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

[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

 

[Herat]

Nick Reiner has lived a life few of us will understand.

He was into drugs and into rehab very early in his teen years and it does not appear he was able to graduate from the high school he started, and was only able to after enrolling in various alternative high schools.

It does not appear that he has ever had a job. Beside the fact that he could be supported by his family, he doesn't seem to have had the incentive to pursue any vocation or job that would provide social interaction or intellectual stimulation.

He never enrolled in college as far as I can tell.

He's now 32, not 22 and he seems to be most proud of sleeping on the streets and being homeless, despite there being numerous attempts to provide a safe shelter for him. It's not like he tried to start a band, become an artist, even become an actor like his father. The film he worked on with his father was his father's idea and Nick admitted he was still using even though his father thought he was clean. Nice way to get back at his Dad.

I just wonder if these rehabs did not have the kind of professional support that could drill down to the kind of underlying mental disorder or psychosocial disorder he had. I don't think his life sounds like solely teen rebellion and drug use. I think there is a mental disorder that has been unrecognized or mis-diagnosed, or undertreated. It certainly is not uncommon for a young male teen to manifest signs of a severe mental disorder at about his age. Unfortunately, is is also not uncommon for these individuals to start on treatment, then stop when they start to feel better.

I think it is so sad that his parents believed that the "people with the degrees on the walls" were failing him by telling his parents that he was lying and manipulative. It sounds absolutely correct to me and large amounts of parental love and even permissiveness were not going to help. He's had so many stints in rehab he can recite the programs, the agreements, and game the system, only to relapse when the addiction starts to rear it's ugly head.

 

[SMK777]

DBM

 

[JoeFromLB]

We should be prepared for a very long wait until any possible trial, as the psychiatrists enter the stage and court-ordered mental exams begin. I'm talking years of waiting for a resolution.

Beau Bruneau in Florida was finally tried after 12 years (!) and hundreds of motions and continuances. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the gruesome murder of his mother, and will probably spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital.
There are other similar cases I've followed, but this one took the longest to settle.
Hope I'm wrong, but I'm thinking 5-7 years until trial for NR.

 

[Gemmie]

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'm not putting anything into the daughter/sister "backpedaling" just because a tabloid says something different than another MSM (likely tabloid) source.

Also, the DA had warned against believing ANYTHING unless it comes from them, the ME, etc. His quote warning about not believing all the misinformation out there is in THIS post.

 

[Herat]

We should be prepared for a very long wait until any possible trial, as the psychiatrists enter the stage and court-ordered mental exams begin. I'm talking years of waiting for a resolution.

Beau Bruneau in Florida was finally tried after 12 years (!) and hundreds of motions and continuances. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the gruesome murder of his mother, and will probably spend the rest of his life in a mental hospital.
There are other similar cases I've followed, but this one took the longest to settle.
Hope I'm wrong, but I'm thinking 5-7 years until trial for NR.

There should be no bail for him.

He is a flight risk, as well as a suicide risk.

He needs to face the horrible crime he has committed.

 

[MistyWaters]

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

Me either. The opinion of others isn’t going to convict him, it all boils down to evidence of which LAPD must already have since he was arrested so quickly.

 

[NuttMegg]

I'm not putting anything into the daughter/sister "backpedaling" just because a tabloid says something different than another MSM (likely tabloid) source.

Also, the DA had warned against believing ANYTHING unless it comes from them, the ME, etc. His quote warning about not believing all the misinformation out there is in THIS post.

To my mind, unfortunately, it hints of circling the wagons in defense of NR. Nah, he wasn't disturbing the party, nah, he wasn't acting up lately, no way did sis say he was dangerous. The NYT wouldn't have featured Joe Schmo as anonymous family friend. It was someone important, getting a counter story out, which contradicted the many msm links we didn't have to dig up, they're everywhere.

 

[detective.moon]

To my mind, unfortunately, it hints of circling the wagons in defense of NR. Nah, he wasn't disturbing the party, nah, he wasn't acting up lately, no way did sis say he was dangerous. The NYT wouldn't have featured Joe Schmo as anonymous family friend. It was someone important, getting a counter story out, imo.

i kind of thought that it would make sense that some of the intial reports would be wrong or exaggerated, with so many people probably talking about what happened and what they had heard had happened, rumours going around, etc. but this does make sense too! hmm

 

[Cindizzi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2001340440898125866

 

[JoeFromLB]

There's already talk/speculation of a possible not guilty by reason of insanity plea. If that happens, expect a very long wait, namely, years before a trial.
California courts are incredibly slow in these kind of cases.
At least he will sit in jail without bail.

 

[Cindizzi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2001349394021351553

 

[BUF]

Did they say why?

Not anything I heard, but looks like video is released after

 

[JDG]

No pictures allowed. As per request from lawyer ,court ordered.

Stark contrast to LM, he’s mugging for the cameras every time he can.

Wonder how long the ‘no pictures’ will last?