You probably know her best as the designer blue jeans name tag, or mother of CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper, but, if you were 100 years older, you'd remember her as the poor little rich girl who was stuck in a custody battle because she was a trust fund millionaire and her aunt wanted it. No doubt her mom was far more interested in keeping custody of her, but, she didn't just sign over the money to get her sister to piss off, either.
During the 1930s, she was the subject of a high-profile child custody trial in which her mother, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, and her paternal aunt, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, each sought custody of her and control over her trust fund. Called the "trial of the century" by the press, the court proceedings were the subject of wide and sensational press coverage due to the wealth and prominence of the involved parties, and the scandalous evidence presented to support Whitney's claim that Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt was an unfit parent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Vanderbilt
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