A Texas salon owner refused to obey a court order to close her business in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, and as a result, she was sentenced on Tuesday to a week in jail and a $3,500 fine.

Shelley Luther, who operates Salon à la Mode in North Dallas, initially closed on March 22 after her county enacted stay-at-home measures. However, on April 24, she opened back up with two masked stylists in her 3,600 square-foot shop instead of the usual 19, and gained plenty of attention for doing so. Luther tore up a cease-and-desist letter from a county judge at a demonstration on the 25th, and was found in contempt of court after ignoring a temporary restraining order signed on April 28.

Amid concerns of the spread of COVID-19, salon owner Shelley Luther, center, listens to Dallas City officials as a reflection of a supporter filming them is seen from outside Luther’s reopened Salon A la Mode on April 24. (LM Otero/AP)

Speaking at her hearing on Tuesday, Luther explained that her violation of the order came out of necessity. She hadn’t earned any money since the stay-at-home order was issued in March, and the federal loans meant to help small businesses didn’t come through until a couple of days ago.

“I couldn’t feed my family and my stylists couldn’t feed their families,” she said.