KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A woman accused of staging her own sexual assault admitted to her part in the crime this morning.

Lindsey Crawford pleded guilty in federal court saying she let another man beat her up and sexually assault her in her garage in Westport last November.

Authorities said Crawford and another woman made a false police report about the assault in hopes of later filing a sexual harassment lawsuit against their employers and getting settlement money.

Crawford could face up to five years in prison and pay a fine of up to $250,000.

Julie Bernet, 39, Bucyrus, Kan., and Gordon Reabe, 33, Lee’s Summit, are also charged in the case. Bernet is expected to appear in court July 8.

U.S. Attorney Doug Wood said the trio conspired to have Reabe attack the pair in the garage of Crawford's Waldo home.

On Nov. 25, the women met Reabe at Loose Park to discuss the final details. Wood’s report said the women agreed to be assaulted and Crawford agreed to be sexually assaulted if she got knocked unconscious.

The affidavit said Bernet and Crawford went shopping at Town Center Plaza in Leawood while Reabe purchased a ticket to the University of Kansas men’s basketball game at the Sprint Center and opened a tab at McFadden’s Sports Saloon in the Power and Light District to establish an alibi.

Then Crawford, Bernet and Reabe returned to Crawford’s Waldo house for the staged assault. According to the affidavit given by the women, Crawford allowed Reabe to duct tape her mouth and hands in her garage, and then Reabe hit her in the head with a tool. Crawford did not fall unconscious after two hits from the tool, so Bernet began to direct Reabe in the assault and sexual assault of Crawford.

Then Reabe covered Bernet’s mouth with duct tape, according to the affidavit, and Reabe hit Bernet in the head with a beer bottle, causing her to lose consciousness. When Bernet awoke, she had duct tape around her hands and ankles, and found Reabe continuing to sexually assault Crawford.

The affidavit said Reabe left the women in the garage with a running vehicle.

Bernet eventually contacted two neighbors across the street who called the Kansas City Police. Bernet told officers that two masked men accosted her and Crawford, who denied any memory of the attack. Both women indicated to officers, according to the affidavit, that they believed the attack was related to the pending lawsuit.

The Kansas City Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the crime.

Wood’s report also states that Bernet met with Reabe on Dec. 12 to discuss his payment for the assault. Bernet told Reabe she did not believe the assault would help settle the lawsuit sooner or for a larger amount because there was not any forensic evidence connecting the assault to the lawsuit.

The report said they discussed making a threatening phone call from Aristocrat Motors to Bernet, in which Bernet would claim that her life had been threatened by the caller.