Rape victim sues Uber over mishandling of her medical records
A woman who was raped in India by an Uber driver in 2014 is suing the ride-hail giant over the alleged mishandling of her medical records. Last week, it was reported that Uber’s top executive in Asia had obtained copies of the woman’s records and shown them to other executives, including CEO Travis Kalanick.
In her scathing lawsuit, the unnamed woman accuses Uber of “[violating] her a second time by unlawfully obtaining and sharing her medical records from that vicious sexual assault.” She also claims that Uber’s executives have “failed, as of the date of this filing, to apologize to her for this outrageous conduct.”
The woman, identified as “Jane Doe” of Texas, is suing…
