While influencers aren't always celebrities, and celebrities can always use their fame to be influencers, influencers can be so famous that they send ripples across the social media sphere.
And Laura Anna from Indonesia could be considered one of them.
The woman was a 21-year-old Instagram influencer when she died.
Laura started receiving huge attention after a car accident in 2019 that left her paralyzed from the waist down.
But despite her conditions, Laura continued to share and upload cheerful and positive posts on her Instagram account, right until the day before her death.
And when the Instagram influencer died, her death left unresolved legal battle with her ex-boyfriend Gaga Muhammad, also an internet influencer, who was driving the car when the accident occurred, allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol.
It all began in the early hours of December 8th, 2019.
After a night partying that left the couple drunk, Gaga was driving the car the two were in. On the Jagorawi toll road, Gaga who couldn't keep himself sober enough to drive, crashed the car.
While Gaga survived the crash with minor injuries, Laura was far less fortunate, as the crash dislocated one of her cervical vertebrae.
This left her paralyzed from her waist down.
Feeling responsible for the incident, Gaga started a crowdfunding campaign to help Laura, but eventually only raised a few hundred dollars. While Gaga might not have any ill intention, netizens condemned his act, simply because the couple had often been spotted vacationing to many place and indulging in a luxury lifestyle.
Making things worse, in 2020, Laura said on her Instagram account that Gaga had never transferred anything to at least help her with her medical bills.
Laura even accused Gaga for neglecting her, and use her absence to be with other women.
Laura also said that Gaga was found withdrawing cash from her ATM card soon after the crash.
The story went viral, and immediately tarnished their image as a happy internet power couple.
Following the announcement, Laura’s family through a lawyer, subpoenaed Gaga, and demanded him to pay Rp 12.6 billion (around $850,000) toward her medical bills.
Gaga ignored the subpoena.
In response, Laura’s family made prosecutors to build a case against him.
In his defense, Gaga said that he wanted to propose to Laura, as a way for him to make up for his mistakes.
However, he stopped short because Laura's family demanded him to pay Laura's medical bill first.
"Even my parents have discussed the matter with me, and agreed that I marry Laura as a way to show that I'm responsible for everything that happened," he said.
"And not just that, because I also love Laura."
"So what happened to Laura and I was an unavoidable disaster. It's impossible if I want an accident. This is God's destiny that I have to accept, and at the time of the incident I was driving the car perfectly, while Laura used the seat belt only on the top or not perfectly," concluded Gaga Muhammad.
But Laura's parents kept on asking the Rp 12.6 billion, and demanded to file this as a lawsuit, and considered everything Gaga said to be a lie.
It was during the short moment that Laura, being paralyzed and cannot do pretty much everything on her own, continued her work as an Instagram influencer.
She regularly posted her daily activities, including her treatments, as well as posting a number of endorsements to her more than 1.5 million followers.
While a number of people still accused her for her lavish lifestyle and mentioning her case with Gaga, and why she had not delete her photos with him. she tried to keep a positive vibe.
In the last few months of her life, Laura who had started using a wheelchair, accepted a number of interviews and attend talks shows.
And for more than often, she spoke about how her health had improved.
Even in the less than 24 hours before her death, Laura was still uploading selfies and videos on Instagram, show her smiling and enjoying her moments with her close friends.
And her last post on Instagram, she uploaded a photo of her with her friends:
Laura was cremated at Grand Heaven in Pluit, North Jakarta, one day after her death was confirmed.
According to Laura's sister Greta Irene, it was Laura herself who asked to be cremated.
"To be honest, it was her to asked to be cremated," said Greta.
Following Laura's death, a number of Indonesian celebrities use social media and fill them with condolences.
And not just that, as Indonesia netizens also use their social media accounts to express their sympathy.
But due to Laura's name, which is not an Indonesian name, many Indonesian netizens mistakenly mentioned wrong names on their posts.
One of the most prominent, was a photojournalist from Brazil.
The woman who shares the same name with Laura, received endless stream of condolences messages.
"I'm not Laura Anna from Indonesia!!! Please stop! I can't go on like this," wrote Anna Laura from Brazil on her Instagram Story.
"I thought I could get through it, but Indonesians are everywhere on (Instagram) profiles, in e-mails, on other social media and also on my friends' Instagram accounts," she continued. "Please stop it!!"
But still, the woman who goes by the name Anna Laura Kummer who became victim of the wrong target for condolences of Indonesian netizens, also expressed her sympathy.
"I'm so sorry for what happened to you! I hope you can rest in peace," wrote Anna.
Laura's family accepted all the condolences, except for one person: Gaga Muhammad.
Her family said that Laura hated him until she died, and because of that, the family will continue Laura's stance.