Uber CEO Resigns One Week After Wigdor LLP Filed A Lawsuit Alleging Privacy Violations And Defamation After Executives Shared Rape Victim’s Medical Records

Dan Taylor / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0  

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced his resignation this morning, less than one week after Wigdor LLP filed a complaint on behalf a woman who was raped by her Uber driver in Delhi in 2014, and whose confidential medical records were subsequently obtained and shared by Uber executives.

Wigdor LLP filed the complaint in the Northern District of California on behalf of the victim alleging privacy violations as well as defamation against Uber Technologies, Inc., Travis Kalanick, Uber’s Chief Executive Officer, Eric Alexander, former Vice President for Business in Asia, and Emil Michael, former Senior Vice President for Business.

The victim is represented by Douglas H. Wigdor, founding partner of Wigdor LLP, Jeanne M. Christensen, partner at Wigdor LLP.  Douglas Wigdor’s Interview with “NPR – All Things Considered”
June 21, 2017

The Guardian
“Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns following months of chaos”
June 21, 2017
Read PDF
Read Online

Los Angeles Times
“Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns; board says he’s putting company first”
June 21, 2017
Read PDF
Read Online

BBC News
“Uber: The scandals that drove Travis Kalanick out”
June 21, 2017
Read PDF
Read Online

The Irish Times
“Uber’s scandals, blunders and PR disasters: the full list”
June 21, 2017
Read PDF
Read Online

Daily Mail
“Uber founder and CEO Travis Kalanick RESIGNS citing ‘difficulties in his personal life’ just days after going on indefinite leave in the wake of the company’s sexual harassment scandal”
June 21, 2017
Read PDF
Read Online

Reuters
“Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns under investor pressure”
June 21, 2017
Read PDF
Read Online