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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mstdn.social/users/dalfen/statuses/117038237202752606">ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊 (dalfen@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Aug-2026 05:30:26 JST</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/@dalfen" title="dalfen@mstdn.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/179309-48-20260824065000.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊</a></section><article><p>Boycott <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Uber" rel="tag">#Uber</a>.</p><p>In court filings, Uber's lawyers blamed sexual assault victims, suggesting that such things as what they were wearing, how much they drank, whether they had been unfaithful in relationships or whether they had childhood trauma were to blame for them being assaulted!</p><p>Uber faces over 4,000 lawsuits ~"from passengers accusing the company of failing to protect them from sexual violence they said they suffered during rides."</p><p>1/3🧵<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BoycottUber" rel="tag">#BoycottUber</a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MyThoughts" rel="tag">#MyThoughts</a><br>--<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/business/uber-sexual-assault-lawsuits.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/business/uber-sexual-assault-lawsuits.html</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6599367#notice-12991300">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-08-05T05:30:26+09:00" title="Wednesday, 05-Aug-2026 05:30:26 JST">about a month ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mstdn.social/@dalfen/117038237202752606" rel="external" title="Sent from mstdn.social via ActivityPub">mstdn.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mstdn.social/@dalfen/117038237202752606">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/6315062">TIMES INVESTIGATION
Uber's Strategy for Fighting Sexual Assault Suits: 'What Were You Wearing?' The ride-hailing giant promised to handle legal claims "in a way that is best for the survivor." Its lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy.
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By Emily Steel
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Aug. 4, 2026 Updated 10:34 a.m. ET
A 24-year-old woman logged onto a videoconference from her bedroom in Florida on a Friday morning in April 2025 to face a deposition in her lawsuit against Uber.https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/business/uber-sexual-assault-lawsuits.htmlAccessed: 4 August 2026 at 1620 UTC</a></label><br><a href="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/117/038/236/967/129/806/original/e2aa5d03ca5fccb2.jpeg" rel="external">https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/117/038/236/967/129/806/original/e2aa5d03ca5fccb2.jpeg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/6315063">Her driver had already pleaded guilty in criminal court to raping her vaginally, anally and orally while she was unconscious during a ride in Tampa one night in 2021. He was in prison, serving a 10-year sentence. The woman, identified as Jane Doe in court documents, was suing Uber in civil court for negligence, arguing that the company should have done more to screen and supervise the driver, a man with prior violent felony convictions.
Publicly, Uber proclaims itself to be a company devoted to handling sexual violence in a "survivor-centric" and
"trauma-informed" way, supporting survivors and treating them with dignity. After years of fielding reports of sexual misconduct, the company developed instructional videos for drivers that stated, "Sexual violence is never the survivor's fault."https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/business/uber-sexual-assault-lawsuits.htmlAccessed: 4 August 2026 at 1620 UTC</a></label><br><a href="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/117/038/237/021/638/928/original/3bd4357115a2f744.jpeg" rel="external">https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/117/038/237/021/638/928/original/3bd4357115a2f744.jpeg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/6315064">But in court filings, Uber argued that Ms. Doe had "conducted herself in a negligent and careless manner" and
"contributed to causing her own injuries." And it said Ms. Doe's claims of pain and suffering were "unrelated to the at-issue accident."
Now, during her deposition, Uber's lawyer Taylor Silverberg zeroed in on Ms. Doe's behavior on the night she was raped. Ms. Silverberg asked Ms.
Doe exactly how much Tito's vodka she had drunk, how many milligrams of Adderall she had taken and whether she had "felt regret" about mixing the two. And she asked Ms. Doe what she had been wearing. "Can you describe the dress?" Ms. Silverberg said. "Were you wearing heels or boots or flats?"
Ms. Silverberg also probed Ms. Doe's childhood, asking if she had felt abandoned by her father or degraded by her mother.https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/business/uber-sexual-assault-lawsuits.htmlAccessed: 4 August 2026 at 1620 UTC</a></label><br><a href="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/117/038/237/084/759/105/original/c46d2cd86eb8557f.jpeg" rel="external">https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/117/038/237/084/759/105/original/c46d2cd86eb8557f.jpeg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/6315065">She pushed Ms. Doe for details about consensual sex and asked whether she had previously been sexually abused or had sex in exchange for money. That is when her lawyer ended the deposition.
"I am not anywhere near done," Ms.
Silverberg protested. "It's her lawsuit, and I have an obligation to defend my client to the best of my ability," she added.
Later, she offered an apology: "I know this is hard for you, Ms. Doe. I am sorry. I really am. But —_"
"I'm grateful it is ending," Ms. Doe said, interrupting. "This kills me," she added.https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/business/uber-sexual-assault-lawsuits.htmlAccessed: 4 August 2026 at 1620 UTC</a></label><br><a href="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/117/038/237/146/568/261/original/b9867b8e59fb15ca.jpeg" rel="external">https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/117/038/237/146/568/261/original/b9867b8e59fb15ca.jpeg</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/6315066">Untitled attachment</a></label><br></li></ol></footer></blockquote>