MEDIA ARTICLES ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE COMMITTED BY RIDE-HAIL APP DRIVERS

Trigger Warning: Sexual assault, rape, kidnap

Here are a collection of media articles about sexual assault committed by a ride-hail app driver:

Atlanta, Georgia Uber Driver Charged in Sexual Assault of 16-Year-Old Girl(12/14/17)

Uber Driver Exposed Himself To Passenger In Garden City, New York, Police Say (12/12/17)

Ride-Hail Driver Wanted For Washington, DC Sexual Assault (12/11/17)

77-Year-Old Fort Worth, Texas Woman Claiming Assault Files Suit Against Uber (12/8/17)

Orlando, Florida Uber Driver Accused of Sexually Assaulting Passenger (12/8/2017)

Boston, Massachusetts Uber Driver Charged With Raping, Kidnapping Passenger (11/30/17)

Fitchburg, Wisconsin Uber Driver Charged With Beating and Raping Passenger (11/30/17)

Manassas City, Virginia Uber Drive Allegedly Rapes Passenger (11/28/17)

Uber Driver Allegedly Sexually Assaulted a Woman at American University in Washington, D.C. (11/20/17)

San Francisco, California Woman Sues Uber Alleging Driver Raped Her (11/16/17)

Toledo, Ohio Uber Driver Admits to Forcing Passenger to Take Shots, Kissing Her  (11/15/17)

Omaha, Nebraska Woman Allegedly Sexually Assaulted by Uber Driver (11/12/17)

Raleigh, North Carolina Student Says Uber Driver Fondled Her (11/1/17)

Alleged Sexual Assault by San Antonio, Texas Uber Driver (10/23/17)

Kondapur, India Uber Driver Held For Sexually Harassing Passenger (10/22/17)

Davie, Florida Uber Driver Forced Teen To Perform Oral Sex, Police Say (10/20/17)

Lawsuit: Uber Driver Sexually Assaulted, Harassed Chicago, Illinois Woman (10/19/17)

Cops: Pittsburgh Uber Driver Kidnapped, Fondled Female Rider (10/17/17)

13 Reported Uber ‘sex Attacks’ since 2015 in England Outside of London (10/1/17)

Southport, Australia Uber Driver Denied Bail on Rape Charges (9/30/17)

Uber Driver Charged With Assaulting Middletown, Rhode Island Woman (9/26/17)

Report: Former Lyft Driver Accused of Raping Zionsville, Indiana Woman (9/23/17)

Minneapolis, Minnesota Police Warn Ride-Share App Users After Four Reported Assaults (9/23/17)

Lawsuit Claims Uber Driver Talked to San Francisco, California Teen Rider about Her Virginity, His Erection (9/22/17)

Morgantown, West Virginia Lyft Driver Charged with Sexual Assault (9/21/17)

Police Investigate Boston, Massachusetts Lyft Driver for Alleged Sexual Assault (9/20/17)

Morgantown, West Virginia Uber Driver Arrested on Charges of Sexual Assault (9/18/17)

Seattle, Washington Police: Uber Driver Allegedly Groped Passenger (9/15/17)

Uber Driver Charged with Raping Kent, Washington Woman (9/15/17)

Fourth Brisbane, Australia Uber Driver Accused of Sexual Assault Since July (9/11/17)

Detroit, Michigan Uber Driver Accused of Raping Passenger in Police Custody (9/8/17)

Singapore Uber Driver Who Molested Woman Gets Probation (9/5/17)

After Alleged Sexual Assault by Her Uber Driver in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Brazilian Activist Launches Online Campaign (9/1/17)

Lawsuit Against Lyft Following Alleged Rape in Cardiff, California (8/28/17)

Ex-Uber Driver Admits Raping More than a Dozen Women and Girls Near El Cajon, California (8/22/17)

London, England Uber Driver Accused of Raping a Passenger ‘Freaked Out’ When She Told Him She ‘Had HIV’, Court Hears (8/22/17)

Chicago, Illinois Uber Driver Locked Passenger in Vehicle, Demanded Sex, Authorities Say (8/19/17)

Uber Driver in New York City Allegedly Rapes Unconscious Passenger in His Home after She Falls Asleep in His Car (8/18/17)

