Uber Sexual Assault? Woman Threatens To Falsely Accuse Driver Of Rape In New York

A female passenger in New York City threatened an Uber driver saying she would call the police and falsely accuse him of raping her after the two got into an argument, according to a video published online Wednesday. This comes at a time when the ride-hailing service is marred by sexual assault cases involving its employees.

The latest incident occurred Monday according to Live Leak that first posted the video on its website. The video appears to be a dashcam footage and shows the driver and the woman — both unidentified — having an argument.

The passenger is heard blaming the man for hitting her face and being disrespectful to her when she asked him for a phone charger. To this, the driver claimed he responded that he did not have a charger and said the woman became disrespectful to him following his response.

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Amid the argument, the woman hurled abuses at the driver and threatened him saying she would call the police and falsely accuse him of raping her. The driver laughed off the threat and said: “I am married. I don’t do that s---. I am married and I am a loyal husband. I don’t do that.”

The woman also told the man, who is black, to “go back to your country” and quoted President Donald Trump’s rhetoric that he would deport undocumented immigrants.

Several times during the nearly nine-minute video, the driver appeared to be stopping his cab and telling the passenger he would not drop her because she was being “disrespectful.” The woman, in response, threatened him saying she would “call the cops.” The driver then claimed he had been working with Uber for over three years and he “never had a problem.”

In the end, the woman left the cab, following which the driver said: “This is how Uber drivers goes [sic] through every f------ day, man. People would disrespect us, talk s--- to us like it's nothing man.”

Last month, an Uber driver was arrested and charged with abduction, rape and aggravated sexual assault of a female passenger in Virginia Beach, Virginia, after the woman complained to the police and informed Uber about it. Currently, he is in prison without bond in the Virginia Beach Jail and his preliminary hearing is scheduled for May 4.

Last November, Uber settled a lawsuit with two women — from Boston and Charleston, South Carolina — who held the company responsible for its drivers sexually assaulting them. In February, Susan Fowler, a former engineer at Uber, wrote about sexual harassment she experienced during her tenure.

Check out the video of Monday's New York incident. However, be warned the footage contains expletives.