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.

The former captain of Fulham's women’s team, Ronnie Gibbons, says she was “groped” on two occasions by the late Mohamed Al Fayed when he owned the club.

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.

Former Fulham Ladies captain Ronnie Gibbons has alleged she was twice sexually assaulted by the club’s late owner Mohamed Al Fayed. Gibbons, who skippered Fulham in the 2000-01 season, alleged Al Fayed – chairman of the west London club between 1997 and 2013 – assaulted her in an office at the Harrods department store he owned in Knightsbridge.

Gibbons says she has carried "shame, embarrassment and pain" for years as she alleges she was twice sexually assaulted by al Fayed.

Former Fulham women's captain Ronnie Gibbons has alleged she was twice sexually assaulted by the club's ex-owner Mohamed al Fayed. Gibbons told The Athletic that the former Harrods' boss tried to "forcefully kiss" her and groped her at his department store in 2000,