Former Uber Driver Admits to Exposing Himself to Multiple Young Girls in Malden, Massachusetts (8/16/17)

Former Uber Driver Accused of Raping Sleeping Passenger in Tulsa, Oklahoma (8/16/17)

Police: Third Woman In Brisbane, Australia Sexually Assaulted by an Uber Driver Since July, Cases Unrelated (8/9/17)

San Diego Police Investigate Claim That Lyft Driver Sexually Assaulted Woman (8/4/17)

Police: Ride Hail Driver Repeatedly Raped Woman in Seattle, Washington (8/2/17)

How Safe Is Your Uber? Growing Concern as Police Figures Suggest Company’s Drivers Are Linked to One Sex Attack in London per Week (7/28/17)

Chicago, Illinois Lyft Driver Kidnapped, Zip-Tied And Raped Passenger, Prosecutors Say (7/24/17)

Uber Driver Charged with Raping Teenage Girl in Brisbane, Australia (7/14/17)

Uber Driver Arrested Over Sexual Assault Allegation in York, England (7/12/17)

Uber Driver Held for Raping a Woman in Ghaziabad, India (7/9/17)

Uber Driver Charged with Sexual Assault in Brisbane, Australia (7/7/17)

San Antonio, Texas Woman Passenger Sues Lyft, Driver Accused of Rape (7/6/17)

Uber Driver Wanted for Sexual Assault in Hyattsville, Maryland (7/6/17)

Uber Driver Charged with Sexually Assaulting Young Female Passenger in Suburban Toronto, Canada (7/5/17)

Sappy County, Nebraska Uber Driver Allegedly Threatened Passenger Who Wouldn’t Date Him (7/3/17)

Kansas City, Missouri Woman Sues Uber For Negligence After Driver Allegedly Raped Her (6/28/17)

Uber Driver in Perth, Australia Allegedly Molested Passenger (6/27/17)

Gainesville, Florida Uber Driver Diverts Ride, Gropes Woman: Police (6/26/17)

Los Angeles, California Uber Driver Accused of Kidnapping, Sexually Assaulting Passenger (6/26/17)

Los Angeles, California Customer Sues After Uber Driver Allegedly Stuck Hand Up Her Dress (6/22/17)

Allentown, Pennsylvania Uber, Lyft Driver Offered Minor Money And Rides For Sex, Cops Say (6/21/17)

Los Angeles, California Lyft Driver Dropped Pants, Says Passenger (6/19/17)

Uber Driver Allegedly Sexually Assaults Woman In Detroit, Michigan (6/13/17)

Uber Driver Arrested In Sexual Battery Of Passenger In Moraga, California (6/6/17)

Naples, Florida Woman Claims She Was Raped By Uber Driver (6/2/17)

Uber, Lyft driver stalked Hazlet, New Jersey teen, police say (5/25/17)

Police Identify Uber Driver Wanted in Connection With Sexual Assault of University Student in Riverside, California (5/24/17)

Toronto Uber driver charged with kidnapping, forcible confinement (5/23/17)

Florida Uber driver arrested after sexually assaulting 14-year-old passenger: Police (5/12/17)

Palm Beach County, Florida Uber driver accused of kidnapping, sexual battery and burglary (5/9/17)

University of Kentucky Police Department: Student Reports Sexual Abuse on Campus by Uber Driver (4/27/17)

Uber driver in Orange County, California charged with raping his passenger (4/26/17)

Newton, Massachusetts Uber Driver Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Female Passenger (4/25/17)

Uber driver accused of sexually assaulting passenger in Akron, Ohio turns himself in (4/12/17)

Everett, Massachusetts Lyft driver accused of sexually assaulting developmentally-delayed passenger (3/20/17)

New Dehli Uber driver harasses woman rider; investigation on (3/16/17)

Uber driver suspended, investigated for making advances on women in Greenville, North Carolina (3/15/17)

Uber driver charged with raping passenger in Virginia Beach (3/7/17)

Minnesota Woman: After I Rebuffed My Uber Driver’s Advances, He Tried to Rape Me (2/25/17)

