The woman Snoop Dogg sued in December for alleged extortion has filed her own claim against the rapper for sexual assault.

According to the lawsuit, filed Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court and obtained by the Smoking Gun Web site, makeup artist Kylie Bell claims to have been raped by the rapper (real name Calvin Broadus) and some of his associates after a taping of ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in January 2003.

Bell alleges she was served what one of the rapper's associates told her was a glass of champagne during a party in Broadus' dressing room following the January 31, 2003, taping. She claims the drink left her unable to move or control her body and that she was assaulted and raped by the rapper and his associates.

In December, Broadus filed a preemptive suit against Bell, claiming he was not involved in the alleged incident (see "Snoop Dogg Sues Unnamed Woman For Extortion"). He said Bell claimed that if he didn't give her $5 million, she would sell details of the alleged assault to The National Enquirer.

Bell's suit seeks $25 million in combined damages from Broadus, as well as ABC, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and Walt Disney, which owns ABC. She alleges that all parties are responsible for the incident because employees for the show were aware of the drugs and alcohol in Broadus' dressing room.

In the suit, Bell claims she was asked by Broadus to apply and remove his makeup during the week he was guest-hosting the show. Bell claims that while working in his dressing room she repeatedly observed "large amounts of marijuana" and that on the day of the alleged incident she saw him snort cocaine.

The next day, Bell claims, her family advised her not to seek police intervention, telling her that Broadus was a gang member and could have her killed. Bell claims the incident made her become reclusive and that she has suffered emotional distress, so in May she contacted "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and reported what happened.

After that call, Bell claims, the network began paying her expenses (she claimed she became unable to work after the incident) and when it stopped sending money, Broadus then paid her expenses while their lawyers were mired in negotiations.

In October 2004, the suit says, her counsel and Broadus' counsel hired a professional mediation service to negotiate a settlement, and on January 6 they agreed to a settlement that was "less than the figure recommended by the mediator." However, on January 18, Bell claims, Broadus' counsel said the rapper's insurance company was refusing to pay a part of the money promised in the settlement.

So on Friday Bell filed suit.

A statement released by Broadus' spokesperson said that when Bell first contacted the rapper's attorney, the lawyer instructed her to go to the police, and that Bell "waited a full six months to file a police report in which she implicated others and was clear that Snoop did nothing wrong."

"In his lawsuit," the statement read, "Snoop attempted to protect Ms. Bell's privacy by suing her as a Jane Doe in the hope that she would recognize that Snoop would not give in to her exorbitant demands and she would drop her untrue allegations. The fact that she has now broadcast her unmerited claims only means that Snoop will have the opportunity to prove in a court of law that Ms. Bell is opportunistic and deceitful."