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Rachel Canning, portrayed here, has been compared to Ja’mie King, a fictional character portrayed by Australian comedian Chris Lilley, who parodies wealthy private school girls.
I’ve been hearing quite a bit about Rachel Canning, the New Jersey high school senior who tried to sue her parents for allegedly kicking her out of their home. Despite Rachel’s claims that they were perfectly capable of supporting her while she finishes her education, and that they were verbally abusive and caused her eating disorder before she was kicked out of the house, a judge ruled against Rachel and denied her lawsuit request.
According to Rachel’s parents, Sean and Elizabeth Canning, Rachel had been acting out, drinking heavily, ignoring her curfew and cutting school to be with her boyfriend. They delivered an ultimatum to her: stop drinking and dump her boyfriend, otherwise they would kick her out of the house and stop paying her private school tuition. When Rachel refused, she went to live with her boyfriend and her family. After a couple more days of that, Rachel left and moved in with another friend of hers, whose father gave her $12,000 to hire a lawyer and sue her parents.
After being ridiculed across the media for trying to sue her parents, Rachel has been using Facebook to attack her parents and other parents that refuse to support their children. She wrote a lengthy, angry post on Facebook. While the post has a fair amount of typos, it seems that Rachel is trying to drill a point home. It’s not entirely clear what went down between Rachel and her parents, but there must undoubtedly be parents out there who refuse to support their children.
Even though the judge ruled against her, it doesn’t seem that Rachel has stopped fighting for support from her parents. When her Facebook page received a lot of hateful comments, Rachel explained that her parents, according to New Jersey state law, are legally obliged to support her education.
Maria Haymandou 