The woman who says she was raped by a taxi driver has filed a federal lawsuit against a police officer and the Cincinnati Police Department.

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A woman who was arrested after telling a Cincinnati police officer that she had been raped is suing the officer.Attorney Eric Deters said the lawsuit against Officer Adrienne Brown was filed Monday morning.Watch this storyIn the lawsuit, Deters said, his client claims she was the victim of false imprisonment and malicious prosecution.Read the lawsuitThe woman said she was raped by a cab driver early on Jan. 19.After 911 was called, the lawsuit says, Brown arrived on scene and told the victim to “get the (expletive) out of the car,” then told two passersby who had come to the victim's assistance "You can (expletive) leave!”Parts of the incident were captured on Brown's cruiser camera.“You listen to me and you listen good because this is the last thing I'm going to say to you. You should know your limit," Brown said to the alleged victim. "You’re an adult. You should know your limit. You should never be in a situation where you don't know your limit because you are drinking too much."“You have to help me. That man raped me. Someone please help me,” the alleged victim responded, after which Brown turned up the police cruiser's radio so she could not hear the victim.The lawsuit states that when Brown had trouble getting the woman’s information, she decided to charge the woman rather than take her to the hospital.The woman told WLWT’s Brian Hamrick that after she was raped she was distraught and confused but it was made worse when Brown treated her like the suspect. She said Brown was aggressive and disrespectful.The woman was charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct while intoxicated.The victim eventually went to a hospital to be examined, but she and police have different versions of how she got there.“I feel like my whole life has been torn apart from start to finish,” said the alleged victim, who WLWT is not identifying.Cincinnati police are conducting two investigations, one into the rape, the other into the woman's treatment.The woman said she was physically ill after she saw the video for the first time.“I was absolutely sick I am completely outraged at the way this woman treated me,” she said."This is not how we treat people,” police spokeswoman Julie Johnson said last week. “This is in no way the way that we expect our officers to talk to or communicate or to treat the people who we have a duty to care for.”Brown has been an officer for 10 years. She has been reassigned pending the outcome of the investigations.Prosecutors have not dropped the charges. The alleged victim will appear in court Jan. 31.The lawsuit requests unspecified damages.Alleged rape victim reacts to police cruiser cam video of arrest: