Uber driver in Toronto demands passenger give oral sex or flash breasts to pay for ride - TomoNews
- 8 years ago
TORONTO — A woman is putting Uber on blast after she was aggressively sexually harassed by a driver who tried to strike an indecent proposal.
On October 16, 28-year-old Erika Szabo called for an Uber cab as she was leaving an event downtown. When she got into the car, she realized her phone had just died. Worried her payment wouldn’t go through, she informed the driver. He told Szabo that the ride would not get processed, but offered an alternative means of payment – perform oral sex, or flash her breasts for him.
Disgusted, she refused, but the driver seemed to think it was no big deal, and kept on pressing for his twisted fantasy to come true. Szabo repeatedly asked for him to let her out of the car, but the man instead offered her a third option: he’d pay her for a blowjob.
Eventually, he took her back to her neighborhood, and she got out of the car. Soon after, she plugged in her phone to find out the ride had indeed gone through. She contacted Uber customer service, who called to apologize and refunded her $12.
The man has since been dropped by the ride service as a driver, but Szabo only found out through media reports. She later took to Facebook to warn others of her frighteningly common story, and has filed a sexual assault report with Toronto police.
On October 16, 28-year-old Erika Szabo called for an Uber cab as she was leaving an event downtown. When she got into the car, she realized her phone had just died. Worried her payment wouldn’t go through, she informed the driver. He told Szabo that the ride would not get processed, but offered an alternative means of payment – perform oral sex, or flash her breasts for him.
Disgusted, she refused, but the driver seemed to think it was no big deal, and kept on pressing for his twisted fantasy to come true. Szabo repeatedly asked for him to let her out of the car, but the man instead offered her a third option: he’d pay her for a blowjob.
Eventually, he took her back to her neighborhood, and she got out of the car. Soon after, she plugged in her phone to find out the ride had indeed gone through. She contacted Uber customer service, who called to apologize and refunded her $12.
The man has since been dropped by the ride service as a driver, but Szabo only found out through media reports. She later took to Facebook to warn others of her frighteningly common story, and has filed a sexual assault report with Toronto police.