https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9gle4m1v3o
#Met officers allegedly took hampers and cash bribes to help #Fayed persecute staff
Exclusive: #ScotlandYard faces claims #CorruptOfficers helped #Harrods owner quash potential complaints of abuse
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/04/met-officers-allegedly-took-hampers-and-cash-bribes-to-help-fayed-persecute-staff
"…#Fayed’s “gangsters”, as Bower put it, were also quite skilled at what they did… "Macnamara had looked in London for someone to break my fingers so I couldn’t write the book."
But there was soft power too. Harrods had a huge advertising budget, and newspapers and magazines were not keen to lose access to it, said Porter."
I haven't seen anything about this in the Fayed coverage. A female doctor performing STI tests plus examinations that were both "intrusive" and "wholly unnecessary." The doctor denies it, of course.