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On Wednesday September 9, 2020, Jason Humberto Rodas an Uber driver from Garden Grove was arrested on charges of kidnapping, rape, and robbery in Santa Ana. According to the Santa Ana Police Department, the victim is a 51-year-old woman. She called for an Uber driver at about 4 in the morning to

In September of 2019 we reported that Octavio Alvarez Gomez, a rideshare driver for Lyft and Uber in the Van Nuys, CA, area, had been charged with one count each of kidnapping to commit rape and rape of an unconscious person. As an update to this case, on September 8 of 2020, CBSLA

According to an article published on September 1, 2020, in the Los Angeles Times, the ridesharing giant Uber may face big fines for stonewalling the California Public Utilites Commission in regard to the company’s sexual assault data. Uber has spent nine months battling California regulators’ demands for detailed information on sexual harassment and

Sexual assault can impact your mind, body, and psychological well-being. Experiencing an assault can affect you for years after the event, leading to serious complications. Many survivors develop mental health conditions, severe reactions to triggering events, and unhealthy and dangerous coping mechanisms, among other adverse effects, following their assault. #1: Depression Depression

Sexual assault is a pervasive problem in the United States. According to the Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN), approximately one person experiences sexual assault every 73 seconds. One child experiences sexual assault every nine minutes — and only 5 out of every 1,000 sexual assault perpetrators go to jail for

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the country, many state and local governments are requiring residents to wear masks to prevent transmitting the virus. In areas where mandatory mask orders do not exist, retailers, restaurants, and other businesses are requiring patrons to wear a mask when visiting their locations. Although

On Tuesday, August 18, 2020, Mohammad Rahman, a Lyft driver in Orange County, was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a passenger while she was sleeping. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau, the alleged incident occurred on June 12, when an adult female reported that she had been sexually

In March 2019, a man posing as an Uber driver murdered college student Samantha Josephson in Columbia, South Carolina. Josephson, known as Sami to her friends and family, mistook another vehicle for her Uber after a night out with friends. Josephson’s murder was a wake-up call to many on the risks of

Lyft sexual assault survivor seeks to empower women to come forward ‘I have not heard anything from Lyft or had any support from them at all’ – Lyft sexual assault victim Tykaja Hall The case of 21-year-old Tykaja Hall is yet another example of how Lyft ignores customers and leaves them to

A Lyft safety officer dismissed a blind rape victim’s complaint, telling her ‘we’ll cooperate with police if we need to’ Many disabled people are able to live independently but getting around can be challenging in a car-based society like ours. So, ride-hailing companies like Lyft can go a long way toward helping