Judge tells father-of-12 Uber driver to ‘knock it off’ when he starts crying in court as he faces charges of raping a passenger
- Mayanja Daudah, 37, wept as he spoke during his appearance for two rape charges in a Boston, Massachusetts, court bringing the judge’s admonishment
- The Uber driver stands accused of sexually assaulting a woman after picking her up on Saturday, once while the car was moving and again after pulling over
- The Ugandan citizen and legal resident, who gave a different story of an unruly passenger he kicked out of his car, was ordered held on $100,000 bail
An Uber driver weeping openly during his Massachusetts court appearance on charges of raping a passenger was admonished by a judge before being held on $100,000 bail.
Mayanja Daudah, 37, was asked by the Boston municipal court judge to ‘please knock it off’ as the father-of-12, including three sets of twins, sobbed through an explanation of how he had only started driving two weeks ago, according to CBS Boston.
The rideshare driver is charged with two counts of rape after a woman he picked up in his car early Saturday morning in Somerville, Massachusetts, claimed he sexually assaulted her twice.
Mayanja Daudah, 37, an Uber driver charged with two counts of rape could not help crying during his court appearance in Boston which drew a rebuke from the judge
Defense attorney Kim Giampietro (left) says her client tried to kick the accuser out of the car for trying to smoke marijuana in his front seat
‘This happened while on Storrow Drive, while the vehicle was in motion,’ the prosecutor AlexaRae Wright, setting the crime in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood.
He then pulled over near the Hatch Memorial Shell, the renowned outdoor concert venue in Boston and allegedly raped her again. The prosecution said that the woman’s phone rang giving her an opportunity to escape.
‘She ran from the vehicle. She was observed running by a bystander,’ said Wright. ‘She was seen hysterically crying with her pants unbuttoned.
Daudah ended up voluntarily coming to the police and giving a different version of events.
The judge unmoved by Daudah’s tears told him to ‘please knock it off’ during the court appearance
Daudah being escorted by State Police voluntarily came in to speak with authorities after he was accused
According to the accused driver’s attorney, the passenger he picked up was the one behaving strangely upon their meeting.
‘She insisted on climbing in the front,’ according to defense attorney Kim Giampietro who alleges the passenger was also seeking to smoke pot, but that Daudah then kicked her out of the vehicle, according to WHDH.
The judge also ordered Daudah, a Ugandan citizen, to surrender his passport.
The first assault on the passenger happened allegedly along Storrow Drive on the Esplanade, the park that sits next to the Charles River in Boston
The second rape allegedly occurred after Daudah pulled over near the Hatch Memorial Shell, a famed outdoor concert venue in Boston
Immigration and Customs Enforcement initially placed a detainer on him, but the agency said that he is ‘not subject to removal at this time’ on Monday.
Daudah will also be required to wear a GPS monitor if he makes bail and makes his next court appearance in May.
‘What’s been reported is horrible and something no one should ever go through,’ Uber said in a statement. ‘We stand ready to support law enforcement with their investigation.’