According to a report by American Broadcasting Company (ABC) on July 14, "about 550" women are suing the US online ride-hailing company "Uber" (Uber), claiming that they have been sexually assaulted by drivers on the platform. A law firm said it filed legal action against the company in a San Francisco court on Wednesday.
Source: Report screenshot
The indictment filed by Slater Slater Schulman LLP of San Francisco stated that these female passengers came from multiple states in the United States and were "kidnapped, sexually assaulted, sexually abused, raped, falsely imprisoned, stalked, harassed, or otherwise attacked by drivers matched by the Uber platform."
reported that Adam Slater, a founding partner of the law firm, said that the sexual assaults occurred between 2015 and this year. So far, the law firm has filed lawsuits against 25 of them and plans to file the remainder in the coming months.
"Uber" company said in this regard: "So far, this law firm has actually filed only 12 lawsuits against Uber."
reported that about two weeks ago, "Uber" company released a safety report stating that between 2019 and 2020, the company received at least 3824 reports of sexual assault incidents, including "non-consensual kissing of non-sexual body parts" and "non-consensual sexual behavior". The number of reports of such sexual assaults dropped by 38% from 2017 to 2018. The report noted that this volume change may be affected by changes in overall usage of ride-hailing platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Slater said: "Uber's entire business model is based on getting people home safely, but Uber has never cared about the safety of its passengers - the company's development has been at the expense of the safety of its passengers. Although the company has acknowledged this sexual assault crisis in recent years, its actual response has been very slow and its response measures have been insufficient, resulting in dire consequences."
The indictment also pointed out that "Uber" learned of allegations that female passengers were assaulted by platform drivers as early as 2014.
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