Colorado state lawmaker Jenny Willford has filed a lawsuit against Lyft and Shanu Transportation after she claims she was sexually assaulted.

When I tried to get out, he pushed me back down into the car. He touched me inappropriately and went on to sexually assault me’, said Democrat Rep. Jenny Willford

A Colorado state lawmaker is suing the ride-hailing company Lyft and a Colorado-based transportation outfit after she says she was sexually assaulted by her driver on a ride last year. Rep. Jenny Willford,

A Colorado state representative is suing the rideshare app Lyft and a local transportation company after she says she was sexually assaulted.

Rep. Jenny Willford says she was sexually assaulted by an unauthorized driver who was using someone else’s account.

Nearly 7,000 people have reported being sexually assaulted as passengers or drivers of the Lyft ride-share platform, according to the company's safety reports. Colorado Representative Jenny Willford is among those thousands of victims.

A Colorado representative is suing Lyft and an independent transportation company for failing to take proper actions to prevent her alleged sexual assault by one of its drivers last year.

Colorado Rep. Jenny Willford has filed a lawsuit against the ride-share app Lyft over an alleged sexual assault during a trip with a man impersonating a certified driver last February. Willford alleged in the suit that she was “subjected to unwelcome,