‘Pack of Lies’ Fake Uber Driver Blames His Victims

‘Being in that car that night, it felt like it was a weapon,’ the woman, who cannot be identified, said in a statement to Melbourne’s County Court.

The logo of Uber at a temporary showroom at the Promenade road during the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023 in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20, 2023. Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

A young woman has described getting into what she believed was an Uber to go meet friends, and becoming trapped with the man driving the car as he sexually assaulted her.

“Being in that car that night, it felt like it was a weapon,” the woman, who cannot be identified, said in a statement to Melbourne’s County Court.