The billionaire father of Princess Diana's lover Dodi Fayed is compared to Epstein

Dean Armstrong KC, the lawyer for the alleged victims, described the former CEO of Harrods as a “monster”.

He compared the case to Epstein because “in that case, as in this one, there was a procurement system in place to find women and girls – including some very young victims – for abuse.”

The women, who worked at Harrods from the late 1980s to the 2000s, said the assaults took place in the company's offices, in Fayed's London apartment, and that he also sexually abused them while travelling abroad, often in Paris at the Ritz Hotel.

Armstrong KC added: “This is one of the worst cases of corporate sexual exploitation that I, and perhaps the world, has ever seen. It was absolutely appalling and I cannot stress that word enough.”