The Indian woman who was raped by her Uber driver in India in 2014, and who had an out of court settlement in the United States District Court in the Northern District of California in 2015, is suing the company again.
The charges, this time, allege an intrusion into private affairs, public disclosure of private facts, and defamation. The suit follows a report published by Recode last week that revealed that a top Uber executive, Eric Alexander, obtained and circulated the woman's medical records internally, and, along with Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and former SVP Emil Michael, tried to paint the incident as a conspiracy by Uber’s Indian rival, Ola.
“Rape denial is just another form of the toxic gender discrimination that is endemic at Uber and ingrained in its culture,” said Douglas Wigdor, the New York-based attorney who is representing the woman in a statement. “It is shocking that Travis Kalanick could publicly say that Uber would do everything to support our client and her family in her recovery when he and other executives were reviewing illegally obtained medical records and engaging in offensive and spurious conspiracy theories about the brutal rape she so tragically suffered.”
Responding to a request for comment from BuzzFeed News, an Uber spokesperson said: “No one should have to go through a horrific experience like this, and we’re truly sorry that she’s had to relive it over the last few weeks."
from BuzzFeed - Tech https://www.buzzfeed.com/pranavdixit/uber-rape-survivor-sues-the-company-for-circulating-her?utm_term=4ldqpia
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