Reiner homicide suspect stands alone in courtroom as household cuts ties off
Whereas a sunken-eyed, head-shaven Nick Reiner stood in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday dealing with two costs of first-degree homicide, the gallery behind him was conspicuously empty of any household blood.
Reiner, 32, is accused of fatally stabbing his mother and father, Hollywood legend Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, at their residence in Brentwood on Dec. 14.
The absence of the siblings adopted one other evident omission: Nick was additionally not talked about in a devastating assertion issued by the remaining Reiners final month, signaling a complete household excommunication.
“The horrific and devastating lack of our mother and father… is one thing that nobody ought to ever expertise,” the siblings mentioned in a joint launch, describing the late director and his spouse as their “finest associates.”
Whereas Nick is coping with his authorized troubles, different members of the Reiner household have been spending time in Malibu, in response to native sightings — a element that has raised eyebrows given the gravity of the second for one in every of their very own. Romy and Jake have reportedly been residing at their household seashore home in Malibu, and have been noticed strolling the seashore barefoot.
The unfolding household drama solely intensified right this moment, when Nick’s scheduled arraignment was postponed for the second time after his high-profile lawyer, Alan Jackson, dropped him. The authorized shark is recent off an enormous victory, getting his consumer Karen Learn acquitted for homicide in 2025 for the loss of life of her police officer boyfriend.
“We really feel that we’ve no alternative at this juncture however to withdraw as counsel and ask to be relieved,” Jackson mentioned to Choose Theresa McGonigle.
Jackson couldn’t remark additional on the shift, citing ethical and authorized grounds.
As Nick was left to be hauled again to solitary confinement, Jackson advised reporters: “Circumstances past our management, however extra importantly, circumstances past Nick’s management, have dictated that sadly it’s made it unimaginable for us to proceed our illustration of Nick.”
Jackson mentioned public defenders “are prepared for the appointment instantly forthwith,” with Kimberly Greene taking on as his lawyer. Reiner agreed to a subsequent courtroom date of Feb. 23 for his arraignment.
Because the case strikes ahead, the authorized questions can be addressed by the courts. However the quiet fractures inside one in every of Hollywood’s best-known households are already taking part in out in plain sight, beneath the glare of public scandal.
