An Indian woman, currently living in the United States, sued Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday claiming that top executives at the company improperly aquired her medical records after she was raped by an Uber driver in India, alleging that the company was not safe for women.
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According to reports, the lawsuit was filed in a California federal court. Uber Chief Executive Travis Kalanick and founder of Uber is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit. The lawsuit cites several media reports which said Kalanick and others doubted the victim’s account of her ordeal. The lawsuit says, “Uber executives duplicitously and publicly decried the rape, expressing sympathy for plaintiff, and shock and regret at the violent attack, while privately speculating, as outlandish as it is, that she had colluded with a rival company to harm Uber’s business.”
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In a statement on Thursday, Uber 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,” the rape took place in Delhi, December 2014. The Uber driver was convicted of rape and given a life sentence in prison in 2015. The lawsuit filed on Thursday said shortly after the rape occurred, a U.S. Uber executive “met with Delhi police and intentionally obtained plaintiff’s confidential medical records.” The lawsuit says Uber has retained a copy of those records.