Toronto Police make arrest in alleged sexual assault of woman by Uber driver (2/14/17)

Lyft driver accused of raping woman on ride home, Atlanta, Georgia (1/27/17)

Lyft sued by Westwood, California woman over allegations of driver sexual assault (1/19/17)

San Antonio, Texas Uber Driver Accused of Raping 22-Year-Old Woman (1/16/17)

London Uber Driver Charged with Sexually Assaulting Passenger (12/19/16)

Former Uber Driver Charged With Sexually Assaulting Passenger in Houston, Texas (12/9/16)

Uber Driver Arrested in Melbourne, Australia Over Alleged Sexual Assault (12/5/16)

Sacramento, California Uber Driver Under Investigation After Woman’s ‘Creepy’ Ride (11/24/16)

Woman Claims Uber Driver Sexually Assaulted Her, Ross, Pennsylvania Police Investigating (11/23/16)

Dallas, Texas Woman says Lyft Driver Threatened, Harassed Her (11/16/16)

Ohio Woman Says Uber Driver Sexually Assaulted Her Inside Her Home: Mayfield Heights Police Blotter (11/9/16)

Uber Driver Charged with Sexually Assaulting Teenage Girl in Laguna Beach, California (11/8/16)

Uber Just Settled a Huge Sexual-Assault Lawsuit in California (11/4/16)

Palo Alto, California Police Arrest Uber Driver on Suspicion of Sexual Battery, Stalking (11/1/16)

Uber Driver Accused of Raping Passenger in Miami-Dade County, Florida (10/20/16)

Uber Says It’s Helping New Jersey Police After Driver Charged in Sex Attack (10/19/16)

Uber Driver Charged with Sexually Abusing 14-Year-Old Girl near Ceresville, Maryland (10/19/16)

YouTube Personality Alleges Toronto Uber Driver Demanded Blowjob for Payment (10/19/16)

Paterson, New Jersey Man Charged with Sexually Assaulting Passenger Was Driving for Uber, Company Confirms (10/19/16)

Dallas, Texas Woman Says Uber Driver Sexted Her During Ride (10/7/16)

Uber Driver Charged with Harassing Women in Shippensburg Township, Pennsylvania (10/6/16)

Uber Driver Sexually Assaults Woman After Turning Off Ride Sharing App, Sydney, Australia (10/5/16)

Davis Police Searching For California Man Who Posed As Uber Driver, Demanded Kiss As Payment (10/3/16)

New Alleged Sexual Assault Involving Uber Driver Under Investigation in San Antonio, Texas (9/30/16)

Lyft Driver Arrested, Accused of Raping Customer in Orange County, Florida (9/29/16)

New York Man Claims Uber Laughed at Him When He Tried to Report Sexual Assault (9/23/16)

Former Uber, Lyft Driver Charged with Assaulting Passengers in Escondido, California (9/22/16)

Uber Driver Charged with Sexual Assault of Passenger on Sydney, Australia’s North Shore (9/20/16)

Woman Claimed she was Raped by Uber Driver on Way Home from Night Out, Manchester, England (9/2/16)

Police: Uber Driver Exposed Himself to Women in Malden and Everett, Massachusetts (8/29/16)

Student says she was Sexually Assaulted by Uber Driver, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (8/23/16)

Two Women Take to Facebook Against Harassment by Uber Drivers, One Held in Mumbai (8/20/16)

Local Uber Driver Arrested for Raping Women in Boynton Beach, Florida (8/19/16)

Atlanta, Georgia Woman Leaving Buckhead Bar Says Uber Driver Raped Her (8/16/16)

Uber Driver Charged with Rape in Everett Massachusetts (8/11/16)

St. Louis, Missouri Rape Investigation Delayed by Uber’s ‘Technical Obstacles’ (8/7/16)

‘I Don’t Feel Safe Anymore’: Los Angeles, California Woman Claims Uber Driver Lunged At Her, Shoved Tongue In Mouth (8/5/16)

Uber, LTFRB Investigating Alleged Rape of Passenger in Manila, Philippines (8/2/16)

Quezon City, Philippines Uber Driver who Allegedly Raped Female Passenger has a Girlfriend, still Demanded Payment for Uber Ride (8/1/16)

