CA - Murder victims Identified as Rob Reiner and wife Michele - LA Dec 14 2025

[SMK777]

I just don’t get it, this is very sad to read on so many levels. (sorry, cant seem to fix the line strokes???)

Watch Rob Reiner’s son Nick give terrifying warning years before brutal murders: ‘I get crazy’

“You don’t want to set me off,” Nick eerily admitted in the 2016 interview about “Being Charlie.”

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Rob Reiner’s son Nick issued an eerie warning years before his parents’ brutal murders.

The 32-year-old told “Access Hollywood” viewers in a 2016 sitdown that he “get crazy,” adding, “You don’t want to set me off.”

His dad burst into laughter at the quip…..

…….Rob was asked whether he ever worried his son’s own substance abuse struggles would “shine poorly on [is] career.”

The director insisted, “That never crossed my mind. In my opinion, the reason they’re taking — whether it’s drugs or alcohol or gambling, whatever — they’re doing what they’re doing because there’s a pain.

“There’s something inside,” the “All in the Family” alum continued. “They don’t feel good. They don’t feel good about themselves when they’re self-medicating. So [it’s important to] try to understand why they’re self-medicating.”

He noted that Nick is “more important than anything that could happen” to him.

On Sunday, Nick was arrested on murder charges after Rob and wife Michele Reiner were stabbed to death in their Brentwood, Calif., home.

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I guess the poor parents had no idea how far he could really go with his anger.

 

[Justice101]

Now you see the real truth coming rom a reputable news source.

 

[Fabled Automatic]

It's unfortunate that Nick's behaviour affected so many others. Bill Hader has mentioned on Conan's podcast that he's struggled with depression in the past. I can't imagine how this has affected him. I hope he finds a way to cope with it.

Hader calmly responded to Nick that he was engaged in a private conversation, according to someone with knowledge of the situation. Nick glared at him for what felt like an uncomfortable amount of time.

Some time later, shouts echoed. All conversations stopped and turned toward the racket. Two men, arguing. It was Rob and his son, having it out over Nick’s asocial and unsettling behavior.

Minutes later, the Reiners, mortified, apologized to O’Brien and left the party. It has not been determined if Nick left with them.

Conan O’Brien Threw a Holiday Party to Forget a Bad Year. Then Nick Reiner Arrived.

 

[MistyWaters]

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I guess the poor parents had no idea how far he could really go with his anger.

Thank you for the advice, that worked, must’ve hit the strike icon by mistake.

I was recalling another article where the parents disputed professional advice that N was manipulative and lies. If ‘self-medicating’ is a means of dealing with pain, then is the burden of removing that pain placed on the shoulders of the parents? I can see how manipulation would be a huge risk. To an addict there’s always something that can be blamed, shifting responsibility for their bad choices.

It’s truly unfortunate the family didn’t give professional intervention another chance.
JMO

 

[turaj]

Thank you for the advice, that worked, must’ve hit the strike icon by mistake.

I was recalling another article where the parents disputed professional advice that N was manipulative and lies. If ‘self-medicating’ is a means of dealing with pain, then is the burden of removing that pain placed on the shoulders of the parents? I can see how manipulation would be a huge risk. To an addict there’s always something that can be blamed, shifting responsibility for their bad choices.

It’s truly unfortunate the family didn’t give professional intervention another chance.
JMO

Some of the many replays of Rob talking about Nick and in some cases with Nick did indicate he thought the advice of the professionals made the situation worse. Got me to thinking if those professionals were warning about the escalating mental crisis and Rob kept thinking it was just a drug addiction. Often people criticize professionals including therapists and MDs is because they are telling them things they don't want to hear. The fact that the daughter who found them put LE onto her brother instantly told me there were signs before this that he was dangerous.

 

[wendybtn]

Rob Reiner's daughter fled his home in anguish after finding him dead

Rob Reiner's traumatized daughter Romy ran out of her parents' Los Angeles house in anguish after she discovered her father's slain body.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The deceased were in rigor mortis when paramedics arrived.

 

[Betty P]

Was he successful? In suing city & police.

No, he lost the suit

Actor Ron Ely Loses Federal Lawsuit Against County Over Shooting Death of His Son

Jury rejects civil-rights claims that sheriff's deputies used excessive force when they killed Cameron Ely in 2019

www.noozhawk.com

 

[NuttMegg]

NR in gas station very red backpack.. Have we seen this? I hadn't.

