Melissa

I was nineteen years old when Mohamed Al-Fayed sexually assaulted me.  But it wasn't just sexual assault.  He took my passport, took control of my belongings, controlled my every movement - I couldn't even go to the bathroom alone. He kidnapped me, held me captive, and assaulted me repeatedly.

My father was the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and even that could not protect me from a man whose power had built a wall of silence around him for decades. 

That is how protected he was, and that is why those who protected him must be held accountable. Fayed had enablers at every level - people who knew, people who assisted, and people who looked the other way. I and the survivors of this campaign are not just seeking justice for what one man did to us.  We are fighting to ensure that the institutions and individuals who made it all possible cannot hide behind his death as though the story ended with him - because it didn't.

We deserve independent, transparent, survivor-led accountability. I am proud to stand with J4FHS.