Uber and Lyft took the initiative to ban Arna Kimiai from using their services. The woman was caught on camera abusing and coughing on 32-year-old Subhakar Khadka after them service for not wearing masks.
⚠️ 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗧 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗚𝗘 ⚠️ Uber driver Subhakar told me he picked up 3 women in the Bayview yesterday & after asking one to wear a mask was subject to slurs, taunting & one grabbing his phone.
He’s taking a few days off.
SFPD is investigating. pic.twitter.com/o99pOooWsw
— Dion Lim (@DionLimTV) March 9, 2021
In a statement to USA TODAY, an Uber spokesperson called the behavior in the video “appalling” and confirmed the “rider no longer has access to Uber.”
Lyft told KPIX 5, Kimiai behavior towards the driver was unacceptable and the driver has been permanently removed from the Lyft community, although the incident did not involve the platform.
A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help Uber driver Subhakar Khadka after Uber only offered him $120 to have his car cleaned of the pepper spray that was used in his vehicle during the incident.
Footage of Kimiai harassing an Asian Uber driver has resurfaced online. Jack Froot News released the anonymous video.
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