 

[ttjo]

So Nick went to a hotel in Santa Monica, never officially checked out but was arrested near. USC ? Wonder what he was doing over there?

 

[wendybtn]

Just heard the Los Angeles DA give a press conference. So it seems California brought back the death penalty, though it hasn't been used since 2006.

But California does not carry out the death penalty.

 

[SMK777]

So Nick went to a hotel in Santa Monica, never officially checked out but was arrested near. USC ? ( im assuming that’s university of Southern California?) Wonder what he was doing over there?

And he apparently made no attempt in the hotel to clean up or wash and conceal the blood. As he hadn't checked out, I wonder if he was planning on returning?

 

[ttjo]

And he apparently made no attempt in the hotel to clean up or wash and conceal the blood. As he hadn't checked out, I wonder if he was planning on returning?

No he left it very obvious with blood, was that intentional/ and he covered the window with bed sheets? WTH?
I wondered if he was gonna try to disappear for a while and wanted it to look like the murderers got him too.? ( drug debt?) Wouldn’t take police long to figure that out but it could have bought him some time , enough to blend in with the homeless.

 

[wendybtn]

I keep thinking about How when compared to the actor in the doc” being Charlie and the host said you seem more mild mannered. Nick said “ oh I go crazy” almost like he was bragging a little. Rob said he could get heated too sometimes. I bet it often resulted in a power struggle. I bet some of it was about control for Nick. He couldn’t beat his dad at anything else, so he wore him down instead.

I agree. It seemed to me he enjoyed getting attention for being rude, talking about being crazy, and his drug use and homelessness.

 

[Bekind89]

No he left it very obvious with blood, was that intentional/ and he covered the window with bed sheets? WTH?
I wondered if he was gonna disappear for a while and wanted it to look like the murderers got him too.? ( drug debt?) Wouldn’t take police long to figure that out but it could have bought him some time , enough to blend in with the homeless.

I wonder if he planned on going back to the hotel to clean up but was arrested before he could?

 

[Sunshynn]

No he left it very obvious and covered the window with bed sheets?
I wondered if he was gonna disappear for a while and wanted it to look like the murderers got him too.? ( drug debt?) Wouldn’t take police long to figure that out but it could have bought him some time , enough to blend in with the homeless.

I feel like it shows how erratic he was.
Drug use - particularly meth - can cause paranoia which would explain the bed sheet over the windows. But, honestly, after murdering his parents and leaving the scene he had a right to be paranoid.
He may not have had a plan, per se, but maybe panicked when he realized he was leaving blood all over the place.
But, the hotel clerk said he didn't appear to have blood on him or wounds at check in so I guess anything is possible at this point.

 

[wendybtn]

Was he successful? In suing city & police.

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17376847/ron-ely-v-county-of-santa-barbara/

No, he was not.

 

[Eli9]

I feel like it shows how erratic he was.
Drug use - particularly meth - can cause paranoia which would explain the bed sheet over the windows. But, honestly, after murdering his parents and leaving the scene he had a right to be paranoid.
He may not have had a plan, per se, but maybe panicked when he realized he was leaving blood all over the place.
But, the hotel clerk said he didn't appear to have blood on him or wounds at check in so I guess anything is possible at this point.

The clerk not seeing blood has made me wonder about self harm while in his room. But then later he is out walking around like nothing happened so you are right anything is possible.

 

[SoCalDavidS]

Certainly I'm not the only one who is going to immediately think of the famous country singer, every time I hear this lawyer's name.

 

[SMK777]

The clerk not seeing blood has made me wonder about self harm while in his room. But then later he is out walking around like nothing happened so you are right anything is possible.

It seems likely that this whole crime and aftermath was disorganized with no planning and no staging .

I'm sure his defense will argue that he was not in a coherent frame of mind.

 

[Fabled Automatic]

The fact that the daughter who found them put LE onto her brother instantly told me there were signs before this that he was dangerous.

It was linked further back that years ago, when living in his parent's guest house (presumably the same one as recently), he went ballistic and destroyed a tv and other things in the room when told he'd need to leave due to not staying sober. Definitely a warning sign of violent tendencies.