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You got in the car because it was supposed to be the safe way home. What happened next was not your fault — not what you wore, not what you drank, not the hour, not the fact that you got in at all. If you have never told anyone, you are not late and you are not alone. Thousands of people have come forward, and there is a way to do this privately.
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If you want to talk to someone trained for this, the RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline is free, confidential and available 24 hours a day at 1-800-656-4673, or online at hotline.rainn.org . They can also connect you with a local advocate.
You do not have to make a legal decision to deserve support, and you do not have to be ready today. This page will still be here.
Most survivors do not. People worry that without a report, nobody will take it seriously, or that it is somehow proof it did not happen.
Claims are regularly built without one. The trip record in your app, a message you sent that night, a medical or counseling note, or a friend who remembers you telling them can all support a claim. Its absence is not held against you.
Fear of family, employers or a community finding out keeps a great many people silent for years.
Courts routinely allow survivors to file as Jane Doe or by initials in sexual assault cases. Your identity is known to the court and the parties, not printed in a public filing. Ask the firm exactly how it works in your state.
People assume the window closed long ago and never ask, so they never find out.
Legislatures across the country have lengthened or removed filing deadlines for sexual assault claims, and some have opened lookback windows for older cases. Deadlines still vary, but the answer is often not what people expect. Asking costs nothing.
You are not asked to describe anything on this page. On the call you share only what you choose to. You can ask to speak with a woman, bring someone with you, take breaks, or stop. Firms that handle these cases are used to working this way.
— Compensation
No amount of money undoes this. What a claim can do is cover what it has cost you, and put the cost where it belongs.
— What happens next
Nothing happens that you do not agree to. Here is exactly how it goes.
Platform, roughly what year, and your state. Not what happened. Two minutes, free, and it commits you to nothing at all.
Usually within a day, at the time you chose, and you can ask to speak with a woman. The first call is a conversation, not an interview. You share what you want to share.
Trip records from the platform, app reports, messages, medical or counseling notes. Much of what supports a claim already exists without you having to produce it from memory.
Filed anonymously where the law allows, in the MDL, state court or arbitration depending on your facts. You are never required to accept an offer, and you can stop at any stage.
That is a completely reasonable place to be. A free, confidential conversation gives you information without committing you to a single thing.
— The no-fee promise
Participating firms take these cases on contingency. The fee is a percentage of any recovery. If there is no recovery, no attorney fee is owed.
There is no retainer, no hourly billing, and no invoice arriving while you are trying to get through your week. Cost should never be the reason someone stays silent.
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We are not a law firm, a counseling service or a crisis line. We cannot give legal advice or represent you. For support, RAINN is available 24/7 at 1-800-656-4673.
Not every rideshare claim involves assault. If you were hurt in a collision — as a passenger, another driver, a pedestrian or a cyclist — that is a different kind of claim with a different insurance structure behind it.
During an accepted or active trip, a $1 million commercial liability policy generally applies. Which policy pays depends on what the driver’s app was doing at the moment of impact, and that is usually the first thing disputed.
— Filing deadlines
Deadlines for sexual assault claims are not the same as ordinary injury deadlines, and they have changed a great deal. Many states have lengthened or removed them entirely, and several have opened revival windows that let older claims be filed for a limited period. California opened a two-year revival window for adult sexual assault claims that runs through the end of 2027.
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Several states have temporarily reopened claims that were previously too late. These windows open and close on fixed dates, so a claim that was barred last year may not be barred now — and may be barred again later
Because these rules have moved so much in recent years, the answer people assume is often wrong in both directions. It costs nothing to have someone check the state where it happened.
This is general information, not legal advice, and it is not a calculation of your deadline. Filing deadlines are set by state law, differ by the type of claim, change when legislatures amend them, and can be shortened or extended by facts specific to your situation. Nothing on this page tells you whether your claim is timely. Only an attorney licensed in your state can determine the deadline that applies to you. If a deadline passes, a claim is usually barred permanently regardless of its merits, so the safer course is always to ask early.
Most people guess, and a lot of them guess wrong in the direction that costs them. Finding out takes about two minutes and costs nothing.
No. Most survivors never report to police, and the courts understand that. A claim can be supported by the trip record in your app, messages you sent afterward, medical or counseling records, or an account you gave to a friend or family member at the time. A police report helps if one exists, but its absence is not a barrier and it is not treated as a sign that something did not happen.
Usually not. Claims of this kind are commonly filed under a pseudonym such as Jane Doe or a set of initials, and courts routinely allow it in sexual assault cases. Your identity would be known to the court and the parties, not published in the filing. Ask the law firm directly how anonymity would work in your state before you decide anything.
Longer than most people expect. Many states have extended or removed the filing deadlines for sexual assault claims in recent years, and some have opened lookback windows for older cases. Deadlines still vary a great deal by state and by how old the incident is. It is worth asking even if it happened years ago, because the answer is often not the one people assume.
The results have been mixed and you deserve the full picture. In February 2026 a federal jury returned an $8.5 million compensatory verdict against Uber in the first bellwether trial, with no punitive damages. A second federal trial in North Carolina later produced a far smaller award. A California state court jury separately found Uber negligent but concluded that negligence was not a substantial factor in causing the harm. A court-approved settlement fund exists but no global settlement amount has been announced.
It can affect where a claim is heard rather than whether it can be brought. The platforms’ terms of service include arbitration provisions and class action waivers, and some claims have been directed to individual arbitration instead of court. Judges have rejected some of these arguments, including a ruling that a clause preventing consolidation was unenforceable. A law firm can tell you how it is likely to apply to your situation.
Nothing. The review is free and confidential, and there is no obligation. If a participating law firm takes your case, it will normally work on contingency, meaning the fee comes out of a recovery and no attorney fee is owed if there is no recovery.
No. The form on this page does not ask what happened and you should not write it there. When you speak with a law firm you control how much you share and when. You can ask to speak with a woman, you can bring someone with you, and you can stop at any point. Nothing is required of you today beyond deciding whether you want to talk.
Ask it on the call. The review is free, and there is no obligation to move forward.
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