New York Post

Woman raped twice in faux-Lyft ordeal

- By TINA MOORE and TAMAR LAPIN tmoore@nypost.com

A woman in Brooklyn told cops she was raped by a man she mistook for her Lyft driver — and then sexually assaulted a second time by a different motorist, police sources said Monday.

The victim, 25, said she was having drinks with friends at Sweet Science in Bushwick Sunday when she called a car to take her home at around 4 a.m.

She drunkenly got into a vehicle, thinking it was her ride, and was raped by the driver a short time later, she told cops.

“It’s kind of f--ked up that her friends would let her walk out in that condition and not watch her get in the car,” the source said.

Cops confirmed she’d ordered a Lyft and received a message telling her she’d missed her ride.

When she got out of the vehicle after being attacked, she was picked up by a man in a van who also sexually assaulted her, the woman told cops.

“She got out of the car and a van picked her up and she was raped again,” the source said.

“There’s a lot of predators out there taking advantage of girls who are incapable of taking care of themselves because they’ve been drinking.”

The woman walked home and called her father, who took her to Kings County Hospital Center for a rape kit, cops said.

She had “bruising and tearing that would indicate force was used,” the source said.

Officers were searching for video to help find the attackers.

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