Yet another legal claim stemming from a widespread sexual exploitation scandal involving at least seven Bay Area law enforcement agencies seeks $18 million in damages from San Francisco to be awarded to "a teenage victim of statutory rape and sex trafficking."

The claim alleges three San Francisco police officers participated in the exploitation of Jasmine Abuslin, now 19. The officers were identified only by their initials: A.L., G.N. and R.D.

The claim -- a precursor to a lawsuit -- is the third to be filed in the case involving Abuslin. Her attorneys have filed similar claims in Oakland and Richmond seeking a combined $90 million from those cities.





They've said they plan to file other claims in Livermore as well as Contra Costa and Alameda counties.

The San Francisco claim recounts allegations that Abuslin was the victim of sex trafficking at the hands of police officers from Oakland, San Francisco and other jurisdictions. The document says she met Oakland police Officer Brendan O'Brien in an area of the city known for prostitution before she turned 18.

"Instead of providing her a way out of her exploitation, Officer O'Brien and his fellow officers and deputies, continued to traffic, rape, victimize and exploit a teenage girl who needed to be rescued," the claim says.