Top Uber executive fired for obtaining medical records of 2014 Delhi cab rape victim
A report in recode.net quoting Uber spokesperson said "he is no longer with the company."
According to the website, the fired executive Eric Alexander, the president of business in the Asia Pacific, had then showed the medical records to Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and SVP Emil Michael. In addition, numerous executives at the car-hailing company were either told about the records or shown them by this group, the report said.
"Alexander’s handling of the delicate situation was among 215 claims reported to two law firms — Perkins Coie and Covington & Burling — doing deep investigations into both specific and widespread mismanagement issues at the company, including around allegations of pervasive sexism and sexual harassment at Uber," the report said.
The report said "as part of the Coie investigation, 20 employees were fired for a range of infractions, from sexual harassment to unprofessional behavior to retaliation. About 100 others are either still being investigated or saw some type of action — such as warnings or mandatory employee trainings."
The 26-year-old Delhi woman was allegedly raped by an Uber driver in 2014 during a ride in the capital. She had filed a lawsuit against the company, saying that Uber's "hollow" safety and driver screening practices was the cause for her unsafe situation."
The woman had said that despite the San Francisco-based companys claimed that it maintained high safety standards, there was no practice of adequate screening of its drivers which puts at risk the safety of commuters.
She had filed a suit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. A professional, the woman was returning home in the cab.
The accused allegedly preyed on her when she dozed off. Uber was banned in Delhi after the incident which led to the arrest of its driver Shiv Kumar Yadav.
However, it began operating in the capital later again. Police said Yadav had criminal records of committing crimes against women in the past.
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