Adeline Louison felt sick to her stomach the morning after she got home from a downtown nightclub.

But she said it wasn’t from drinking the night before when she left Club 120 on Church St. on April 9 around 3 a.m. She checked her Uber app and discovered the company had tagged a $150 cleaning fee onto her $18 ride home to her Midtown apartment.

“I contacted Uber to know what these fees are, they replied me back, ‘You vomited in the car so, as mentioned in our policies, you have been charged of $150 cleaning fees,’” she said Friday. “I was so upset because this is totally false, I never did this, so I replied that it was a mistake and asked them to check with the driver.”

Louison, 26, a Parisian native living in Toronto, said she then attempted to call the driver — who she had given a five-star rating after the trip but prior to the fee discovery — but when she reached him, he told her it was a wrong number and hung up.

“Uber replied back with a fake picture of vomit claiming that I did (it),” she said. “I replied them back saying that it could be anybody and that I didn’t do that. I asked them to check the time and date the picture has been taken, but they said their investigation was concluded. I am going to see a lawyer because their driver is a liar and stole $150 from me.”

The ride-sharing company confirmed Louison took a trip with one of their drivers, but after speaking to both sides, concluded the driver was in the right to charge the fee. There was no surveillance footage available from inside the car, according to Uber.

“This was the driver’s last trip for the night,” Uber spokesman Kayla Whaling told the Sun on Friday. “He’s not able to continue driving until his car is cleaned...The driver reported it right after his trip and took photos of the vomit. We did work with this rider, but (with) the details of the trip, this charge gone into effect for this specific rider, which is in the terms and conditions for Uber.”

Whaling dismissed Louison’s claim that she may have been scammed by the Uber driver.

“It’s hard to imagine anyone saying, ‘Hey, would you come and puke in the car?’” she said. “It’s relevant, but not relevant. Could things like that happen? Sure. I did look into how many times this driver has reported something like this and this is the only time I’m aware of.”

Louison said she was out at party, but was sober. She said she’s now retained a lawyer and has also contacted her credit card company, alleging she was defrauded of cash. She is still mulling over whether she’ll file a police report against Uber and the driver.

“I’m so shocked they’re defending their driver,” she said. “I’ve asked them to send me proof and they don’t even send this to me. They’re insisting it’s my fault. I won’t let this go. When they refund me, I’m going to delete the app and never going to take another Uber in my life.”

jyuen@postmedia.com