Man who drove for Uber in Toronto charged after series of alleged sexual assaults

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.

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.

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did not occur on rides hailed through the Uber app, a spokesperson for the company said the driver’s access has been revoked.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.