Story out of Toronto, Ontario:
A Toronto woman says her Uber driver falsely told her payment wouldn't go through if her phone had died, and offered to accept sexual favours in lieu.
Erika Szabo, 28, was hoping for a relaxing ride home from a speaking engagement at the Unplugged Expo downtown Sunday night when she booked with Uber as part of her frequent use of the service.
After getting into the vehicle, the video producer told her driver that her phone had died.
Szabo alleges the male driver told her the payment wouldn't go through if her phone wasn't on. Believing that was true, she said, she asked to get out of the car, but he kept driving.
On the highway, he allegedly offered her two deals: give him oral sex or show him her breasts. "I thought it was a sick joke or something," Szabo said.
He said Szabo owed him for his service, she said, also recalling him saying it was "no big deal."
Szabo said she repeatedly told him "no," and asked him to pull over. He ignored her and proposed a third deal. This time, she said, he offered to pay her for oral sex.
She bolted out of the car and into her west-end apartment once they arrived.
"I was so upset. I felt humiliated. I felt helpless," she said. "It was really scary to be a victim like that."
After plugging her phone in, she realized the payment did go through. She alerted Uber about the incident through the driver feedback section of the app.
The next morning, Szabo filed a sexual harassment report with police and a formal complaint with Uber. Cont.
Story from - CBC News
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