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Uber Responds After Video Shows Driver Attempting To Allegedly Sexually Assault An Unconscious Female Rider

<p><strong>Uber<&sol;strong> says it is cooperating <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;suspect-charged-with-killing-btb-savage&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">with police<&sol;a> after a viral video seemingly shows a driver allegedly attempting to sexually assault a female rider&period; In the short clip&comma; where a man confronts the half-dressed driver in the backseat&comma; the passenger appears to be unconscious&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Tuesday &lpar;April 11&rpar;&comma; the ride-share company reacted to the video&period; Shared by Inane Reality Leaks&comma; it has over 16&period;8 million views and over 8&comma;000 retweets on Twitter&period; However&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s unclear when the incident occurred&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;two-women-involved-in-the-assault-of-an-uber-driver-are-now-wanted-by-the-sfpd&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Two Women Involved In The Assault Of An Uber Driver Are Now Wanted By The SFPD<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;This video is horrifying&comma; and we are taking action&period; We’ve banned the driver and are in contact with the police and will assist them with any investigation&comma;&&num;8221&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;Uber&lowbar;Support&sol;status&sol;1645713434187636736&quest;s&equals;20" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Uber Support<&sol;a> tweeted&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>In the video&comma; the driver&&num;8211&semi;dressed in a black shirt and light-colored pants&comma; was sitting in the backseat with his pants pulled down when a man approached the car&comma; filming with the flash on&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When the driver noticed the person filming&comma; he hopped out of the backseat&comma; pulled his pants up&comma; and climbed into the front seat&period; The person filming repeatedly asks the driver&comma; &&num;8220&semi;What are you doing&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A camera pan showed a woman with blond hair slumped sideways against the seat sideways&period; Meanwhile&comma; the blue vehicle displayed a large&comma; white Uber sign on the driver&&num;8217&semi;s door&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Though the driver pulled off with the female passenger&comma; the person recording was able to record the license plate number&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s unclear which country the incident took place in&comma; but the driver&&num;8217&semi;s steering wheel was on the right side&&num;8211&semi;an unusual sight in the United States&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Though Uber Support claimed they banned the driver&comma; no additional details are known about him&period; At this time&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s also unclear if authorities plan to file charges&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The woman&&num;8217&semi;s identity remains unknown&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1645713434187636736" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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