Gold Coast taxi driver charged after assaulting sleeping passenger A GOLD Coast taxi driver will face court charged with raping a passenger after she fell asleep in the back of a cab. The 25-year-old from Surfers Paradise allegedly picked up the woman from Broadbeach about 3am on Sunday and drove her to an address at Coombabah, about 20km away. After the woman fell asleep during the journey, she allegedly woke to find the driver sexually assaulting her. He was arrested and charged on Monday with one count of rape. He will face Southport Magistrates Court on July 17.