From the Courthouse News Service (CN) - A Virginia mother claims in a lawsuit that her 13-year-old daughter was sexually assaulted by an Uber driver whom she'd previously complained about due to his inappropriate behavior. In a complaint filed in Virginia Beach, Va., the unidentified mother says her daughter downloaded the Uber app to her [...]
From the Naples Herald Alvaro Gutierrez, 41, was arrested Thursday evening for what could be his fourth DUI offense at the Ridge Port Plaza, according to an arrest report. Officers responded to calls about a possible impaired driver, the report said. The suspect vehicle was reported to be aggressively driving, and tried to “ram” someone’s vehicle. [...]
From GeekWire Lyft deactivated a driver in Seattle after police say he demanded sex from a rider before dragging her beside his car as she tried to retrieve her lost phone. The Seattle Police Departmentdescribed the incident here, which happened early Saturday morning around 1:30 a.m. in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. After being dropped off [...]
From Gothamist An Uber driver in New Jersey has been fired after he locked himself in the backseat with a drunken female passenger and started fondling himself. "The driver has been permanently removed from the Uber platform for his inappropriate behavior, and we have reached out to the rider to apologize for such an uncomfortable [...]
From India.com In yet another incident in the national capital Uber can driver allegedly molested a female passenger in Gurgaon. The woman alleged that the Uber driver tried to forcefully kiss her and molest while she was in the cab. Uber has now suspended the driver and will be looking into the matter directly. Delhi [...]
From the Globe and Mail A Mississauga Uber driver is facing a charge of sexual assault after allegedly assaulting a female passenger this week. According to York Regional Police, the assault happened early Sunday morning, after a woman and her two friends used the ride-sharing app to arrange a pickup from a downtown Toronto nightclub. [...]
From Gothamist A 28-year-old financial analyst said she was sexually assaulted by a driver claiming to work for Uber in late March. Now she wants to share her story to try to keep the same thing from happening to others. We are not naming her at her request. The trouble started shortly after midnight on [...]
From CBS New York NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A woman said she had escaped from an Uber car early Thursday, after the driver started to assault her. The woman spoke exclusively to CBS2’s Tracee Carrasco. She was still too shaken to be on camera or have her name used. “My only fault that night was [...]
From NBC Los Angeles A University of Southern California student has accused an Uber driver of raping her after driving her home from a party. The alleged assault happened in a residence after she was taken home from an off-campus event in downtown Los Angeles on April 25, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman said. [...]
From Channel 3000 MADISON, Wis. -A 23-year-old Madison woman told police that an Uber driver touched her inappropriately early Saturday morning. The woman told police that she was picked up near Langdon Street and Wisconsin Avenue by a driver who asked her to sit in the front seat. She said he touched her leg and [...]