A Christian lifestyle influencer claims she has been "dropped" as a paid partner by beauty retailer Sephora because of online backlash for openly voicing her political and religious views.
Amanda Ensing shared a video on Instagram on Sunday in which she called out the brand for its "disgusting" treatment.
Earlier, the influencer had apparently asked Sephora if her views would be protected.
"I have received hate from people due to my political ideologies for being conservative and also for being a Christian", Ensing claims to have told the company.
The beauty brand responded by informing her that "Sephora and rewardStyle respect differing views and this would only ever be referenced in extreme situations such as violence or hate speech".
Insisting that she is being silenced just because of her conservative views, the influencer said in her video on Instagram:
"I have never done anything that is violent, I am not a violent person. I have never condoned violence and never will. I am first and foremost a Christian. I am secondly American and I am thirdly Latina. I am not racist, I am not homophobic, I am not a white supremacist… I only started being called these things by trolls on the internet after I came out as supporting our president, after I came out talking about my conservative views and my religious views".
Ensing added she has hired a legal team to fight her case and is demanding Sephora pay her for the video she made for them.
In response, Sephora said in a statement, quoted by MailOnline:
"We were recently made aware of concerning behaviour by Ms Ensing on her social platforms. Most recently, she made light of the violence and tragic loss of life at our nation's Capitol last month. For this reason, we made the decision to cease all programming with her indefinitely, including having the video she created through an external vendor, taken down".
Sephora denied claims the company had attempted to "silence" the influencer, adding they had not had any direct contact with Amanda Ensing or her legal team.