Uber Driver Arrested for Sexual Assault in Palo Alto, California (7/23/16)

West Hollywood, California Woman Sues Uber for Negligence after Being Raped by Driver (7/22/16)

Kolkata, India: What this Woman Did after Uber Driver Threatened to Rape her will Leave you Shocked! (7/16/16)

Police Warn Users after Alleged Uber Rape, Sandton, South Africa (7/16/16)

Chicago Uber Driver Charged in Sexual Assault of Intoxicated Passenger (7/15/16)

Uber Driver Arrested after Attempting to Rape a Passenger in India (7/8/16)

Massachusetts Uber Driver Accused of Harassing, Groping Female Passenger (7/6/16)

Uber Driver Faces Charges of Sex Assault on Woman in Orlando, Florida (6/29/16)

Uber Driver Charged Following Sexual Assault of Boy in Oshawa, Canada: Police (6/15/16)

Woman Says Uber Driver Molested Her in Utah (6/9/16)

Uber Drivers Accused of 32 Rapes and Sex Attacks on London Passengers Over the Past Year (5/19/16)

Mexico City Uber Driver Arrested for Allegedly Raping and Robbing Passenger (5/9/16)

Woman Claims Uber Driver Sexually Assaulted Her During Ride to North Salt Lake City (5/4/16)

Seattle Uber, Lyft Drivers Investigated for Sexual Assault (4/28/16)

Toronto Uber Driver Charged With Sexual Assault (4/27/16)

Honolulu Uber Driver Arrested and Charged with Sex Assault (4/20/16)

PolitiFact: In Uber fight, statistics get twisted like a bad wreck (4/15/16)

Raleigh, NC Uber Driver Arrested and Charged with Sexual Battery (4/1/16)

San Diego Uber Driver Charged with Rape of an Intoxicated Person, Faces 8 Years in Prison (3/30/16)

Two East Lansing, Michigan, Uber Drivers Charged with Criminal Sexual Assault (3/18/16)

Uber Driver Charged with Felony Forcible Rape and Two Other Felony Sex-Related Offenses Against Passenger in Orange County, California (3/17/16)

Guleph, Ontario, Uber driver charged with sexual assault (3/14/16)

Grand jury indicts Murfreesboro, TN, Uber driver on two counts of aggravated rape and two counts of rape (3/14/16)

Seattle-area Lyft and Uber driver accused of trying to sexually assault a passenger charged with attempted rape (3/11/16)

Brooklyn Uber Driver Exposes Himself To, Sexually Assaults Passenger (2/29/16)

Woman in Henry County, GA, Accuses Uber Driver of Attacking, Groping Her (2/29/16)

Police Say 2 Students At Michigan State University Have Been Sexually Assaulted by a Rideshare Driver (2/26/16)

Perth, Canada Uber Driver in Court over Alleged Indecent Assault of Female Passenger (2/25/16)

University of North Florida Student Files Suit for Battery After Alleging Her Lyft Driver Groped Her (2/12/16)

Uber Driver Arrested for Allegedly Molesting Journalist in Delhi, India (1/22/16)

Lyft Passenger in Jacksonville, FL, Granted Temporary Injunction to Protect Her From Stalking By Driver Who Allegedly Sexually Assaulted Her (1/18/16)

Uber Passenger Sues Driver for Sexual Assaulted and Battery,  False Imprisonment, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress and Negligence in Los Angeles (1/18/16)

Uber Driver Indicted for One Count of Rape, Two Counts of Indecent Assault and Battery on a Person Over 14 and One Count of Assault to Rape on Cape Cod (1/8/16)

Uber Driver Sexually Assaults Athens, GA, Customer in Burglary of Her Home, Police Say (1/7/16)

Uber Driver Arrested in Connection with Scottsdale, AZ, Sexual Assault Against Teen Passenger (1/1/16)

Dozens of Students Accuse Uber Driver of Harassment, Intimidation in Geuleph, Canada (11/26/15)

Kansas City, MO, Police Report 7 Sexual Assaults by Ride-hailing Drivers Since 2014 (11/23/15)

