The former captain of Fulham‘s women’s team, Ronnie Gibbons, says she was sexually assaulted on two occasions by the late Mohamed Al Fayed when he owned the club.
Speaking to The Athletic, Gibbons said in a story published Friday that the former Harrods owner tried to “forcefully” kiss her and groped her at his department store in 2000, when she was 20.
“The club is profoundly troubled to learn of the experiences told today by former Women’s Team captain, Ronnie Gibbons,” Fulham said in a statement. “She has our deepest empathy and support.”
Earlier this month, police in London said that 40 women have made allegations of rape or sexual assault against Al Fayed since the BBC broadcast claims by several former Harrods employees. They are in addition to the 21 women who went to the police between 2005 and 2023 with sex crime allegations against the businessman. He was never prosecuted and died last year aged 94.
“We continue to stress our absolute condemnation of abuse in all forms,” Fulham said. “We remain in the process of establishing whether anyone at the club is or would have been impacted by Mohamed Al Fayed in any manner as…
