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DENVER — State Representative Jenny Willford filed a lawsuit against Lyft on Monday, claiming the company is aware of a 'systemic problem of sexual assault on passengers' following her own alleged assault.According to the lawsuit, Willford was sexually assaulted by a man pretending to be a Lyft driver in February 2024.
“The issue of account renting, if you're not familiar with the term, is one person will go through and create a legitimate account, pass a background check and often make money on the side or give a password to a friend,' said Carroll. “And now we have a stream of people with access to the Lyft accounts who have not passed a background check and are not a qualified driver in the state of Colorado using the app.
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