Rideshare passenger hit with string of charges

A rideshare passenger has been charged with a string of offences after a driver was allegedly left battered and bruised.

George Gilto was driving for rideshare company Ola when he picked up Mark Joseph Smith and another passenger outside of a Sydney pub.

"I requested then that he and his passenger had to go get a mask, or I couldn't take them," Gilto told A Current Affair.

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Gilto said he dropped the first passenger off and continued to the next destination.

It is then Gilto alleges Smith punched him.

Five days later, Smith was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, damage or destroy property, and impersonating a police officer.

He was granted bail but he is required to report to his local police station daily.

He has a curfew, is not permitted to enter any licensed premises and he can't drink alcohol or take drugs.

He is also subject to drug and alcohol testing if police suspect he's breached this condition.

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This week Ola deactivated Gilto's account following a complaint in relation to the surveillance cameras in his vehicle.

Gilto will be out of work until Ola's investigation reaches an outcome.

Gilto claims he did nothing wrong.

He has stickers on his car, which read "in car camera recording", and he claims his passenger knew he was being filmed.

"I'm worried I won't be able to do what I love - helping people," he said.