An Uber driver in Boston has been charged with rape, according to Bloomberg.
He allegedly took a female passenger to a secluded area on the evening of December 6 and raped her. Police Commissioner Robert Haas and Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan have identified the suspect as Alejandro Done, 46, through Uber records. The statement given by the police says that Uber cooperated and aided police in the investigation of this incident.
Bloomberg reports that it is currently unclear whether or not Done used Uber to specifically target the victim.
It’s been an optically brutal month for Uber, save for a $1.2 billion raise valuing the company at $40 billion.
Other than that, Uber faced another case of rape in New Delhi, India, where the service was banned. Then, a number of markets brought down the hammer for various issues with ride-sharing, holding up the service in the Netherlands, Portland, France, and Brussels. Even in the company’s home city of San Francisco, Uber was hit with a civil suit for making “misleading statements” and other unlawful activity.
And this is just the recent news. There was also the UberX driver who hit his passenger over the head with a hammer, and the Uber driver who struck and killed a young girl in San Francisco. The company denied responsibility, but the driver was charged this month.
Yesterday, however, Uber promised that it would be using more advanced technology and stringent processes to evaluate and hire their contractor drivers.
However, Uber’s Terms of Service remain the same, stating that the company takes no responsibility over the behavior or actions of the driver during the ride. Choosing a safe, sane driver is up to you, the passenger. This is because Uber is a logistics provider, a matcher of passenger and driver, and not a transportation company.
We reached out to Uber about the rape charges and will update if we hear anything.
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