{"id":776036,"date":"2026-07-02T18:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/776036\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T18:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:38:08","slug":"alleged-sexual-assault-by-rideshare-driver-leads-to-charge-for-brampton-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/776036\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged sexual assault by rideshare driver leads to charge for Brampton man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto police have charged a Brampton man after a female victim said she was sexually assaulted by her rideshare driver.<\/p>\n<p>The assault happened on Sunday shortly after 1:15 p.m. in the Danforth Avenue and Broadview Avenue area, the Toronto Police Service says.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say the female victim used a rideshare app to request a ride and that a male suspect picked the woman up and drove her to the destination. But that\u2019s when police say the driver sexually assaulted the woman before exiting the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto police say Nathaniel Ezema, 48, of Brampton, has been charged with sexual assault. The accused is scheduled to make a court appearance on Aug. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about this incident can contact Toronto police by calling 416-808-2222. Anonymous tips may also be provided to Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-8477 or visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/ontariocrimestoppers.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.ontariocrimestoppers.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When you contact Crime Stoppers you stay anonymous, never have to testify, and could receive a $2,000 reward.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 42,315 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,409,959 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    3662 VOTES<br \/>\n    Have you ever dined at a Michelin-starred restaurant in Ontario?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto police have charged a Brampton man after a female victim said she was sexually assaulted by her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":776037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-776036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/776037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}