Women sue Lyft claiming not enough has been done to protect them from sexual assault by drivers.
Last December, a woman named Kim was out celebrating a friend's graduation from nursing school and her own 25th birthday. She called a Lyft to ensure"a responsible and safe way home." Instead, she said she was assaulted by her driver.
“I’m pursuing this case and sharing my story because I can’t fathom another individual having to experience the turmoil, fear and feelings of insignificance and hopelessness that torment me every day," Kim said at a news conference in San Francisco Wednesday."It’s becoming more and more apparent that Lyft cannot be trusted to police themselves."
“What the victims describe is terrifying and has no place in the Lyft community," she said of the allegations made in the lawsuit."One in six women will face some form of sexual violence in their lives — behavior that’s unacceptable for our society and on our platform."
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