Caitlyn Ricci got herself kicked out of a residential internship with Disney World. From Age of Entitlement, her mother’s blog:

Imagine our horror when after only 3 weeks, she was kicked out of the program for underage drinking (although at first she lied to us about why she was kicked out, claiming she was sleeping while her roommate had a party.  Turns out, Caitlyn had the party and her own roommates reported her).  Once again, we feared for Caitlyn and her future.  It was time for some “tough love.”

She returned from Florida to her mother’s home in New Jersey where stringent condition were imposed:

We came up with a plan for Caitlyn when she came home.  This plan included a full-time job, household chores, a curfew, and for her to register for 3 summer classes to make up for the wasted semester.

Caitlyn balked at these arrangements, so at age 19 she left her mother’s home and moved in with her paternal grandparents:

She chose to move out of my house instead of following the rules we established. She packed her things, and moved into her paternal grandparent’s [sic] house.

Six months later, Caitlyn sued her parents.

Within a few months of living at her grandparents, Caitlyn retained a lawyer and sued her father and me for college contribution (and a new car.) … Caitlyn has not been to my home since the day she left (in February 2013) despite the fact that I have continued to invite her to family functions, send her cards, gifts, poems, pictures, etc. She doesn’t want a family; she wants money.

But Caitlyn denied a pecuniary motive, as reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer:

“It’s not about the money,” Caitlyn Ricci, maintaining her composure, told [the judge]. “I want to go to college.”

And her grandfather denied having put Caitlyn up to suing her parents:

“It was her decision,” he told the judge. “I didn’t say anything. We didn’t say anything, where to go, what to do.”

Yet he was unwavering in Caitlyn’s support, telling WPVI-TV investigative reporter Wendy Saltzman:

If they don’t pay up, they should go to jail.

Caitlyn’s parents never doubted his involvement. From Age of Entitlement:

… Caitlyn’s grandparents helped her hire a lawyer to sue her parents, instead of telling her to come home and work it out.  These are people who have undermined my parental decisions repeatedly throughout the past 20 years, despite the fact that the only reason they even have a relationship with Caitlyn is because of me.  Because I put Caitlyn first, and allowed her to continue to visit with her grandparents despite my ex-husband’s objections.  My reward for being the bigger person is having them pay for my child to sue me.

And Caitlyn’s father told Yahoo Parenting:

While I absolutely place blame on Caitlyn for this, the majority of it lies with her grandparents, who have fostered and even financed this debacle while she lives at their house. What kind of people encourage their granddaughter to sue her own parents…their son?