former Harrods employees have claimed that Mohamed Al Fayed was sent the results of sexual health tests offered to them as a “job perk”.

The BBC has published allegations that Al Fayed, the former owner of Harrods, raped and forcibly treated several female employees of the famous department store.

Several women have come forward claiming the late Egyptian businessman sexually abused them in the Knightsbridge store and at his properties in the UK and abroad.

Speaking to the BBC for its documentary “Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods,” several sources said they had to undergo medical examinations, including a sexual health test, which was “an added benefit of the job” and was carried out by a store doctor.

A woman told the broadcaster that she had a smear test and a doctor examined her ovaries.

She said: “My results were sent directly to the chairman so quickly that he knew the results when I got back to my desk.”

Employees of the world-famous department store (pictured) were allegedly raped and abused by the owner

One woman told the filmmakers: “It's no use to anyone knowing about my sexual health unless they're planning on sleeping with someone, which I find pretty scary now.”

Dozens of women have come forward to accuse Al Fayed, who mingled with the rich and famous, of cruel attacks ranging from sexual harassment to brutal rape.

Many of the women who have come forward report relentless sexual harassment by the billionaire, often beginning immediately after they were hired.

Gemma, who worked as Al Fayed's personal assistant between 2007 and 2009, claims she was exposed to his perverse behaviour almost immediately after starting working for him.

She said he grabbed her breasts and demanded that she have sex with him before raping her at Windsor Castle, the former residence of King Edward VIII, who died after his abdication, and his wife Wallis Simpson.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Gemma said that when travelling abroad she would often try to escape the worst of him by locking herself in her room or bathroom.

Mohamed Al Fayed with the Queen in 1997. His business dealings and charitable work allowed him to move in high society, although he complained about what he saw as the biased attitude of the establishment.

One of the women who has now come forward to claim that Fayed raped her in his London flat told BBC investigators: “I made it clear that I did not want this. I did not consent. I just wanted it to be over.”

Some of Fayed's attacks are said to have taken place at his estate in Park Lane, London.

She claimed that she locked herself in during a trip to Abu Dhabi and ignored his knock on the door in the middle of the night, leaving Al Fayed “really angry” the next morning.

Gemma recalled: “He said, 'You didn't let me in last night, why didn't you let me in? I told you if you came on this trip you had to be nice to me.' When he said 'be nice to me' he meant he wanted you to please him sexually.”

She added that she was once able to “talk her way out of it” when he came into her room in the middle of the night wearing only a silk nightshirt and carrying a can of Vaseline.

The alleged victim told presenter Emma Barnett that she was raped by him on a trip to Paris and that she was then callously told to clean herself up.

Gemma said: “He told me to go into the bathroom and wash myself. And when I got there, he showed me a bottle of Dettol that was next to the shower. And he said, 'Just clean yourself up.'”

“And I thought – since he was a totally crazy person when it came to germs – I just assumed that was the reason.

“But now that I'm older and more mature and I look back, I realize that he probably wanted to cover up any evidence that would have left his mark on me. He left the room and acted the next day as if nothing had happened.”

Gemma is one of several women featured in a new BBC documentary called “Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods,” in which alleged victims talk about their experiences with the tycoon.

Mohamed Al Fayed is accused of raping several women during his time as owner of Harrods from 1984 to 2010.

Mr Al Fayed at the opening of the Egyptian Room in Harrods – which featured busts of himself and later a statue commemorating Diana and his son Dodi

Mohamed Al Fayed wears a Victoria tiara with emeralds and diamonds as he opens Harrods' New Year sale in 2001

A new BBC documentary says the Egyptian-born businessman, who died in London last August aged 94, was a serial killer.

She told filmmakers: “I believe Mohamed Al Fayed is a rapist – he is a serial rapist,” and claimed she felt so unsafe afterwards that she was unable to speak until he died.

Another of his alleged victims, Rachel (not her real name), told the BBC she was raped while at one of Mr Al Fayed's apartments after a late shift at work.

She said: “I made it clear that I didn't want this. I didn't agree. I just wanted it to be over.”

“I remember feeling his body on top of me, his weight. I just heard him making those noises. And my mind was just somewhere else.”

Harrods began resolving disputes with women who claimed they had been sexually abused by it in July last year.

After the allegations became known, Harrods published the following statement on its website: “We are deeply appalled by the allegations of abuse against Mohamed Al Fayed.”

“These were the actions of an individual intent on abusing his power wherever he operated, and we condemn them in the strongest possible terms. We also recognise that as a company we failed our employees, who were his victims, during this time, and for that we sincerely apologise.

Gemma described her former boss Al Fayed as a “serial rapist” to the new BBC investigation.

Mohamed Al Fayed with Princess Diana at the charity dinner for the Harefield Heart Unit at Harrods in February 1996

Gemma (pictured), who worked as his personal assistant between 2007 and 2009, says she was raped by Al Fayed during a business trip to Paris.

“Harrods is a very different organisation today to the one that was owned and controlled by Al Fayed between 1985 and 2010. Harrods is an organisation that seeks to put the wellbeing of our people at the heart of everything we do.

“That is why, since new information came to light in 2023 about historical allegations of sexual abuse by Al Fayed, our priority has been to resolve the claims as quickly as possible and to spare the women affected from lengthy legal proceedings. This process remains available to all current and former Harrods employees.

“While we cannot undo the past, we are committed to doing the right thing as an organization, guided by the values ​​we hold today. At the same time, we want to ensure that such behavior is not repeated in the future.”

MailOnline has contacted Harrods for further comment.