Doctor denies carrying out STI tests for Mohamed Al Fayed
A doctor who worked for former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed has denied carrying out sexual health tests on staff members.
Multiple women have alleged Dr Ann Coxon carried out “intrusive” medical checks while working for Al Fayed when he owned Harrods.
Many of the women interviewed for the BBC documentary and podcast Al-Fayed: Predator at Harrods said they were subjected to the tests when they had begun working for the London department store.
One woman, known as Natacha, said the examinations carried out by Dr Coxon were “wholly unnecessary” and “intrusive”.
Questioned by the BBC on whether she carried out tests on staff members for sexually transmitted infections, Dr Coxon replied “no”.
Dr Coxon repeatedly said “no comment” when questioned about her time working for the former Harrods boss.
When asked if she regretted working for him, she said “no”.
The doctor was one of at least two who are reported to have carried out the medical tests. Another, Wendy Snell, has since died.
Former employee Natacha is among a group of women preparing to make a formal complaint about the medical procedures to the General Medical Council.
Fayed, who died last year aged 94, was the owner of Harrods between 1985 and 2010.
He is accused of multiple rapes and sexual assaults by several women who worked for him – many of whom have said they felt unable to report what had happened until recently.
Harrods’ current owners said they were “utterly appalled” by the allegations and that his victims had been failed – for which the store sincerely apologised.
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