Tajipour claimed the woman sat in the front seat of his taxi and came on to him.

Oregon Live reports.

Cab driver gets 10 years for attacking drunk University of Portland student

The 20-year-old University of Portland student was in a bad situation.

She had been drinking. She left a party near campus alone. Her cellphone battery was dead. She was lost, walking barefoot and without a jacket at 3 a.m. on a frigid winter night last year.

Then she spotted a Broadway Cab, flagged it down and got in. She was overcome with relief. She figured she’d soon be safe at home in bed.

But what happened next highlights what have become familiar elements in many sexual assault cases: A vulnerable college-age woman. Alcohol. A man claiming the sexual contact was consensual. A family that can’t fathom how accusations against their loved one could be true.