Woman raped by an Uber driver in 2016 finally speaks out in bid to pressure ride-share company to introduce checks on drivers Anaïs, 25 years old, was raped by an Uber driver in 2016 while returning from an evening out in Paris. Her attacker, who was sentenced to 8 years in prison, was actually the brother of the driver she thought was picking her up - the account effectively having been sublet - but Uber refused to comment on the case. The ridesharing company is facing increasing pressure over its response to abuse complaints after revealing that 6,000 sexual assaults, including more than 450 cases of rape, were reported to Uber in the United States in 2017 and 2018. Here in France the government has demanded answers from Uber following a series of similar customer complaints. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES