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Sexual predators pose as Uber, Lyft drivers and attack women leaving bars, clubs, police say

LOS ANGELES - In January of last year, a woman climbed into what she thought was an Uber outside a Hollywood nightclub on a bustling stretch of Cahuenga Boulevard.

But instead of driving her home, authorities allege the man behind the wheel took her to a secluded area and repeatedly sexually assaulted her.

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