An Orange County case involving an Uber driver who assaulted an intoxicated passenger has renewed focus on rideshare safety, with newly unsealed national data showing Uber received 400,181 reports of sexual assault or sexual misconduct between 2017 and 2022 — an average of one report every eight minutes .
Amir Attia, 51, was sentenced on Sept. 3 to eight years in state prison after being convicted of two felony counts of sexual penetration of an intoxicated person.
Prosecutors said Attia picked up a 25‑year‑old woman from the Tustin Police Station in July 2018, shortly after she was released following a DUI arrest…