Saturday, December 20, 2014

Uber apologizes after South African singer accuses driver of sexual harassment

Nikki-williams

Uber's bad PR streak continues.


Nikki Williams, a South African singer-songwriter, tweeted on Saturday that she had reported an Uber driver for sexual harassment after he allegedly tried to "grab and kiss" Williams in her driveway.




Just reported my Uber driver for sexual Harrassment. He tried to grab & kiss on me in my own driveway. Fought him off and ran inside#WTF


— Nikki Williams (@nikkiwilliams) December 20, 2014



Uber said it has since deactivated the driver, and apologized for the incident


“Uber has zero tolerance for this behavior, and we apologize to Ms. Williams for this terrible experience. We immediately deactivated the driver, and have begun an investigation,” Kaitlin Durkosh, a spokesperson for Uber, told Mashable. Read more...


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