More than seven years after a Sacramento police officer arrested Candida Johnson in connection with a cellphone theft, jury selection began Monday for a federal lawsuit seeking more than $2 million over her claims that the officer sexually molested her during the incident.

In a 2018 federal lawsuit against the Sacramento Police Department and former Officer Patrick Mulligan, Johnson alleges that Mulligan groped her breasts, ran his hands between her legs and penetrated her vagina through her yoga pants with his finger.