TV personality Bianca Gascoigne has reflected on one of the "worst ordeals" of her life as she opened up on the alleged abuse she suffered at the hands of Mohamed Al Fayed . The 37-year-old appeared on ITV's This Morning to explain that she was previously groomed by the late Harrods owner when she was 16 years old. Sharing her ordeal with presenters Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley , Bianca, who is the adopted daughter of ex-England footballer Paul Gascoigne, alleged she was forced to interact with Al Fayed in an inappropriate way.
Talking candidly about her previous role, Bianca explained that she had worked her way up in the company and became a fashion buyer at Harrods. But this also meant she had to deal with the business owner a lot more. When asked to share details of her painful experience and what took place in her interactions with Al Fayed, she said: "First of all it very much started with grooming, he always wanted to be there for me, very supportive.
He told me I was doing very good, unfortunately, he would bring up my dad's illness. "He'd use that because he must of thought I was quite vulnerable. So he would say he would be the father figure.
"Shortly after it would be like the touching and then obviously leaning in for a kiss," she added. "He put his tongue down my mouth and to be honest how I dealt with it was pretty much like an out-of-body experience." The star added that the unpleasant occurrences made her feel "dirty" and "scared" to open up as she held back te.
