BBC Newsbeat<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Love Island USA’s Cierra Ortega has left the villa “for personal reasons” after old social media posts emerged online. <\/p>\n The 25-year-old content creator from LA was absent from season seven’s latest episode after a 2015 video about Botox treatments resurfaced.<\/p>\n Fans shared and criticised the Instagram post, which contained a derogatory term for Chinese people.<\/p>\n In a statement Cierra’s parents said she had been the target of a hate campaign and called for compassion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Cierra’s parents, who have been running her social media while she’s been in the villa, said she and her relatives had received threats and “cruel messages”.<\/p>\n Describing the fallout as “one of the most painful weeks of our lives,” they said no-one deserved the hate Cierra had received.<\/p>\n “We’re not here to justify or ignore what’s surfaced,” they wrote.<\/p>\n “We understand why people are upset and we know accountability matters. But what’s happening online right now has gone far beyond that.”<\/p>\n “No-one deserves that kind of hate, no matter what mistakes they’ve made.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Cierra’s parents say that, while she’s left the villa, she “still hasn’t had the chance to process any of this or speak for herself”.<\/p>\n “When she returns, we believe she’ll face this with honesty, growth and grace.<\/p>\n “Until then, we’re simply asking for compassion. For patience. For basic human decency.”<\/p>\n BBC Newsbeat has contacted Peacock, the makers of Love Island USA, for comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Cierra’s departure follows that of fellow islander Yulissa Escobar, who left the show after videos of her using a racial slur on a podcast in 2021 re-emerged.<\/p>\n Yulissa later apologised, saying on Instagram she used the offensive term “ignorantly, not fully understanding the weight, history, or pain behind it”.<\/p>\n She followed up her apology with a second post, saying she had received death threats and that she “came back to a warzone” after leaving the villa.<\/p>\n “I’ve taken the time to reflect, to learn, and to grow,” she said.<\/p>\n “Growth means recognizing when you were wrong, even if it’s uncomfortable, and choosing to move forward with humility and accountability.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"Ben](\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/5ea3\/live\/f950bb20-5b0f-11f0-a7cb-992f82c2d299.jpg.webp\")
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Ben Symons\/Peacock via Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n‘A warzone’<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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