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Uber is being sued by more than 500 U.S. women who allege they were subjected to various forms of violence by their Uber drivers, ranging from rape and sexual assault to stalking and kidnapping.
The civil action suit, filed on Wednesday at San Francisco County Superior Court by law firm Slater Slater Schulman, said that female passengers in multiple states had been “kidnapped, sexually assaulted, sexually battered, raped, falsely imprisoned, stalked, harassed, or otherwise attacked by Uber drivers.”
The law firm said it had approximately 550 clients with claims against the ride-hailing giant, and was investigating at least 150 more claims.
Uber did not respond to Fortune’s request for comment by the time of publication.
One woman making a claim against the company alleged that in February 2022, her driver sexually assaulted and attempted to rape her when she was a passenger in his vehicle in Chino Hills, CA.
Another California woman said an Uber driver had “fondled and raped” her.
A separate allegation in the case outlined how in 2021, an Uber driver attempted to rape a woman outside of Pittsburgh rather than take her to her destination.
In the same year, another of the other claimants said she was convinced to sit in the front seat of her Uber driver’s vehicle, where “he forcefully kissed and sexually assaulted her.”
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