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

[303gmf]

From his age of 15 to 32, it sounds like his incredible and generous loving parents spent untold amounts of money, time and untold mental anguish and deep family pain attempting to fix their son!
If you’ve never had an addict as a family member, alcohol in my sisters case, watching the damage, the effects on siblings, the community, the huge dollar amounts, the promises of professionals, the certainty of the latest rehab or expensive sober living homes.
One more try??? Pffft

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

 

[Gators North]

Reposting again— the NYT article I posted above (and reposting here) is a GIFT link. NOT paywalled. New Details Emerge About How Rob and Michele Reiner Were Found

Thank you for the gift link, @no nonsense!

 

[SMK777]

Not sure if this venue will be approved, but I found this article by a man who reported on the addiction movie made by Reiner and his son a decade ago beautifully written, and absolutely chilling:

I Sat Down to Dinner With Rob, Michele and Nick Reiner. It Was Heartwarming and Jarring.

With a son suspected of murder, recalling a Toronto restaurant session from 10 years ago — and the light it sheds on a dark dynamic.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Sunshynn]

Just trying to piece things together here... I was wondering where a 1st degree charge came from. Am I correct to think that Nick checked in to a hotel (not covered in blood, because that wouldn't happen) and then went and murdered his parents, returning to the hotel afterwards? Thus, he planned to have the hotel room to flee to?

I never thought of that angle, but that could definitely be the case.
According to the article, he appeared to be on something but did not show any indication of a struggle much less a murder.

"..The troubled drug addict seemed “tweaked out” when he checked in, eyewitnesses told the outlet — but there were no visible signs he’d been in a violent confrontation.."​

Have they mentioned the time of check in versus the projected time of death?

 

[Auntie Cipation]

But why stick around to torment your parents? If you want to prove you’re “better” than them, leave and make your own way in the world. If you resent being dependent on them, go out and prove you can do it.

That's the attitude an adult might take, especially one with a decent amount of self-confidence. But someone who is psychologically still a teen, and/or has a lack of self-esteem, might not have the ability to take that approach. MOO

 

[SMK777]

That's the attitude an adult might take, especially one with a decent amount of self-confidence. But someone who is psychologically still a teen, and/or has a lack of self-esteem, might not have the ability to take that approach. MOO

Agreed. He was from all I've read extremely stunted.

Whether it was from the addiction itself, or from having perhaps some kind of developmental issues that were not diagnosed, he appears to have interacted with his father at an almost junior high school level.

 

[Arkay]

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.”

I saw that interview too, and it may just be in hindsight now, but his eyes did not look like he was joking. And it seemed he had a flat affect when he said that, not being humorous at all.

Again I’m aware this is in hindsight so I may be reading into it too much.

IMO

 

[MistyWaters]

Not sure if this venue will be approved, but I found this article by a man who reported on the addiction movie made by Reiner and his son a decade ago beautifully written, and absolutely chilling:

I Sat Down to Dinner With Rob, Michele and Nick Reiner. It Was Heartwarming and Jarring.

With a son suspected of murder, recalling a Toronto restaurant session from 10 years ago — and the light it sheds on a dark dynamic.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Thanks for the link! So N admits he was not entirely clean even when he was paraded around 10 years ago for his successful Being Charlie involvement. Proves he does have a conscience, not a true psychopath, he knew full well he was faking his sobriety. That also explains his weird behavior during videos of various interviews.
JMO

“While he’d managed to get off meth and heroin, he was still drinking and smoking pot. “I said to [the film’s publicists], ‘Listen, I’m not in a position to do this. I’m not a quote unquote sober guy.’ I’m going to have to go on these talk shows. They said you have to do this. They want the whole father-son angle. It just goes to show you how disgusting it is.” But he finally relented. “It was uncomfortable, but I felt like it was part of the job.”)”

 

[BUF]

Broadcast not permitted in Nick Reiner arraignment

Per CourtTV

 

[JoeFromLB]

The governor there has issued a moratorium on the death penalty, but even without that, only a handful of condemned inmates have been executed in the last four decades.
There are men on death row that were sentenced in the early 1980's and are still there, no closer to their execution dates than when they arrived. It's a major scandal yet nothing is done.
So effectively, there is no death penalty.

