Uber rape case: Victim seeks 'fair compensation'

January 28, 2015 21:14

The 25-year-old woman allegedly raped by an Uber driver will seek a 'fair compensation' from the web-based taxi firm to ensure nobody else is assulted by a driver working for the comapny, her US-based lawyer today said.

"My client's goal is to make sure that nobody else is sexually attacked by an Uber driver and that she be fairly compensated for what Uber permitted to happen," the New York lawyer for the woman, Douglas Wigdor, said in an email to PTI regarding the compensation being sought from Uber.

Asked about a media report that claimed his client would demand a "hefty" payout from Uber, Wigdor stressed he had not said that he would demand a "hefty" compensation.

"I never told that reporter we would demand a 'hefty' compensation... at this time we are still strategising so I don't have anything else to tell you," said Wigdor.

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