Toronto police say they’ve arrested an Uber driver after a series of alleged sexual assaults.
They say all of the alleged assaults occurred in the early-morning hours when a man approached women and gave them rides.
In two cases, women had ordered a ride from Uber, but the man who picked them up was not the driver assigned to their request.
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Police say in two other incidents the man offered the women rides.
They say the man then drove them to an area and allegedly sexually assaulted them.
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While the alleged sexual assaults did not occur on rides hailed through the Uber app, a spokesperson for the company said the driver’s access has been revoked.
“What’s been reported is horrible and something no person should go through,” Uber said in a statement. “As soon as we learned about these incidents, we immediately removed the driver’s access to the app.”
A 38-year-old Vaughan man has been charged with four counts of sexual assault and four counts of forcible confinement.
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