Unmasked Uber Cough Monster Arna Kimiai Pleads Not Guilty In Assault on Driver Seen in Viral Video
Though she essentially already admitted to the attack and offered a half-apology on Instagram Live, accused Uber driver assault suspect Arna Kimiai entered a not guilty plea to multiple charges on Monday.
Kimiai, 24, and a second woman, Malaysia King, 24, were both arrested and charged last month in the much publicized March 7 assault on Uber driver Subhakar Khadka. Khadka shared his own video of the incident with local news affiliate KPIX, showing Kimiai, King, and a third woman in the backseat of his vehicle, and Kimiai is not wearing a face mask, as is required in all Ubers. Khadka demanded she put on a mask or he was going to end the ride, and Kimiai and King become belligerent because they did not want to be left on the street in the Bayview, they said.
Uber Assault Suspect Malaysia King Was Arrested In Vegas for Bank Fraud; Uber Driver Thankful for GoFundMe Donations
One of the two women now in police custody in connection with the highly publicized March 7 assault on an Uber driver in San Francisco was actually arrested for an alleged bank fraud scheme in Nevada in the days following the Uber incident.
24-year-old Malaysia King was arrested in Las Vegas last week right around the time that the SFPD Robbery Unit suggested arrests may be made in the Uber case. But, as KPIX now reports, her arrest came after she and an accomplice, identified as David Lewis, were allegedly attempting to illegally gain access to a bank account and transfer funds to themselves. The pair were arrested at a Bank of American branch near Rancho Drive and Charleston Boulevard in Las Vegas on Tuesday, March 9, after workers at the bank suspected that they were using a fake ID and bank card to try to withdraw funds from an account that did not belong to them