- Mon Jan 04, 2016 6:45 pm
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New York City police say the stepdaughter of U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch was taken into custody for not paying an Uber taxi driver.A New York news channel is reporting that she became combative with the police officers who tried to diffuse the situation and promised there would be consequences. The Brooklyn PD confirmed they've been contacted by a civil rights attorney with the DOJ looking into the matter.
Kia Absalom was riding in the car Dec. 28. Police say she believed her fare was automatically paid via the Uber app. But the driver tells the Daily News she hadn't paid.
Police say the two argued and the driver took her to a Brooklyn police station. They say after it was determined she owed the driver about $20 she was detained in a cell while her boyfriend went to pay the fare.
Messages left with the attorney general's office haven't been returned.