Sir Philip Green slams Lord Hain for unmasking him as businessman at centre of harassment allegations
Sir Philip Green has slammed Lord Hain after the peer named him as the businessman at the centre of allegations of sexual harassment and racial abuse.
The business tycoon, who has denied all the allegations, was named by Lord Hain under parliamentary privilege after the Daily Telegraph was banned from identifying Green through an injunction.
The Topshop billionaire said he would lodge a formal complaint against Hain with the House of Lords.
“As many people have said, Lord Hain's blatant disregard of a judgment made by three senior judges is outrageous,” he said in a statement to the BBC.
The Labour peer said it was his duty to unmask Green as it was in the public interest and Hain has since stood by his actions amid criticism.
The Telegraph was due to publish an article on Wednesday based on an eight-month investigation into allegations of sexual harassment, racist abuse and bullying made against a prominent figure.
But the newspaper was barred from doing so by the Court of Appeal.
Instead the paper revealed five members of staff experienced harassment while working with an unnamed “leading businessman” and were silenced by non-disclosure agreements.
On Thursday Lord Hain, who it has since emerged is a paid adviser of the law firm used by the Telegraph, named Green in the House of Lords as the man at the centre of the allegations.
The retail mogul is currently in Tucson, Arizona and believed to be staying at his £2.3m home in the grounds a luxury health spa.
Green said he "categorically and wholly" denies all allegations of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour in a statement earlier this week.