Hundreds of Women Sue Uber Over Sexual Assault by Drivers
The lawsuit alleges passengers "were kidnapped, sexually assaulted, sexually battered, raped, falsely imprisoned, stalked, harassed, or otherwise attacked by Uber drivers."
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Uber is being sued by some 550 women who allege they were assaulted by drivers, reports Axios. The lawsuit alleges passengers “were kidnapped, sexually assaulted, sexually battered, raped, falsely imprisoned, stalked, harassed, or otherwise attacked by Uber drivers.” The complaint comes days after the company released its second safety report, covering 2019-20, showing 3,824 Uber drivers and riders reported sexual assaults — a decline of 38 percent from the previous report. Adam Slater, a founding partner of Slater Slater Schulman, who filed the complaint in the San Francisco County Superior Court, said in a statement that while Uber “has acknowledged this crisis of sexual assault in recent years, its actual response has been slow and inadequate, with horrific consequences.”
