Here I thought the goal of parenting was to produce strong, independent adults who were capable of weighing evidence and deciding for themselves. If so, then congratulations, sir, you have achieved this.

tl;dr, Laurie doesn't owe him shit. And if he tries to punish her for being, you know, an independent human being, then he is the the utmost level of despicable asshat. Hopefully mom can veto that, at least.