Los Angeles Uber Driver Accused of Sexual Battery after Allegedly Groping USC Student (11/22/15)

Uber Driver Accused of Sexually Assaulting a Passenger in Denver, CO (11/19/15)

Lyft Driver Held at $1 Million Bond After Allegedly Raping Passenger in Dallas, TX (11/16/15)

Austin, TX Police Investigating 7 Cases of Alleged Sexual Assault by Uber, Lyft Drivers (11/13/15)

British Uber Driver Gets 8 Months in Jail For Sexually Assaulting a Passenger (11/5/15)

San Diego Lawsuit: Lyft Driver Groped Passenger (10/30/15)

‘Ridesharing’ Driver Charged with Allegedly Raping a British Tourist in Sydney, Australia (10/22/15)

Uber Driver Sought for Alleged Sexual Assault in Toronto in June, 2015 (9/25/15)

Toronto Uber Driver Accused of Sexually Assaulting a Passenger in His Vehicle (9/17/15)

Woman in Ohio Allegedly Sexually Assaulted by Uber Driver (9/10/15)

Uber Driver in New Jersey Accused of Raping a Female Customer (8/28/15)

An Uber Driver in China Charged with Robbery and Rape (8/26/15)

Philadelphia Uber Driver Accused of Rape in June Loses Bail Request (8/12/15)

Uber Driver Accused of Kidnapping and Raping a Female Passenger in South Carolina (8/12/15)

Uber Driver Charged with Sexual Battery in Virginia (8/6/15)

Uber Driver Accused of Sexual Assault in Dallas (8/1/15)

Uber Driver Allegedly Caught Masturbating In Front of Female Passenger in India (7/22/15)

Uber Driver Linked by DNA Evidence, Witness Accounts to Five Other Sexual Assaults in Boston between 2006 and 2010(7/14/15)

Uber Driver in Chicago Allegedly Exposes Himself to a Female Passenger, Uber Admits He Should Have Failed Background Check (6/26/15)

Virginia Mother Alleges Uber Driver Molested Her 13-year-old Daughter (6/16/15)

Lyft Driver in Seattle Allegedly Drags Customer Behind Car After Demanding Sex (6/5/15)

Uber Driver in New Jersey Fondles Himself in Backseat with Female Passenger (6/3/15)

Uber New Delhi Molestation Case: Uber Cab Driver Suspended After He Molested Female Passenger in Gurgaon (6/1/15)

Mississauga, Canada, Uber driver is facing a charge of sexual assault after allegedly assaulting a female passenger (5/20/15)

University of Southern California Student Says Uber Driver Raped Her After Party (5/1/15)

New York Woman Says Uber Driver Grabbed, Assaulted Her (4/30/15)

Wisconsin Woman Tells Police Uber Driver Inappropriately Touched Her (4/27/15)

Houston Uber Driver Accused of Rape Started Work After 14 Years in Federal Prison (4/7/15)

Uber Driver Arrested on Sexual Assault Charges in Paris (3/25/15)

Philadelphia Woman Says She Was Raped and Kidnapped by an UberX Driver (3/24/15)

Uber Driver Tried to Rape Seattle, Washington-Area Passenger (3/11/15)

Uber Driver Investigated After Alleged Sexual Assault in Mar Vista, California (2/3/15)

Chicago Uber Driver Charged with Sexual Assault, Unlawful Restraint and kidnapping of 21-year-old male passenger (1/14/15)

Uber Driver Arrested Over Alleged Sexual Assault in Melbourne, Australia (1/10/15)

London Uber Driver Asks Rider for Oral Sex (12/11/14)

Uber Driver in India Accused of Rape (12/8/14)

Orlando Uber Passenger Allegedly Touched by Uber Driver (9/25/14)

Three San Francisco Women Say Uber Driver Sexually Harassed Them (9/25/14)

DC Uber Driver Accused of Molesting Rider (7/28/14)

Uber Driver Charged with Fondling Passenger in Chicago (4/10/14)

New York-based Journalist Sexually Harassed and Stalked by Uber Driver (3/28/14)

DC Uber Driver Arrested for Alleged Rape but Not Charged Despite Strong Evidence (9/14/13)