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The Reiner Murders | The Trial Of Nick Reiner

The Reiner Murders | The Trial Of Nick Reiner

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 Rob Reiner directed some of the most beloved films in American history. On December 14, 2024, he and his wife Michele were stabbed to death in their Brentwood home. Their daughter found the bodies. Their son Nick was arrested that night.

This podcast covers the case from arrest through trial — but the real story starts seventeen years earlier.

Nick Reiner went to rehab at fifteen. By nineteen, he'd been through seventeen programs. Homeless in three states. Heroin. Meth. His parents had every resource imaginable — money, connections, access to the best treatment in the country. They followed the protocols. They trusted the experts. They did everything right by the system's standards.

And the system gave them nothing.

Because here's what nobody wants to say out loud: in America, if your adult child is addicted, mentally ill, or dangerous, your legal options are essentially zero. You can beg. You can pay. But you cannot force treatment. Their autonomy is protected. Your safety is not.

The Reiners lived that nightmare for almost two decades. It ended the way these stories sometimes do — with two people dead and a family destroyed.

This isn't true crime as entertainment. No breathless narration. No shock-jock nonsense. Just rigorous, fact-based coverage with legal experts, former prosecutors, defense attorneys, and behavioral analysts breaking down the evidence, the strategy, and the questions that actually matter.

We're following this case because it exposes something broken in how we handle mental illness, addiction, and families in crisis. The Reiners had every advantage. It didn't save them.

New episodes as the case develops.

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  • The Reiner Siblings: Navigating Grief, Legal Process, and Life After December 14th

    The Reiner Siblings: Navigating Grief, Legal Process, and Life After December 14th
    2026/02/26

    December 14th, 2025 changed everything for Jake, Romy, and Tracy Reiner.

    Romy, 28, found her father's body after a massage therapist couldn't reach her parents. Jake, 34, and Tracy, 61, learned that their brother Nick—the one who'd lived in the guest house, the one the family had tried to help for years—was a suspect.

    Nick pleaded not guilty this week to two counts of first-degree murder. The preliminary hearing is April 29th. The trial could be over a year away.

    But what are the siblings navigating right now?

    Under California's Marsy's Law, they have legal standing as victims' next of kin. DA Hochman has said he'll consider their input on major decisions, including the death penalty. Sources say the family has made it clear they don't want that outcome. But experts note family input is "meaningful but not controlling"—prosecutors make the final call.

    Sources also say Jake and Romy have completely cut Nick off. They're not visiting him in custody. The decision is rooted in devastation over their parents' deaths, not legal strategy. But Nick isn't gone. Every hearing, every news cycle, every development in the case will force engagement with what allegedly happened.

    The siblings released a statement days after the deaths: "Words cannot even begin to describe the unimaginable pain we are experiencing every moment of the day. They weren't just our parents; they were our best friends."

    Tracy, Rob's adopted daughter from his marriage to Penny Marshall, said simply: "I came from the greatest family ever. I don't even know what to say. I'm in shock."

    The legal process continues. The grief continues. And Jake, Romy, and Tracy continue to carry both.

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  • Nick Reiner Arraignment: Not Guilty Plea Entered, Three Defense Paths Remain

    Nick Reiner Arraignment: Not Guilty Plea Entered, Three Defense Paths Remain
    2026/02/25


    Nick Reiner's arraignment concluded this morning in Los Angeles. After two previous court appearances that brought delays and drama but no plea, the 32-year-old finally entered his formal response to charges that he murdered his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, in their Brentwood home on December 14th.

    The plea: not guilty. To both counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances.

    Public defender Kimberly Greene spoke the words on his behalf as Nick sat behind glass in a brown jumpsuit, his head shaved, his demeanor subdued. He waived his right to a speedy preliminary hearing. The next court date is April 29th.

    But today's plea was procedure, not strategy. The real defense hasn't been revealed.

    California law allows defendants to add an insanity plea later, triggering a two-phase trial. The defense team is still gathering psychiatric evaluations, still assessing Nick's mental state at the time of the killings, still deciding which path offers the best outcome.

    The options are limited. Full insanity is a longshot—Nick was functional enough to argue with his father at a party hours before the deaths. Diminished actuality is more viable—his schizoaffective disorder and a reported medication change could challenge the premeditation element, reducing charges. Incompetence to stand trial remains possible if the defense argues he can't participate in his own case.

    DA Hochman says the case is on track. Death penalty decision pending. Most evidence has been turned over. Now we wait.

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    16 分
  • You're Not Crazy for Grieving Someone Who's Still Alive — The Reiner Case Proves It

    You're Not Crazy for Grieving Someone Who's Still Alive — The Reiner Case Proves It
    2026/02/22

    There's a version of your son, your daughter, your brother that no longer exists. You remember them. You have photos. You can describe exactly who they were before. That person is gone — and nobody will let you mourn them because they're still breathing. Rob and Michele Reiner lived inside that contradiction for seventeen years. The Nick they raised disappeared slowly — replaced by someone they couldn't reach, couldn't trust, and eventually feared. There was no funeral. No moment where the loss became official. Just an endless middle where hope and grief traded places until neither felt survivable. They made a movie with Nick in 2015 about recovery. Press tours. Public healing. He wasn't sober for any of it. The redemption was a performance the Reiners believed was real. When the truth surfaced, the wound reopened — worse than before, because they'd let themselves hope. That's how ambiguous loss works. Every glimpse of the person you remember sharpens the absence when they vanish again. Hope becomes the cruelest part of the cycle because it refuses to let you settle into the grief. And the lies you build around it aren't weakness. "This time is different." "Nobody understands them like I do." "If I stop trying, I failed." These are survival mechanisms — the only frameworks your brain can construct when the truth is unsurvivable. Rob said he was petrified of Nick. He brought him to a Christmas party anyway because he couldn't leave him alone. That's a man who saw reality and couldn't act on it — because acting meant releasing the last thread connecting him to a son who no longer existed. You weren't foolish for believing the lies. You were surviving with the only tools you had. The grief you carry for someone who's still alive is real. Their absence deserves to be mourned. Consider this your permission. And forgive yourself for every story you told to keep breathing.

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