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Woman sues taxi company after driver cancelled because she 'couldn't fit in the car'

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Updated 10:54 30 Jan 2025 GMTPublished 19:09 29 Jan 2025 GMT

Woman sues taxi company after driver cancelled because she 'couldn't fit in the car'

The incident happened in Detroit, Michigan

Brenna Cooper

Brenna Cooper

A US woman is suing Lyft after a driver claimed that she was 'too big' to fit into his car.

Rapper Dajua Blanding, who goes by the stage name Dank Demoss, revealed that she was refused service from the taxi company earlier this month and took to social media to footage that she'd recorded from the incident.

In the clip the rider can be heard telling the 36-year-old rapper that he doesn't believe she will be able to fit into the back of his Mercedes Benz sedan.

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Rapper Dank Demoss, real name Dajua Blanding (Instagram/@dankdemoss)
Rapper Dank Demoss, real name Dajua Blanding (Instagram/@dankdemoss)

"I got no space at all, my car is small," he can be heard saying in the clip, to which Blanding replies: "I can fit in this car."

The driver doubles down on his stance, adding: "No believe me you can't, so... I'm sorry."

Blanding then queries what will happen to her money, with the driver explaining that he will cancel the trip so she can be refunded. She then asks the driver once again if he's refusing service due to her size, to which he replies: "Yeah, you need to order a bigger car."

The driver then bizarrely states that he also has 'very tired tires' as another reason why he cannot take her.

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"What I got to do with your tires?" Blanding responds.

Take a look at the footage she recorded below:

"@lyft what yall [sic] got to say about this yall driver discriminated against me," she added in the caption on Instagram. "I JUST FEEL LIKE YALL TREAT BIG PPLE LIKE S**T LIKE WE DONT BELONG HERE."

Blanding has since decided to take legal action against Lyft over her experience, confirming to Fox that she had hired two lawyers and was planning to sue for discrimination.

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Michigan, where the rapper lives, is the only state in the US which has a law preventing weight discrimination.

"I've been in cars smaller than that. I just want them to know that it hurt my feelings," she explained to the outlet.

"I knew that it was illegal and I knew that it was wrong," Jonathan Marko, one of her attorneys, added.

Blanding has now confirmed she is suing the taxi company for discrimination (Fox 2 Detroit)
Blanding has now confirmed she is suing the taxi company for discrimination (Fox 2 Detroit)

"It would be no different than a driver pulling up and saying, 'I don't want to have Black people in my car or I don't want to have Christians in my car.' It's the same, under the law it's the same."

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Lyft has since responded to the story, telling Fox 2 Detroit the company 'unequivocally condemns all forms of discrimination'.

"We believe in a community where everyone is treated with equal respect and mutual kindness. Our community guidelines and terms of service explicitly prohibit harassment or discrimination," the statement added.

LADbible has approached Lyft for further comment.

Featured Image Credit: Instagram/@dankemoss

Topics: Cars, US News

Brenna Cooper
Brenna Cooper

Brenna Cooper is a journalist at LADbible. She graduated from the University of Sheffield with a degree in History, followed by an NCTJ accredited masters in Journalism. She began her career as a freelance writer for Digital Spy, where she wrote about all things TV, film and showbiz. Her favourite topics to cover are music, travel and any bizarre pop culture.

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