Divorce Train Wrecks, Technology

Man Sues Uber For Revealing His Affair To His Wife

Is this the dumbest guy in the world?

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intimate young couple during foreplay in bedUber has its share of sticky legal situations, but usually it’s fending off accusations that its unique business model screws over drivers or fails to protect passengers or dupes dumb, invariably drunk people to pay a 50x surge.

However, according to a new lawsuit, a French businessman fell victim to a different kind of surge — in his pants — and lost his wife after the Uber app kept her fully apprised of his philandering with constant updates. One can only imagine that his wife followed along like one of those phoned-in Family Circus strips where Jeffrey runs all over hell. Maybe this guy should take another lesson from Family Circus and tell his wife all about “Not Me.”

From Jezebel:

According to BBC, the unidentified man used his wife’s iPhone to arrange an Uber ride, and though he logged off, the app continued to send her notifications. She clearly wasn’t pleased by what she saw, and the two have since divorced.

“My client was the victim of a bug in an application,” his lawyer said. “The bug has caused him problems in his private life.”

Hey Pepé Le Pew, might I suggest getting your own phone? Perhaps this really is a bug — Uber claims the latest update solves this — but the real glitch seems to be between the phone and the floor. Not that I’ve invested a lot of time in plotting infidelity, but not using the phone of the cheatee seems like rule number 1. I know the French do not employ the Anglo-American common law approach, but there must be some corollary for contributory negligence. At the very least, he can’t enjoy a complete expectation of privacy when he’s not even on his own phone.

On the other hand, Hulk Hogan can enjoy a complete expectation of privacy in someone else’s bed that’s wired for video so maybe all bets are off.

The man is suing for €45 million ($48 million), and if he wins I am going to be so annoyed.

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Who was this guy married to? Because at the risk of sounding like a misogynist or a golddigger or both, unless this guy’s married to Liliane Bettencourt, his divorce isn’t worth $48 million. Indeed, if this marriage was worth $48 million to the guy, then he could have hired a personal driver.

And used that guy’s phone to order Uber.

Man Sues Uber After Glitch Reveals to Wife He’s Cheating [Jezebel]
Cheating Frenchman sues Uber for tipping off wife about affair [BBC]

HeadshotJoe Patrice is an editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news.

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