The driver acknowledged he knew she was drunk, and that he didn't get explicit consent.

Uber had already flagged it internally as a high-risk ride (drunk female, alone) and didn't take additional security measures.

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	▲	ceejayoz 13 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> Are you in effect saying the driver admitted to raping her? https://www.courthousenews.com/in-sexual-assault-trial-uber-... "In a deposition for a federal sexual assault lawsuit against Uber, former driver Hassan Turay admitted that Jaylynn Dean could not consent when he had sex with her in the back of his car in 2023. 'I had a responsibility to make sure she was in a right state of mind, and I did not do that,' Turay said in a video deposition played in court Wednesday afternoon." "'Honestly, I didn’t do too much to make sure that she could consent,' Turay said when asked. He never checked in with her or asked if she was OK. 'You’ve just made me see another aspect with the whole thing of consent.' By the end of his deposition, Turay said he was wrong to have had sex with Dean."
	▲	bdcravens 13 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		He admitted to having sex with her without explicit consent.
	▲	buellerbueller 13 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Then perhaps Uber should find a new business model? Lyft lets women specifically request a female driver.