Marcus Lewis, the Atlanta Uber driver falsely accused and temporarily suspended after a social media post implicating him was shared more than 20,000 times, was reinstated just in time for New Year's Eve after the Atlanta Police Department issued a lengthy statement that, citing video evidence, cleared Lewis of having anything to do with the supposed crime.
Now it looks like there was no crime.
Credit: Jennifer Brett
Credit: Jennifer Brett
Florida realtor Taylor Cleary Corey's open letter to Uber, shared on her publicly accessible Facebook page, implicated Lewis in a supposed crime involving her brother, Bo Cleary. It was shared more than 20,000 times and resulted in Lewis' Uber account being temporarily suspended.
Last week the Atlanta Police Department declared that Lewis was innocent . and said authorities weren't sure any crime took place at all. Bo Cleary at first told authorities he'd been beaten up, robbed and thrown into a drainage ditch after summoning an Uber driver. He also said his phone, money and ATM card were stolen, according to a police report.
“We have not arrived at the conclusion that a robbery took place,” a later statement from the police department said. “We are certain that the Uber driver did not participate in any robbery.”
Uber immediately disputed the claim, pointing to internal data that show Lewis never picked Cleary up.
Still, the ordeal temporarily put Lewis in park for several days and cost him money, since he was unable to work while Uber investigated.
Atlanta Police authorities haven't decided if any charges could be forthcoming and Lewis' attorneys are still studying the matter.
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