Former Fulham women's captain Ronnie Gibbons has alleged she was twice sexually assaulted by the club's late owner Mohamed Al Fayed, who was also the boss of Harrods.

A former captain of Fulham Women has accused Mohamed Al Fayed of sexually assaulting her at Harrods. Ronnie Gibbons was 20 when the alleged incident occurred during the 2000-01 season.

Yet twice she found herself trapped in a room above the luxury Harrods department store in Knightsbridge, central London, as the club’s billionaire owner, Mohamed Al Fayed, tried to “forcefully” kiss her, made her sit on his knee while he stroked her, then groped her when she tried to get out.

Ronnie Gibbons alleges he tried to "forcefully" kiss her at Harrods on two occasions when she was 20.

In football circles, Al Fayed is remembered as the owner of Premier League club Fulham for 16 years until 2013. He died aged 94 last year but, in the past month, a catalogue of allegations of rape and sexual assault have been made against him by women who encountered Al Fayed at different stages of his life.

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