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Under NY law, you have to use physical force (ie, touch them), intimidation, or deception to be guilty of unlawful imprisonment.

If he were going to be charged, he would have been. A jury isn't going to convict a cabbie of locking a fare-cheater in his car, especially not one who was assaulted as a result.