What to Know
- Nick Reiner, 32, was arrested Monday in the killings of his parents, director Rob Reiner and wife Michele.
- The couple was found dead Sunday inside their home in Los Angeles’ Brentwood area.
- Nick Reiner remained in jail without bail and was expected to make an initial court appearance some time this week.
- Rob Reiner was a celebrated director whose long list of successful films included “When Harry Met Sally…,” “A Few Good Men” and “This Is Spinal Tap,”
- Michele Reiner was a talented photographer and producer who met her future husband on the New York set of “When Harry Met Sally…”
Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Tuesday afternoon that murder charges will be filed against Nick Reiner in the killings of his parents, famed Hollywood director Rob Reiner and wife Michele.
The charges will be filed Tuesday afternoon, when Reiner is expected to make his first court appearance, District Attorney Nathan Hochman said.
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Nick Reiner, 32, was arrested Monday on suspicion of murder in the killings of Rob, 78, and Michele Reiner, 68, whose bodies were found Sunday inside their home in Los Angeles’ Brentwood community. Nick Reiner remained in jail Tuesday without bail.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, attorney Alan Jackson said Reiner had not been medically cleared — a standard process when inmates are remanded to the court — to make his first appearance before a judge. Jackson said he was hopeful his client would appear in court later after receiving medical clearance.
Details about a possible motive for the killings were not immediately available.
A source close to Reiner confirmed to NBC News that Reiner and his wife had apparent stab wounds. The medical examiner has not provided details about an official cause of death.
At Tuesday’s news conference, Hochman said a knife was used in the killings.
Nick Reiner was the second of the couple’s three children.
The deaths of Rob Reiner, a celebrated director whose long list of successful films included “When Harry Met Sally…,” “A Few Good Men” and “This Is Spinal Tap,” and Michele Reiner, a talented photographer and producer, stunned the Hollywood community and led to an outpouring of tributes from entertainment industry colleagues, political figures and more.
The family’s challenges with Nick were well-documented, including battles with drug addiction.
Sources told NBC News that Nick Reiner was disruptive at the party. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025.
In 2015, Rob and Nick Reiner worked on a coming-of-age film together called “Being Charlie.” Directed by Rob Reiner and co-written by Nick Reiner, the film explored the relationship between a son and father. In a 2016 interview with the Associated Press, they talked about the film.
“It forced us to understand ourselves better than we had,” Rob Reiner told the AP. “I told Nick while we were making it, I said, ‘You know it doesn’t matter, whatever happens to this thing, we won already. This has already been good.’ We’ve worked through a lot of stuff.”
Photos: Celebrated Hollywood film director Rob Reiner through the years
In September, the family appeared together at the Los Angeles premiere of “Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues.’
Nick Reiner has spoken publicly over the years about his struggles with drug addiction, which began in his teens. He told People in an interview in 2016 that he cycled in and out of treatment facilities with bouts of homelessness and relapses in between.
“I spent nights on the street. I spent weeks on the street. It was not fun,” Nick Reiner told People, adding that, “If I wanted to do it my way and not go to the programs they were suggesting, then I had to be homeless.”
