An Aussie doc who allegedly performed intersexual wellness tests connected a aboriginal unfortunate of Mohamed Al Fayed has denied claims she did truthful astatine his request, insisting that adjacent if she had tested Harrods unit she would ne'er person shared their details with the predatory billionaire.
Fayed, who died past twelvemonth aged 94, has been accused of a litany of enactment crimes against dozens of women, immoderate arsenic young arsenic 15, during the years helium owned London's astir prestigious section store.
Many of his offences were archetypal elaborate successful an unauthorised 1998 biography by writer Tom Bower.
But much sickening crimes person travel to airy pursuing a recent BBC documentary successful which much than 20 erstwhile Harrods' unit accused Fayed of intersexual assault, including rape.
On Friday, the Met Police announced they are now investigating 40 caller allegations, bringing the full fig of women who person complained to implicit 60.
The notorious germophobe Fayed is accused of ordering young pistillate unit members whom helium recovered charismatic to acquisition 'invasive' STD tests.
Dr Jane Reffell allegedly performed an 'exhaustive gynaecological examination' connected a young lawyer who was hand-picked to enactment for Fayed successful in 1989 due to the fact that of her bully looks.
The seedy billionaire would aboriginal marque repeated intersexual advances towards the lawyer past aged 25, forcing her to fastener herself successful the bath of his Paris suite.
Daily Mail Australia tracked down Dr Reffell to the sleepy colony of Bangalow successful NSW's Northern Rivers region, astir 15 minutes inland from hippy hangout Byron Bay, wherever she has tally a women's wellness signifier since 2002.
Daily Mail Australia tracked down Dr Jane Reffell (pictured) to the sleepy colony of Bangalow successful NSW's Northern Rivers region, astir 15 minutes inland from Byron Bay, wherever she has tally a women's wellness signifier since 2002
Mohamed Al Fayed (pictured), who died past twelvemonth aged 94, has been accused of a litany of enactment crimes against dozens of women, immoderate arsenic young arsenic 15, during the years helium owned London 's astir prestigious section store
Mr Bowers' publication alleged Dr Reffell 'understood what Fayed required', which was for his pistillate unit to person a cleanable measure of intersexual wellness earlier helium preyed connected them.
However, Dr Reffell vehemently denied ever playing specified a role.
'I conscionable don't judge it was me,' she told this publication.
'There are different doctors that worked precise intimately with Fayed but I didn't.'
When pressed connected whether she had ever performed a intersexual wellness trial connected a Harrods employee, Dr Reffell said: 'I did bash tests but it was connected a private, confidential basis.
'And I ne'er did them for Al Fayed per se but I mightiness person done them for his unit if they were patients of the practice.'
Fayed, who was known to stalk the halls of Harrods looking for charismatic young women to enactment successful his bureau connected the apical floor, relentlessly courted and cosied up to elder members of the UK Royal household (pictured with the past Princess of Wales and his wife, Princess Diana who aboriginal died successful a car clang with Fayed's lad Dodi successful Paris)
The notorious germophobic Fayed is accused of ordering young pistillate unit members whom helium recovered charismatic to acquisition 'invasive' STD tests (pictured: Fayed with histrion Lucy Liu successful 2005)
Mr Bowers' publication alleges that the results of the intersexual wellness trial were sent to Alison Bozek, Fayed's secretary.
However, Dr Reffell said that the sharing of a patient's confidential accusation was a 'red line' she would ne'er cross.
'We conscionable wouldn't bash it,' she said.
'You'd person to person diligent consent for that.'
Dr Reffell said she was 'horrified' by the revelations and expressed sympathy for Fayed's victims.
'I'm horrified to spot my sanction mentioned, she said.
'I was conscionable bamboozled due to the fact that diligent confidentiality is specified a cornerstone of medicine.
'You don't merchandise accusation and the lone mode you tin bash is if you person the patients' permission.'
Dr Reffell (pictured) said she was 'horrified' by the revelations and expressed sympathy for Fayed's victims
She added: 'It's precise concerning due to the fact that I enactment with women each the clip truthful confidentiality and attraction is truly important.'
Fayed, who was known to stalk the halls of Harrods looking for charismatic young women to enactment successful his bureau connected the apical floor, relentlessly courted and cosied up to elder members of the Royal Family.
His movie shaper son, Dodi, was dating Princess Diana erstwhile the mates died successful a 1997 car clang successful Paris.
Fayed's insatiable appetite for harassing young women successful his employment was some enabled and subsequently covered up by an service of highly-paid information guards, lawyers, publicists and doctors.
It is understood that Scotland Yard is actively pursuing those who whitethorn person helped Fayed transportation retired his crimes.
Another doctor, Ann Coxon, 84, is alleged to person carried retired 'invasive' and 'wholly unnecessary' STD checks astatine the bequest of the disgraced billionaire.
The doctor, who inactive runs a session connected London's prestigious Harley Street, was named by victims of Fayed.
But past week erstwhile asked if she regretted moving for the alleged intersexual predator, she replied: 'No, I don't.'
One of Fayed's victims, who is portion of the Justice for Harrods survivors group, has told the BBC the 'examinations carried retired by Dr Coxon were intrusive and wholly unnecessary'.
'They besides resulted successful galore employees' confidential aesculapian accusation - including my ain - being inappropriately shared wrong Harrods,' the unfortunate added.
'This should not person happened.'
The victims' radical has reported Dr Coxon to the UK aesculapian regulator, the General Medical Council.
Another doctor, Wendy Snell who has since died, was besides accused of telling different unfortunate not to slumber with her fellow truthful that she would beryllium 'clean' for Fayed.
Pictured: Fayed successful 2018 onboard his yacht successful St Tropez connected the French Riveria
Dr Ann Coxon (pictured), who has been accused of performing STD tests connected Fayed's employees, said she did not regret moving for him
The victim, Gemma, said Al Fayed tried to person her that she had a sexually transmitted corruption (STI).
'But it was a ploy to support maine distant from my fellow to guarantee I'd beryllium cleanable for Al Fayed,' she added.
In a missive Gemma shared with The Mail connected Sunday successful the UK, Dr Snell, Harrods' in-house doc astatine the time, wrote: 'It is important you bash not person immoderate intersexual interaction with your fellow until you person been treated and cleared of infection.'
Gemma, past 24, who was raped by Fayed successful Paris a period aft starting enactment arsenic a idiosyncratic adjunct astatine Harrods successful 2008, suspected it was a trick.
She added: 'Al-Fayed built this communicative that my fellow had fixed maine an [STI].
'We'd been unneurotic 7 years... [We] went to our ain GP, but we were some fixed the all-clear.'
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