The woman whom state prosecutors say was raped by a now-former Leesburg police officer on her way to jail told a Lake County jury her emotional story Tuesday.

Henri Bart Larue arrested the woman in October 2012 for driving with a suspended license. The woman, now 24, took the stand Tuesday after opening statements in Larue's trial for sexual battery with a weapon.

"The alley felt a mile long at the time, and I felt like cooperating was the safest thing for me," said the woman, whom we are not identifying in accordance with our Crime Guidelines.

At first, the woman said she thought it was just inappropriate flirting, saying Larue made a comment about not having "pink fluffy handcuffs."

She then said Larue took her to the Leesburg Police Department, but when they left for the Lake County Jail, Larue made a U-turn and headed behind an empty shopping center.

Next, the woman told jurors what happened after she was let out of Larue's squad car, still in handcuffs.

"My arms were still cuffed, so he reached around my arms, pulled up my shirt and grabbed my [expletive]," she said. "He just placed my hand on it and made me touch it."

The woman then said Larue, with his police-issued handgun near her head, continued to rape her.

"He did it continuously until he was done," she told jurors.

Larue was arrested in January 2013 after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement spent several months looking into the woman's arrest. Leesburg police later fired Larue after a report showed he joked with dispatchers about flirting with the woman.

State prosecutors said DNA evidence backed the woman's claims, and that Larue took nearly twice as long as he should have taking the woman to jail.

Defense attorneys argued investigators found no bodily fluids, and said the slow trip could have been caused by stop lights.

In cross-examination, Larue's attorney tried to poke holes in the woman's story, asking her why she didn't tell anyone at the jail or go home to her child after the alleged incident.

"I guess you can't understand that because you aren't the victim of a rape," the woman answered, "but I was not in a state to go see my baby off to school."

Six jurors and two alternates were seated Monday in Larue's trial, which is expected to continue through the rest of the week.

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