But California does not carry out the death penalty.

 

[tricia]

Hey Everyone. Look at the top of this thread, you'll see the livestream for the hearing. It's about to get underway.

 

[JoeFromLB]

Broadcast not permitted in Nick Reiner arraignment

Per CourtTV

I would be fine without any television coverage going forward. The last thing we need is for these proceedings including a trial to be turned into a circus, ala O.J., where the country was transfixed by all-day live coverage.

 

[anonypotomous]

Their job? I don’t think so, news stories do not come with accuracy guarantees. LAPD already forewarned the public about unofficial sources of information.

Sorry, I guess you didn’t catch the sarcasm.. should have been more clear

 

[Leilei]

Broadcast not permitted in Nick Reiner arraignment

Per CourtTV

Did they say why?

 

[Ssschu]

So, who could be the anonymous friend? That report of the daughter mentioning her brother as "dangerous" was in the very first reports

New details emerge of how Rob and Michele Singer Reiner’s bodies were found

An unnamed source told the New York Times the Reiners’ daughter, Romy, had discovered only her father’s body, and disputed reports the couple argued with their son, Nick, at a party the previous evening

www.theguardian.com

Oh no. I hope the daughter isn't going to backpedal and try to get her brother acquitted. Their parents gave him too much benefit of the doubt and look how they ended up.

 

[SMK777]

Thanks for the link! So N admits he was not entirely clean even when he was paraded around 10 years ago for his successful Being Charlie involvement. Proves he does have a conscience, not a true psychopath, he knew full well he was faking his sobriety. That also explains his weird behavior during videos of various interviews.
JMO

“While he’d managed to get off meth and heroin, he was still drinking and smoking pot. “I said to [the film’s publicists], ‘Listen, I’m not in a position to do this. I’m not a quote unquote sober guy.’ I’m going to have to go on these talk shows. They said you have to do this. They want the whole father-son angle. It just goes to show you how disgusting it is.” But he finally relented. “It was uncomfortable, but I felt like it was part of the job.”)”

Exactly. The article made me feel very sorry for Rob Reiner, who seemed desperate to have everything happy and loving.

But it was clear that Nick was half-hearted about all of it, and not even sober. (I had an Uncle with serious addiction issues who did the exact same: Quit the pills but smoked weed and drank copious amounts of ale as a crutch. It worked out about as well as Nick's without the murder).

Whether Nick had mental illness which was fueling the addiction or not, there is a chilling feeling to the description of this family dinner. Almost as if they're all being held hostage by Nick.

 

[BUF]

Nick Reiner made a brief appearance in court but did not enter a plea. His arraignment was continued until Jan. 7.

Nick Reiner’s attorney, Alan Jackson, told the court it was “too early” to enter a plea and that he had already agreed with the prosecution to delay the arraignment until January.

Reiner Murders Live Updates: Prosecutors Build Case Against Nick Reiner

He did not enter a plea. Nick Reiner has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, Rob and Michele Singer Reiner.

www.nytimes.com

Is he detoxing?

Alan Jackson is speaking now…..
In brief remarks to reporters outside the courthouse, Alan Jackson, Nick Reiner’s attorney, said there are “very complex and serious issues associated with this case” that needed time to be examined. He urged the public and the media not to “rush to judgement.” He took no questions.

 

[SMK777]

Oh no. I hope the daughter isn't going to backpedal and try to get her brother acquitted. Their parents gave him too much benefit of the doubt and look how they ended up.

I can't see him being acquitted because the crime is just too brutal: His parents' throats slashed.

 

[tricia]

Well, that was very anticlimactic. January 7th. I bet we will find out a lot by then

 

[BUF]

Nick Reiner looks grim in shackles and suicide smock as he makes first court appearance for murders of dad Rob and mom Michele Reiner

LOS ANGELES — Rob Reiner’s twisted son Nick Reiner looked grim-faced and wore a blue suicide prevention vest as he appeared in Los Angeles court for the first time Wednesday after he was charged wi…

nypost.com