By David Perel - Executive Vice President/Managing Editor Breaking Celebrity News

LeAnn Rimes may be suing more Twitter users, adding them as defendants in her lawsuit against high school teacher Kim Smiley and her daughter, Breaking Celebrity News is reporting exclusively.

The lawsuit has taken an even uglier turn with charges flying that the star is trying to cause Smiley to lose her job and financially ruin her.

Rimes is suing Smiley for recording a phone conversation earlier this year without her consent. That recording later ended up online. It is illegal in California to record a phone call without two-party consent.

Now people familiar with the case tell Breaking Celebrity News exclusively that Rimes' camp believes the star was set up to be recorded and may be adding more defendants to the lawsuit, charging them with conspiracy.

Smiley denies that the phone call was orchestrated in advance.

The call followed months of battles on Twitter between people supporting Rimes versus her detractors. Some Twitter followers recently rallied around Smiley sending out a tweet to raise funds for her and claiming that Rimes is going after her job – an allegation denied by people in Rimes' camp.

"This lawsuit alone is both emotionally and financially draining and now I'm faced with the threat of losing the career that I've dedicated my life to," Smiley told Breaking Celebrity News in an exclusive interview. She also revealed that she has hired a Los Angeles attorney and been granted a 30-day extension.

Rimes is represented by top Los Angeles attorney Larry Stein.

A fund-raising email for Smiley sent via Twitter reads in part: "Friends, we are just $3000 short of having raised the total retainer fee for Kim & Lexi Smiley. However, her atty has stated that the entire cost will be well over $100,000!"

The tweet also mentions Rimes' camp’s actions possibly costing Smiley her job and continues: "What (they don’t) understand is Leann has messed with the wrong woman and her child."

Smiley is furious at the star even as she faces financial devastation.

"LeAnn orchestrated this so it would get the most amo