The case lays the groundwork for about 3,000 other sexual misconduct cases the ridesharing platform is facing nationwide.

Damian Donaldson, 38, was charged with 15 felonies, including rape, burglary and strangulation. He also faced a half-dozen misdemeanors.

The suspect is currently being held in the Allegheny County Jail.

In a federal bellwether case, the jury ordered the ride-hailing giant to pay $8.5 million to Jaylynn Dean, who said one of its drivers assaulted her in 2023.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The state of Alabama has joined a growing number of Republican-led states seeking to revive the death penalty for child rape, a sentence outlawed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2008.