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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Isabel Keane

Rider claims Uber driver abandoned her after she puked in his car leaving her to be sexually assaulted hours later

A California woman who said she was sexually assaulted after getting kicked out of an Uber filed a lawsuit against the ride-share, claiming the company is partially responsible for the circumstances that led to the attack.

The woman, who threw up in the car because she was drunk, says she was left eight miles from her drop-off location in Sacramento without a phone to call for help when she encountered an assailant, she claims in the lawsuit, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

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