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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>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.<\/b><\/p>\n

Speaking to The Athletic, Gibbons said in a story published Friday that the former Harrods owner tried to \u201cforcefully\u201d kiss her and groped her at his department store in 2000 when she was 20.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe club is profoundly troubled to learn of the experiences told today by former Women\u2019s Team captain, Ronnie Gibbons,\u201d Fulham said in a statement. \u201cShe has our deepest empathy and support.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue to stress our absolute condemnation of abuse in all forms,\u201d Fulham said. \u201cWe 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 described in recent reports.\u201d<\/p>\n

Al Fayed owned Fulham between 1997 and 2013.<\/p>\n

Gibbons told The Athletic she was twice summoned to Al Fayed\u2019s office above Harrods on the pretext that she would speak about soccer to his children, who were not there when she showed up.<\/p>\n

She said that Al Fayed made her sit on his lap, stroked her knee and forcefully kissed her on the lips as she tried to go away during her first visit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just remember feeling sick, just really physically feeling sick, when I left there,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n

When she was asked to return to Harrods, she said that he kissed and then groped her, running his hand down from her face to her waist.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpeaking my truth and finally telling my story will hopefully help me heal and be rid of the shame, embarrassment and pain I have carried for years,\u201d said Gibbons, who played for Ireland at international level. \u201cIf this can help one person open up and realise it\u2019s not your fault and be free of the same burdens, then I\u2019ll be happy.”<\/p>\n

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