Sexual assault charges against an Uber driver in Chicago have been dropped after a recording of the driver's conversation with the female passenger, who he was believed to have assaulted sexually, was obtained.
After having spent the last four months behind bars, driver Maxime Fohounhedo was finally released from jail on Monday as Cook County prosecutors told the court that there was new evidence in his case, reported CBS News.
Fohounhedo was taken into custody and charged in December after a 22-year-old female passenger alleged that she had been attacked the previous month after being picked up from a bar.
However, a nine-minute recording made by the Uber driver on his cellphone while he drove the woman to her home proved that he was innocent.
After being freed, Fohounhedo said that he felt blessed.
Uber has elicited criticism over its security practices in several countries across the globe and is embroiled in a number of legal battles.
