Castle, who makes electro-pop and performs beneath elaborate makeup, told WFTS that he found a $100 fee on his Lyft statement after a half-hour trip from St. Petersburg to Dunedin. The driver sent a picture of a small pile of puke to Lyft and blamed Castle for it. Castle denies that it happened.
"He took advantage and robbed me," Castle told the TV station. “It definitely made me feel very taken advantage of.”
After investigating the incident, Lyft is standing by the driver saying that there is sufficient evidence in issuing a damage fee.
Castle, for his part, wants to point out that “vomit fraud” — where rideshare drivers claim a rider puked in a vehicle to collect a cleaning fee — is a real thing, and he told the station that he’d be filming his rides going forward.
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This article appears in May 16-23, 2019.