US EditionNick Reiner Charged With Murdering Parents Rob and Michele Reiner
- In Los Angeles, authorities said Nick Reiner will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder with a knife after his parents were found dead in their Brentwood home on Sunday, Dec. 14, and he remains in jail without bail.
- Multiple sources say Rob and Nick had a very loud argument at a party hosted by Conan O'Brien the night before, with witnesses describing Nick acting erratically amid his struggles with addiction and homelessness.
- Investigators told the AP that Rob and Michele likely died from stab wounds, the Los Angeles Fire Department was called to the Reiner home around 3:30 p.m., and Nick was arrested hours later.
- Alan Jackson, defense attorney, said Nick Reiner was not medically cleared to appear Tuesday and will not be brought from jail before Wednesday; Jackson offered no further comment and Reiner has not entered a plea.
- The killings stunned Hollywood, as Rob Reiner, Emmy-winning actor-director, and Michele Singer Reiner, married 36 years with three children, received tributes from Kathy Bates and Bill Clinton.
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The prosecutors in Los Angeles filed a murder charge against Nick Reiner in case of his parents' death, the director of Hollywood Rob Reiner and Michele's wife, says BBC.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has filed a charge of first-degree murder against Nick Reiner, 32, the son of famous actor and director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner. The bodies of both were found in their Los Angeles home, and his son is alleged to have killed them with a knife.
After the violent death of "Harry and Sally" director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, Nick Reiner, the couple's son has to answer for deliberate murder. District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced the charges against the 32-year-old in Los Angeles. Because of the double murder, special circumstances would apply. Nick Reiner had used a knife as a weapon, Hochman continued.
Los Angeles prosecutors have charged Nick Reiner with first-degree murder in the deaths of his parents: director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele. Reiner, 78, and his wife, who is ten years younger, died of violent deaths in their Los Angeles home on Sunday, according to authorities. Police arrested their younger son a few hours after the bodies were discovered. Reuters and the BBC reported this tonight.
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