NORTH MIAMI, FLA. – A rising Miami rapper is speaking out and taking legal action after, she said an Uber driver who was captured on cellphone video pulled a gun on her and another passenger during a ride.
The scary encounter was caught on video during the overnight hours, during a ride between Hollywood and North Miami, and shared on social media Tuesday morning.
Krissy Celess, also known as Bomb Ass Krissy, said she couldn’t help but think of her 4-year-old son when the incident happened.
“I was just thinking about my son. I wanted to…,” Krissy said as she started getting emotional while speaking exclusively to 7News. “I just never expected anything like this to happen.”
Still shaken and speaking through tears, Krissy shared the nightmare story of the Uber ride that ended with her staring down the barrel of the driver’s gun.
“I was focused on the gun,” she said.
Cellphone video shows the unidentified driver repeatedly ordering the passengers to get out of the car, calling 911 and eventually pointing a gun at them.
“Get out of my vehicle now!” yelled the female Uber driver in the video.
“She got them crazy eyes,” Krissy is heard saying in the video.
“You’re no longer in the ride. Get out,” yelled the driver in the video as she whipped out a gun and aimed it at the passengers.
Krissy said she was trying to give directions to the driver when the trip turned terrifying.
“I said, ‘Hey, the turn is right here. You’re going to make a left.’ And she was in the middle lane and she was like, ‘Oh, you don’t have to tell me.’ It just escalated so quickly,” she explained.
Krissy believes it was the comment about the driver’s eyes that set her off.
“I made that comment about her eyes,” she said.
Now, Krissy plans to name Uber in a lawsuit.
“I would argue that the Uber driver was extremely aggressive, and the reaction of pulling a gun was extremely excessive,” said attorney Carlos Dominguez, who is representing both passengers. “You know, emotions can sometimes spur out of control because of a simple disagreement, but those disagreements do not necessitate a firearm to be pointed at you.”
In a response to the video, Uber responded: “This is concerning, and we’re so sorry this happened.”
The company later released a statement to 7News: “This is extremely concerning. We removed the driver’s access to the app and are continuing to investigate.”
“Part of my job is to make sure this doesn’t happen again, and that’s why I decided to represent these two in this case, and hopefully we can seek some justice for them,” Dominguez said.
The attorney said it was a traumatic experience for his clients.
“Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Simply shocking. I mean, you get the first-person perspective of having a gun pointed at you,” said Dominguez.
The up-and-coming rapper said she does not want anyone to relive her terrifying experience with the Uber driver.
“I just want justice to be served, because I don’t want anything like that to happen to anybody else. Oh, my God, I’m shaking right now,” said Krissy.
No one was hurt.
According to Uber guidelines, drivers are not allowed to carry a gun.
Hollywood Police are also investigating the incident.
Via WSVN