From Click 2 Houston HOUSTON - An Uber driver is accused of sexually assaulting a customer in Houston. Police say Duncan Eric Burton raped a passenger. According to the Houston Police Department, the victim, who was visiting from out of town and out with a group of friends at a bar in the Midtown area, [...]
From the Quinnipiac Chronicle After a Quinnipiac female student entered what she trusted to be an Uber taxi last month in New Haven, two men attempted to sexually assault her, according to a crime report from the Hamden Police Department. The car picked her up near Yorkside Pizza next to Toad’s Place between 1-1:30 a.m [...]
From the Verge An Uber driver in France has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a female passenger outside a nightclub in Paris. As first reported by French daily Le Parisien, the unnamed driver is due to appear before a judge on May 29th and, if convicted, could face up to five years in prison [...]
From Jezebel A Philadelphia woman told Philadelphia police she was raped by an UberX driver on February 6, who then drove her around for nearly two hours, refusing to let her out of the car. When Philadelphia reached out to Uber for comment, the company was unaware the rape had occurred. That was 40 days [...]
From the Los Angeles Times An Uber driver is under investigation after a woman reported that she was sexually assaulted in Mar Vista, police said Tuesday. The woman was waiting for a ride between 10:30 and 11:30 p.m. Saturday when the driver pulled next to her near Palms Boulevard and Beethoven Street, LAPDDet. Kimberly Porter [...]
From NBC Chicago An UberX driver has been charged in connection with the sexual assault of a passenger last summer in the Lakeview neighborhood on the North Side.. Adnan Nafasat, 46, of Villa Park, was charged Wednesday with criminal sexual assault, unlawful restraint and kidnapping, according to Chicago Police News Affairs. Bond has been set at [...]
From the Herald Sun A MELBOURNE teenager has allegedly been indecently assaulted by a driver she hired through an app-based taxi service to take her home on New Year’s Day. The 19-year-old woman booked a transport service through popular smartphone app Uber and was picked up on King St about 4am, Victoria Police said. “During [...]
From Gothamist [Update Below] Uber has been the subject of a wave of bad press in recent months across the world, even as its bloomed with billions in estimated revenues. Having drivers who wish death upon cancer patients certainly isn't helping—nor will having drivers who go out of their way to zigzag across Manhattan to [...]
From Buzzfeed News An Uber customer who reported that her driver offered her oral sex during a ride in London in March was offered £20 ($31) credit as compensation, Newsweek reported. The rider notified the company of her driver’s misconduct in an email, which Newsweek reported seeing. The email said: “Driver was very forward and [...]
From ValleyWag Several days ago, a Los Angeles Uber customer decided to leave a party for home early via UberX, the company's affordable taxi replacement. Instead of taking her home, the driver took her on a nightmare ride to an abandoned lot—and Uber doesn't seem to care. The passenger—who asked that I not use her [...]