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Nick Reiner appears in L.A. court after being charged with murder in deaths of his parents
Nick Reiner faces two first-degree murder charges with special allegations after his parents were found stabbed; he remains held without bail as authorities withhold motive details.
- On Tuesday, Nick Reiner made his first court appearance after being charged with two counts of first‑degree murder, as prosecutors announced the day before.
- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office ruled both Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner died from 'multiple sharp force injuries' and listed the manner as homicide in the report released three days after the bodies were found.
- Prosecutors added special circumstances including multiple murders and a special allegation that a knife was used, and investigators arrested Reiner in Exposition Park about 14 miles from the Brentwood home, with LAPD's Gang and Narcotics Division releasing arrest photos.
- Defense attorney Alan Jackson said Nick Reiner was not medically cleared for transport; he was placed on suicide watch wearing a suicide prevention smock and shackles during processing.
- Family spokespersons Jake and Romy Reiner asked for privacy and compassion as tributes poured in from Hollywood and Washington D.C., while Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has not decided on the death penalty.
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Rob and Michele Reiner's son appears in court on murder charges
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Reiner made his first court appearance Wednesday in Los Angeles on two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, while the couple’s other two children made their first public statement on their crushing loss. Nick Reiner, 32, did not enter a plea as he appeared from behind glass in a custody area in the large Los Angeles courtroom where newly…
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