Report: Simon Cowell's Ex Attacked After American Idol Finale

Terri Seymour, the ex-girlfriend of American Idol judge Simon Cowell, was allegedly attacked after the taping of the hit Fox show Tuesday, TMZ reports.

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Seymour was confronted at the Nokia Theatre complex by Janice Thibodeaux, 33, who reportedly attempted to choke her after asking if she and Cowell were a couple.

Cowell's ex refused medical treatment and was escorted out of the complex by three L.A. police officers.

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Thibodeaux -- who weighs 200 pounds, according to TMZ -- was arrested on felony battery charges and is being held on $52,700 bail.

Cowell and Seymour, who broke up in October after they began dating in 2002, remain on friendly terms.

"It was Terri's idea [to break up], not Simon's," Cowell's rep, Max Clifford told Usmagazine.com last year. "Simon is doing all right, but they were together a long time and so you can understand that it's going to be a strange time."

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