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Assault on January 26, 2023
WSB-TV reports on a woman who suffered sexual battery at the hands of her Cobb County Uber driver. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous out of fear of retaliation, says that she ordered an Uber to take her home from the hospital following foot surgery. The woman said that when she arrived
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The St. Louis Dispatch reports that on Friday, January 20, 2023, prosecutors charged 32 year old Lyft driver, Qandagha Raufi, with sexually assaulting a passenger earlier in the month. Charging documents state that Raufi picked up a woman at South 15th and Market in Downtown West in the early morning hours of January
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H.R. 1082, also known as “Sami’s Law”, was signed into law on January 5 by President Biden. The new law requires the Government Accountability Office to study and submit a biennial report to Congress regarding incidents of assaults involving passengers and drivers for rideshare companies such as Lyft and Uber. Additionally, the
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We recently wrote about Fort Myers Uber driver Felix Torres who was arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a passenger. According to a report by WFTX Fox 4, Torres has a violet criminal history with a rap sheet including arrests for breaking and entering and armed robbery. Despite his unlawful past, Torres passed
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Assault on December 7, 2022
The News-Press of Fort Myers reports that the Lee County Sheriff’s Office determined an Uber driver put on a mask before assaulting the female passenger he just dropped off. Deputies responded to a call at approximately 4:00 a.m. on Sunday December, 4th, in reference to a reported sexual battery. According to Lee
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San Jose media outlets are reporting that city leaders are working to force rideshare companies, such as Uber and Lyft, to forward reports of sexual assault to San Jose police. On Thursday, December 1st, 2022, the mayor of San Jose, representatives of the police department, and the district attorney said if the
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The Denver Post reports a Lyft Driver is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting, or attempting to sexually assault, 10 women he picked up for rides between 2018 and 2022. John Pastor-Medonza is charged with 41 felony counts, including a robbery charge, 10 counts of kidnapping, 12 counts of sexual assault, and
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ABC affiliate WFAA Dallas reports that an SMU student was allegedly sexually assaulted by Uber driver Alejandro Contreras in the early morning hours of Friday, October 14, 2022. The assault occurred on campus on the 3100 block of Daniel Avenue, also known as “sorority row.” According to the victim, Contreras assaulted her
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ABC affiliate WMTW in Portland Spring, Maine, reports that 28-year-old Milo resident and ex-Uber driver Joseph Graston has been arrested. He faces charges of gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact. Graston is accused of sexually assaulting a woman he picked up in Bangor while driving for Uber in June of 2022. The
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On Friday, September 16, 2022, President Biden signed a bill that will eliminate the statute of limitations to file civil claims for those who were sexually abused as minors. Titled, The Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act, the bill was passed by the United States House of Representatives
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