CloseNick Reiner will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killings of his parents, Hollywood director Rob Reiner, and his producer-photographer wife, Michele Singer Reiner.
Reiner, 32, was arrested Sunday after an investigation by the LAPD and US Marshals, hours after the bodies of his parents were found at their Brentwood estate.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced the charges Tuesday afternoon, and noted that they carried a maximum sentence of life in prison or the death penalty. No decision has been made on the death penalty, he said.
Now that prosecutors have decided to file charges, Reiner is expected to appear in court.
“Once he is medically cleared, he will be brought to court to be arraigned on these charges. At that point, he will enter a plea of guilty or not guilty,” Hochman said.
The 32-year-old reportedly attended a holiday party with his parents on Saturday night, hours before their bodies were found. Sources told NBC News that some partygoers found his behavior concerning. Reiner behaved oddly after interrupting a conversation that involved comedian Bill Hader, the outlet reported.
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Comedian Rob Schneider, a supporter of Donald Trump, criticized the president's attack of director Rob Reiner following his brutal murder.
Trump said Monday that Reiner, a liberal, suffered from “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” after he and his wife Michele were allegedly killed by their son Nick over the weekend.
Schneider told Fox News, “He must rise above it, and he seems incapable of rising above the situation.”
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ICYMI: Jimmy Kimmel tears into Trump’s ‘vile’ Reiner post
Jimmy Kimmel delivered a scathing monologue about Donald Trump’s “vile” claim that the deaths of director Robert Reiner and his wife were caused by Trump Derangement Syndrome.
The late-night show host branded the president as “hateful” after Trump made the widely-condemned post on Truth Social.
“Just when you think he can’t go any lower, he somehow finds a way to do that,” Kimmel said Monday night. “It’s so hateful and vile. When I first saw it, I thought it was fake.
“My wife showed it to me this morning. I was like, well, even for him that seemed like too much, but nothing is ever too much for him.”
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Maria Shriver thanks Fox News panel for criticizing Trump's attack on Rob Reiner following his murder
Maria Shriver, the former first lady of California and current NBC News special anchor, thanked a Fox News panel for criticizing President Donald Trump's attack on director Rob Reiner following his brutal murder.
“This is good. Thank you all for speaking up,” Shriver, wrote on X Tuesday.
Shriver has said that Rob and his wife Michele, who was also allegedly stabbed to death over the weekend by their son Nick, were “among my closest friends.”
Trump had said Reiner, a liberal, suffered from “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
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Watch: Republicans slam Trump's attack against Rob Reiner following his murder
President Donald Trump wrote a bizarre post on social media following the murder of Rob Reiner, a Hollywood liberal, and his wife Michele.
“Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday morning.
The Reiners were allegedly stabbed to death over the weekend by their son Nick. Authorities have yet to reveal an official motive for the killings.
Republican lawmakers called Trump’s comments “classless” and “very disappointing” when speaking with CNN’s Manu Raju.
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Full list of movies directed by Rob Reiner
Hollywood icon Rob Reiner was known for directing some of the most famous movies of the past 40 years. Over the weekend, Reiner and his producer-photographer wife, Michele, were allegedly stabbed to death by their son Nick.
Here is the full list of films and TV movies Reiner has directed in chronological order:
- Sonny Boy (1974)
- Likely Stories, Vol. 1 (1981)
- This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
- The Sure Thing (1985)
- Stand by Me (1986)
- The Princess Bride (1987)
- When Harry Met Sally (1989)
- Misery (1990)
- A Few Good Men (1992)
- North (1994)
- The American President (1995)
- Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
- I Am Your Child (1997)
- The Story of Us (1999)
- Alex & Emma (2003)
- Everyday Life (2004)
- Rumor Has It (2005)
- The Bucket List (2007)
- Flipped (2010)
- 8 (2012)
- The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
- And So It Goes (2014)
- Being Charlie (2015)
- LBJ (2016)
- Shock and Awe (2017)
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What we don't know about the Reiners' deaths
There are still major details about the murder of Hollywood’s Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner that have yet to be revealed.
It’s still unknown when the Reiners’ son, Nick Reiner, allegedly stabbed them. When asked by a reporter if the Reiners died on Saturday or Sunday, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell said the coroner is still determining their precise time of death.
Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Nick Reiner used a knife to kill his parents but wouldn’t elaborate further. It’s unclear if and where the knife was recovered by police.
It’s also unclear whether Nick Reiner had any mental health issues. Hochman said he would appear in court after going through a medical clearance, which is “something that everybody who gets arrested and gets held in a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department jail goes through.”
Nick Reiner has a history drug addiction that began when he was a teenager, and has also experienced homelessness because of his addiction.
Rachel Dobkin16 December 2025 23:50
What we know about Nick Reiner
Prosecutors have announced they’re charging Nick Reiner with two counts of first-degree murder after his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their home.
Born on September 14, 1993, Reiner is the couple’s youngest son.
He has a well-known history of drug addiction, which began when he was a teenager. Reiner has gone to drug treatment programs on several occasions, starting at age 15. He has also experienced homelessness because of his addiction.
“I was homeless in Maine. I was homeless in New Jersey. I was homeless in Texas,” he told People in 2016. “I spent nights on the street. I spent weeks on the street. It was not fun.”
But, he added: “If I wanted to do it [recovery] my way and not go to the programs they were suggesting, then I had to be homeless.
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Coroner still determining time of death
The coroner is still determining the precise time of death for Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell told reporters on Tuesday.
Police responded to the Reiners’ home around 3:40 p.m. local time on Sunday. Nick Reiner, their youngest son, was arrested later that day.
