The 21-year-old's case is one of many similar lawsuits filed against the company nationwide. ABC13 breaks down the number of incidents recorded.
The 21-year-old woman, who filed the civil lawsuit as Jane Doe, was headed home after a night out with friends on Sept. 18 at about 2:30 a.m. and was drunk, according to the suit. The woman became sick in the Uber, and she said the driver pulled the car over. She told Houston police the same day that the man touched her breast.The woman filed a sexual assault report with Uber, but her attorney, Bret Stanley, said she has not heard if the driver was removed from their pool of drivers.
The same report notes between 2017 and 2020, there were 9,805 sexual assaults reported to them. The company defines sexual assault as non-consensual kissing, touching, and penetration of sexual and non-sexual body parts.During the same time period, riders were accused of being the aggressor in an average of 44% of the reported assaults.Uber does not include sexual misconduct in the sexual assault count.
In addition to representing the Houston Jane Doe, Stanley is part of multi-district litigation, or MDL, filed against Uber for sexual assaults on passengers. So far, he said there are 180 cases from across the nation in the MDL, and he anticipates more will be filed.
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