{"id":1149440,"date":"2022-07-14T20:51:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/14\/uber-sued-over-claims-of-sexual-assault\/"},"modified":"2022-07-14T20:51:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:51:35","slug":"uber-sued-over-claims-of-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/14\/uber-sued-over-claims-of-sexual-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber sued over claims of sexual assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Uber-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Uber \/ Credit: GETTY IMAGES\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uber \/ Credit: GETTY IMAGES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Uber is being sued in the US by 550 women who were allegedly assaulted by drivers on the ride-hailing platform.<\/p>\n<p>The filing includes allegations women passengers \u201cwere kidnapped, sexually assaulted, sexually battered, raped, falsely imprisoned, stalked, harassed, or otherwise attacked by Uber drivers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The case was filed at the San Francisco County Superior Court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSexual assault is a horrific crime and we take every single report seriously,\u201d an Uber spokesperson told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing more important than safety, which is why Uber has built new safety features, established survivor-centric policies, and been more transparent about serious incidents. While we can\u2019t comment on pending litigation, we will continue to keep safety at the heart of our work,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The complaint,\u00a0filed by attorneys at law firm Slater Slater Schulman, alleged that the sexual assaults took place in \u201cmultiple states\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It also said that at least another 150 potential cases are being \u201cactively investigated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit alleges that as early as 2014 Uber became aware that its drivers were sexually assaulting and raping female passengers. But the filing claims that the company prioritised \u201cgrowth over customer safety\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUber\u2019s whole business model is predicated on giving people a safe ride home, but rider safety was never their concern \u2013 growth was, at the expense of their passengers\u2019 safety,\u201d Adam Slater, founding partner of Slater Slater Schulman, said.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Uber released its\u00a0second US Safety Report, which showed there were 998 sexual assault incidents, including 141 rape reports, in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In the report, the company said it had received a total of 3,824 reports of the five most severe categories of sexual assault between 2019 and 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The firm\u2019s first safety report, which details incidents from 2017 to 2018, found 5,981 reports of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>Uber\u2019s most serious categories of sexual assault range from \u201cnon-consensual kissing of a non-sexual body part\u201d to \u201cnon-consensual sexual penetration,\u201d or rape.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"AMwydkBWltc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Coach Otto Addo, enough of the talking, you are yet to prove yourself - Fire For Fire (14-7-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AMwydkBWltc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uber \/ Credit: GETTY IMAGES Uber is being sued in the US by 550 women who were allegedly assaulted by drivers on the ride-hailing platform. The filing includes allegations women passengers \u201cwere kidnapped, sexually assaulted, sexually battered, raped, falsely imprisoned, stalked, harassed, or otherwise attacked by Uber drivers\u201d. 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