LONDON — British police said they had launched an investigation into whether people linked to the late Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed helped enable his alleged rape and other sexual abuse of female staff at his London department store Harrods and elsewhere.

A BBC documentary reported in September that Al-Fayed, who died in 2023 aged 94, had sexually abused female staff, forced them to have medical screenings and threatened consequences if they tried to complain.

Al-Fayed always denied similar accusations before his death.

"This investigation is about giving survivors a voice, despite the fact that Mohamed al-Fayed is no longer alive to face prosecution," Commander Stephen Clayman from London's Metropolitan Police Service said in a statement on Nov 27.

"However, we are now pursuing any individuals suspected to have been complicit in his offending, and we are committed to seeking justice."

He did not say how many people were under investigation.

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