"Blood, Sweat & Heels" star Geneva Thomas is in a sticky situation involving a New York Taxi driver. But she tells TheYBF.com it's the driver's fault that SHE was arrested after being wrongfully accused of dodging her cab fare. Get her side inside...
A quick trip to Brooklyn (from her nearby downtown Manhattan home) for Bravo reality star Geneva Thomas turned into a super long night...and an arrest. Despite previous reports stating she simply dodged a cab fare, Geneva tells us the driver refused to accept their agreed upon fare and she only exited the cab to call the police after feeling "verbally assaulted" and "unsafe".
According to Geneva, while on a trip to Brooklyn last week, a cabbie took the out-of-the way Manhattan Bridge instead of the nearby Brooklyn Bridge, which resulted in a much higher fare.
The reality star says the many times she has taken this same trip to Brooklyn, the trip is $10 in full. This time, the fare had already crept to $14.50 before even entering Brooklyn. When she questioned the driver about his seemingly sneaky tactic (which NY cab drivers have been known to perform), Geneva says the driver stopped, verbally assaulted her and tried to kick her out in the middle of a busy street -- which is completely illegal in Manhattan.
After she flagged down a traffic cop to inform him of the situation, Geneva says the driver hesitantly continued on to the destination, but not before agreeing to honor only the $14.50 fare as the total fare (pictured below).
When the driver decided to not turn off the meter, and it ran up to over $25, he became hostile when Geneva refused to pay it...and also when she said she would not pay in cash.
Via her publicist, Geneva tells TheYBF.com that her wrongful arrest stemmed from an unfair cab fare:
On September 9, 2014, Geneva S. Thomas was involved in a dispute with a New York Yellow Taxi Cab Driver. Upon entering the vehicle, Geneva informed the driver of her desire to pay via credit card for services rendered and that she did not have cash. The driver became threatening and hostile following a line of question as he attempted to deviate from the planned route as a method to unfairly increase the fare. The driver became defensive and tried to force Geneva out of the vehicle in a highly trafficked area. Geneva placed two calls to 911 to diffuse the disagreement—once while she was in the cab and secondly upon arrival at her final destination. Geneva values the time and services of others, and was fully prepared to pay the agreed rate of $15.00. Geneva, along with bystanders on the scene, offered to pay, and the cops refused to allow anyone to do so. The New York Police Department proceeded with an immediate arrest without investigation. In this unfortunate situation, the New York Police Department’s unjust actions demonstrate an ongoing and well-documented pattern of behavior. The cab driver himself stated the arrest was unnecessary. Geneva finds these charges to be frivolous and unwarranted, and looks forward to proving her innocence. Geneva and her team will take action to create awareness ensuring this never happens to another woman in New York City ever again.
Geneva also tells us that the story reported earlier by another source, saying "police tracked her down" over an "$18 cab fare", is incorrect. She called the police herself.
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