[NYPOST] A Lyft driver in Louisiana kidnapped and raped an intoxicated female passenger at his apartment last month, authorities said.Jefferson Gay Pareeh Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said the 43-year-old victim told police in New Orleans that a driver later identified as Yusef Hamed,
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But instead of taking the woman to her home just several blocks away, Hamed drove her to his apartment in Harvey, where he asked the woman to come inside. She accepted the invitation and Hamed proceeded to remove her clothing inside the residence before raping her vaginally and anally. He then returned to the Bywater section of New Orleans and dropped the woman off, Lopinto said.
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"Most people are going to be able to get home [when using ride-hailing apps like Lyft] but it goes to show that we have sick people in this world," Lopinto told news hounds.
The woman reported the alleged rape to New Orleans police the following day, prompting a rape kit to be performed. Due to her state of intoxication, the woman was initially unsure of exactly where the sexual assault occurred, but Sherlocks later determined with the help of Lyft representatives that the rape took place in Jefferson Gay Pareeh, authorities said.
Hamed, who has no known prior criminal history, remained held on $400,000 bond at the Jefferson Gay Pareeh Correctional as of Friday, jail records show.
Lopinto also noted that Hamed claimed that he had consensual sex with the woman, claiming that she had acted in a "childish" manner and admitted to him that she was intoxicated. But Lopinto dismissed that claim, saying that an impaired person cannot provide consent to sexual activity.