Chicago Uber Driver Charged With Sexually Assaulting Passenger

August 24, 2022

Recently, an Uber driver who had been working in the Chicago area was charged with the sexual assault of a passenger. On June 2, 2022, the driver was transporting a young woman who lost consciousness, and he allegedly zip-tied her wrists and fondled and sexually assaulted her. The driver has been charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault, kidnapping, and unlawful restraint, and a judge ordered him to pay $250,000 bail. Following the incident, the driver has been banned from providing rides to passengers through the Uber app.

This is just the latest instance of a passenger being harmed by a dangerous rideshare driver. At Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC, we have been aware of this issue for several years, and we can help sexual assault victims and others injured by Uber and Lyft drivers take legal action to address the negligence of rideshare companies. We work to ensure that injury victims can achieve justice and receive compensation for their damages, including representing a woman who was sexually assaulted by a Lyft driver in 2017.

If you have questions about how we can help you pursue compensation from Uber or Lyft for injuries caused by their drivers, please contact us at 312-605-8800 and schedule a free consultation. For more information about cases involving rideshare drivers, please review the articles and blogs we have published on this subject:

October 22, 2021: Lyft Discloses Sexual Assault Data

August 25, 2021: California Judge Outlaws Uber and Lyft's Attempt to Deny Employment Benefits to Drivers

August 24, 2021: Lawsuit Proceeds Against Lyft for Failure to Disclose Safety Issues

March 26, 2021: How Lyft and Uber – With More Lobbyists than Amazon, Microsoft, and Wal-Mart Combined – Bought, Bullied, and Bamboozled Their Way Into a Deregulation Free For All

May 22, 2020: As Sexual Assaults in Lyft Vehicles Across the Country Rise, the Illinois Appellate Court Agrees to Review the Constitutionality of the Illinois Rideshare Act

May 7, 2020: Uber on the Hot Seat for Employment Practices

February 14, 2020: Rideshare Services Identified as Cause of Increased Traffic Fatalities

September 18, 2019: Lyft is Hiding a 'Sexual Predator Crisis' – More Lawsuits

June 10, 2019: Lyft Outsources Their Background Checks to Third Party Firms. It May Be Cheaper, but Is it Safe?

May 21, 2019: Exactly How Thorough Is the Screening Process Used By Uber and Lyft? Apparently Lenient Enough to Hire an Alleged War Criminal

January 24, 2019: America's Biggest Tortfeasor? Leaked Memo Reveals Uber Unqualified to Handle 1000's of Reports from Victims of Crashes, Assaults

December 11, 2018: Lyft Under Fire Again for Another Sexual Assault By a Driver

July 5, 2018: Court Finds Uber's Arbitration Clause Unenforceable

June 11, 2018: Lyft Driver Charged with Drunk Driving After Killing Passenger in Deadly Crash

February 1, 2018: Lyft Cut Corners on Driver Background Checks, Puts Profits into Marketing Late Night Beer to Riders

January 24, 2018: Uber Driver Targeted Young Intoxicated Women, District Attorney Points to Inadequate Screening