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Uber Ordered to Pay $8.5 Million in Passenger Sexual Assault Case
Uber UBER -0.59%decrease; red down pointing triangle Technologies was ordered to pay $8.5 million in compensatory damages after a jury found the company liable for the 2023 sexual assault of a 19-year-old passenger.
The passenger, Jaylynn Dean, was picked up by Uber driver Hassan Turray shortly after midnight on Nov. 15, 2023 while she was alone and intoxicated. Turay then stopped the ride and assaulted Dean in the backseat while she was incapacitated, Dean’s lawyers said Friday, citing testimony and evidence from the trial.
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