OAKLAND — A day after the city agreed to pay $989,000 to a teenager at the center of a sex abuse scandal that engulfed the Oakland Police Department and other Bay Area law enforcement agencies, the alleged victim said she is looking forward to putting the traumatic episode behind her.

“I feel happy I can close this chapter and move on with my life,” said the 19-year-old who formerly went by the name Celeste Guap. This news agency is not identifying the woman by her real name because she is a victim of sexual exploitation.

The Oakland City Council voted 7-1 Tuesday to approve the settlement to the woman who alleged that police officers exploited and victimized her in violation of her civil rights. Her original claim against the city sought $66 million in damages. She accused multiple Oakland officers as well as officers from other Bay Area agencies of having sex with her. She said some had sex with her when she was a minor in exchange for giving her confidential information about prostitution stings and protection.

Then-Oakland Police Chief Sean Whent resigned as details of the extent of OPD’s involvement grew, and Mayor Libby Schaaf decried a “frat house” atmosphere in the department. Whent’s replacement, Ben Fairow, was fired after five days as interim chief. Two days after that, Fairow’s replacement, Paul Figueroa, went on leave.

On Wednesday, the young woman spoke about the settlement at a news conference organized by John Burris, her lead attorney. Burris stood behind the woman holding her shoulders as she fielded reporters’ questions.

“It’s taken its toll on me,” she said, showing visible emotion. She said she felt relief and was satisfied with the terms of the settlement.

“I want to go to school and maybe work with animals,” she said, when asked about her future plans.

Burris called the settlement a first step toward the woman being able to move on with her life, but he said the message the settlement sends goes beyond just his client.

“The tragedy is the lack of internal personal controls by the officers,” he said. “The message is police officers should be held to the standard of the law.”

Burris said the alleged perpetrators were a “cabal” that passed the woman around like she was a kickball or they were in a relay.

“Offices are supposed to protect young girls like this, not take advantage of them,” Burris said. “They were like wild rats that went from one department to the next department to the next department.”

The scandal also dragged in the Richmond and Livermore police departments and the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office. In all, six former and current officers were charged with crimes in Alameda County, and a retired Oakland captain entered a no-contest plea in Contra Costa County. The young woman testified in court in mid-May against former Oakland Officer Brian Bunton, who was then ordered to stand trial.

Burris said he has filed five claims on the woman’s behalf against those agencies and that she would testify as needed.

“We’re investigating those cases now,” he said. “But we’ve mostly been focused on Oakland given the size of the officers involved.”

After the council’s approval of the settlement, Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan called for changes in the department.

“The magnitude of this scandal, not only the number of officers accused of sexual misconduct but the number that are alleged to have known about it and not done anything, suggests that we need fundamental culture change,” said Kaplan, council member at-large, in a statement. “We need to ensure that we are building the conditions that make it possible to have trust and healing between the community and our law enforcement officers.”