Arna
Kimiai, the maskless woman who was
seen on video coughing and attacking
an Uber driver has finally
surrendered to police. (Photo
Credit: Instagram/ TMZ)
Woman
who
coughed
on San
Francisco
Uber
driver
pleads
not
guilty
By
Henry
Lee
KTVU/Associated
Press
SAN
FRANCISCO
- An
Uber
driver
was
attacked
after
ending a
ride
because
a
passenger
did not
want to
wear a
mask.
A
woman
who was
caught
on video
coughing
on and
grabbing
an Uber
driver
in San
Francisco
who
ended
the ride
because
she
wasn’t
wearing
a mask
has
pleaded
not
guilty
to
assault
and
other
charges,
authorities
said.
Arna
Kimiai,
24,
entered
pleas
Monday
to
felonies
of
assault
and
attempted
first-degree
robbery
along
with
misdemeanor
charges
of
battery
on a
transit
employee
and
violating
a local
health
ordinance.
She
remains
free on
bail
pending
a May 3
hearing.
Kimiai
is
accused
of
attacking
Subhakar
Khadka,
32, on
March 7
after he
had
picked
up three
passengers
in the
Portola
district
but then
stopped
the car
because
he
noticed
she
wasn’t
wearing
a face
mask,
which
was
required
under
anti-COVID-19
health
orders.
Shocking
confrontation
between
Bay Area
Uber
driver
and
passenger
KTVU's
Henry
Lee
reports.
Video
provided
by the
driver
showed a
maskless
woman,
later
identified
as
Kimiai,
coughing
on him,
grabbing
his
cellphone
and
ripping
off his
face
mask.
Police
also
said
that as
three
women
exited
the
vehicle,
one
sprayed
what was
believed
to be
pepper
spray
toward
the
driver.
Kimiai
surrendered
to
police a
week
after
the
attack
and also
apologized
on
social
media.
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Another
woman,
Malaysia
King,
was
arrested
last
month in
Las
Vegas on
a
warrant
from
California
accusing
her of
assault
with a
caustic
chemical,
conspiracy,
assault
and
battery
and a
health
and
safety
code
violation.
A
third
woman
wasn’t
charged
but Uber
said it
had
banned
all
three
riders.