A woman whose rape DNA led to her arrest sues the city of San Francisco

Attorneys Adanté Pointer (left) and Patrick Buelna, who represent a woman whose DNA from a sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated crime, speak during a news conference announcing their lawsuit against the city on Monday. (Jeff Chiu/AP)

SAN FRANCISCO — A rape victim whose DNA from her sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime on Monday filed a lawsuit against the city.

During a search of a San Francisco Police Department crime lab database, the woman's DNA was tied to a burglary in late 2021. Her DNA had been collected and stored in the system as part of a 2016 domestic violence and sexual assault case, then-District Attorney Chesa Boudin said in February in a shocking revelation that raised privacy concerns.