FORMER Fulham Ladies captain Ronnie Gibbons has alleged that she was twice sexually assaulted by the club’s late owner Mohamed al-Fayed.

Gibbons, who skippered Fulham in the 2000-01 season, alleged that 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.

Lawyers representing Gibbons have told the PA news agency she has waived her anonymity, using an interview with The Athletic to say she felt she could not speak out about the abuse at the time for fear of jeopardising the future of the women’s team.