The woman's DNA had been collected during a domestic violence and sexual assault case.
Then-San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin speaks during a press conference on Feb. 15. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
A woman whose rape kit DNA was used to arrest her for an unrelated crime filed a lawsuit Monday against the city of San Francisco.: The sexual assault victim, identified only as Jane Doe, is suing for unspecified damages and is hoping to hold the city accountable, her attorney, Adante Pointer, told the: The woman's DNA had been collected and stored in a police database during a 2016 domestic violence and sexual assault case.
Five years later, during a search of the San Francisco Police Department crime lab database, her DNA was connected to a burglary.
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