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S.M., a 17-year-old transgender classmate who also requested to go by initials, agreed.

Gaines had also helped circulate another post a couple of weeks prior: S.M.’s tough-talking Instagram rant to her close friends, which had somehow leaked.

Gaines repeatedly called S.M. a boy and said her “mf sock to the face” remark was “a direct threat” that should lead to S.M.’s explusion.

As other influencers piled on, Essayli also recirculated Gaines’ post — spreading S.M.’s face further around the internet.

S.M. was terrified, she said, saying it “felt like all these eyes were on me,” and that “I was canceled forever.”