BARRISTERS representing alleged victims of Mohamed al Fayed said there are now “60 survivors” and that they have “credible evidence of abuse” at Fulham Football Club.

The former Harrods and Fulham FC owner is accused of multiple sexual assaults, after a BBC investigation published last week.

A spokesman for Justice for Harrods Survivors, a group of barristers representing the alleged victims, said today that there has been an “enormous” response to the investigation.

Their statement said: “We can confirm that we now represent 60 survivors as part of our claim, with more to come.

“To reiterate, our claim is becoming increasingly global in scope.

“We thank each of these brave women for placing their trust in us as we now move forward together.

“As we said last week, given our prolonged experience in dealing with the women impacted by this case, we expected that anywhere Mohamed al-Fayed went, abuse would follow. Sadly, this has proven to be true.

“We are now in possession of credible evidence of abuse at other Al Fayed properties and businesses, including Fulham Football Club.”

Al-Fayed bought Fulham in 1997 and under his ownership they rose to the top half of the Premier League in the early 2000s, peaking at qualification for the Europa League. He sold the club in 2013.

Extra precautions were put in place to protect Fulham’s women’s team from al-Fayed, former manager Gaute Haugenes said.

Fulham FC said: “We remain in the process of establishing whether anyone at the club is or has been affected by the reports concerning Mr al-Fayed.”

The FA said it was “aware of the reports and will remain in contact with Fulham FC to monitor the matter.”

On Thursday, the Metropolitan Police confirmed they are investigating a number of new allegations made against al-Fayed, in addition to prior reports.

They said they will carry out “full reviews of all existing allegations” of incidents said to have taken place between 1979 and 2013, to ensure there are “no new lines of inquiry based on new information which has emerged.”

The current managing director of Harrods, Michael Ward, has said he was “not aware” of the “criminality and abuse” and described it as a “shameful period in the business’s history.”

Ward apologised and said the business “failed our colleagues.”

He said in a statement that it was clear al-Fayed “presided over a toxic culture of secrecy, intimidation, fear of repercussion and sexual misconduct.”

Another alleged victim told the BBC she was summoned to the billionaire businessman’s apartment where “he became angry, the doors were locked and I couldn’t get out. He raped me.”

Five women claim they were raped by al-Fayed, who died last year at the age of 94, and a number of others have alleged sexual misconduct.

The Met said they were contacting lawyers representing alleged victims to “ensure they have the opportunity to speak with us and report any offences.”

The barristers representing the survivors are Dean Armstrong KC, Bruce Drummond, Maria Mulla and Gloria Allred.