Overview

• Sealed court records unsealed in August show Uber received 400,181 reports of sexual assault or misconduct on U.S. trips from 2017 to 2022, far above the 12,522 incidents publicly disclosed.
• The company asserts roughly three-quarters of those reports were non-physical, including unwanted comments or flirting, and have not been audited, potentially encompassing false claims.
• A pilot to match female passengers with female drivers that was halted after President Trump’s 2020 election has now launched limited tests in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Detroit.
• Internal communications reveal executives resisted mandating in-car cameras and other safety measures to protect Uber’s independent-contractor model and limit potential liability.
• Uber is preparing to defend itself in consolidated sexual-assault litigation, with bellwether trials scheduled to begin this fall in federal court.