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THE WOMAN caught on tape assaulting an Uber driver is now defending her actions, saying he was "lucky as hell" all she did was cough into his face seconds after she pulled his mask down.

"And he lucky as hell I ain't have nothing on me," the woman said in an Instagram video posted under the username keepinupwforeign.

The woman caught on video coughing into an Uber driver's face is defending her actions
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The woman caught on video coughing into an Uber driver's face is defending her actionsCredit: KPIX 6 Twitter
The unnamed woman said the Uber driver was "lucky as hell" she didn't have anything on him
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The unnamed woman said the Uber driver was "lucky as hell" she didn't have anything on himCredit: keepinupwforeign/Instagram

"'Cause if he would have played with me, bruh, it would've been a whole different story," the unnamed woman said in the .

The woman, , was seen on video entering Uber driver Subhakar Khadka's car in San Francisco on Sunday with two of her masked friends.

When Khadka asked her to put on a mask and she refused, he asked them to leave the car after driving them to a gas station where they could purchase masks.

Instead, the woman began hurling insults at Khadka before assaulting him, pulling down his mask and coughing in his face, then attempting to steal his phone before Malaysia King, 24 allegedly pepper sprayed inside his car.

On Thursday the Las Vegas Police Department said King was taken into custody on charges of assault with a caustic chemical, assault and battery, conspiracy and violation of health and safety code.

Now according to local media reports Kimiai's lawyer has said she will turn herself in to the San Francisco Police Department to face similar charges

The woman ripped off the driver's mask and assaulted him after he asked her to put on a mask
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The woman ripped off the driver's mask and assaulted him after he asked her to put on a maskCredit: KPIX 6 Twitter
She hasn't apologized but said she didn't have Covid when she coughed into his face
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She hasn't apologized but said she didn't have Covid when she coughed into his faceCredit: keepinupwforeign/Instagram

Days later, instead of apologizing, the woman went on the offense, saying she would have done much more damage to Khadka, saying her boyfriend taught her not to let an Uber driver drop her off in the middle of the road.

"All I did take his mask off and cough a little bit but I don't even have corona."

She did somewhat walk back that action, however, but did not fully apologize.

"I ain't gonna lie, that was disrespectful as f**k. I was dead a** wrong for that."

She then ended by saying she was never a fan of the Uber platform - which has since banned her - and instead takes their rival.

"F**king stupid a** Uber bruh, that's why I take Lyft," she said.

Lyft also has preemptively banned her from their service as well.

"Although this incident did not involve the Lyft platform, the unacceptable treatment of the driver in this video compelled us to permanently remove the rider from the Lyft community," the company  in a statement.

"Driving in a pandemic is not easy. Please wear a mask, respect one another, and be a good person."

Shocking video shows Uber passengers COUGH on driver and steal his phone after he told them to put on masks
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