Justine Lindsay, the NFL’s first transgender cheerleader who performed on the Carolina Panthers’ squad, dished about the reason for departing the organization.

Lindsay claimed it had something to do with being transgender. Lindsay departed the team in August after being on the Carolina TopCats since 2022.

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"I was cut because I’m trans. I don’t wanna hear nobody saying ‘She didn’t wanna come back.’ Why the hell would I not wanna come back to an organization that I’ve been a part of for three years," Lindsay told Gaye Magazine in a livestream last week.

Lindsay made clear there was no ill will toward the Panthers, but said the team wasn’t looking at the bigger picture.

"I love them down. I appreciate everything that they’ve done for me, but I feel like I was done wrong," the former cheerleader said.

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"It was like a big slap in the face to not only me but for the youth," Lindsay said. "And this was right after Trump became president."

Fox News Digital reached out to the Panthers for comment

President Donald Trump signed an executive order during the first month of his second term. The order prohibits schools and colleges that receive federal funds and are subject to Title IX from allowing men onto women's sports teams and into women's locker rooms and restrooms.

If educational institutions and their athletic associations fail to comply, they could face investigations and a loss of federal funds.

Several organizations changed their policies to comply with the president’s order, including the NCAA.

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A former substitute teacher in Missouri was sentenced to ten years in prison on Wednesday after she was accused of giving students money, alcohol and drugs in exchange for sex.

Carissa Jane Smith, 31, of Dixon, was arrested last November on 19 counts, including statutory rape and sexual contact with a student, the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office said at the time.

In September, Smith pleaded guilty to lesser charges of one count of endangering the welfare of a child, and two counts of sexual contact with a student, KRCGTV reported.

Smith worked in the Dixon School District as a paraprofessional and long-term substitute, the district said in a statement following Smith’s arrest last year. She resigned in August 2024.

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Smith would offer students money, marijuana and alcohol to students in return for sex or to allow her to perform oral sex, the sheriff’s office said in a probable cause statement.

Smith would allegedly meet with the victims at isolated places or while her husband was away for work.

Victims told investigators that Smith would have sex with them at her home or other locations "such as gravel roads or on the side of the road," the sheriff’s office said. One victim said Smith asked him to have sex with her when he was in middle school.

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The victims told investigators that Smith told them not to tell anyone about their encounters or else she could get into trouble.

One victim said Smith’s husband threatened them with a baseball bat after she told him they were trying to blackmail her with a video of her smoking marijuana with students, USA Today reported, citing the probable cause statement.

Smith’s sentence includes 6 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for the charge of endangering the welfare of a child, and two years each for the sexual contact charges.