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Nick Reiner pleads not guilty to two murder counts
NBC News ^ | Feb. 23, 2026, 12:58 PM EST | Phil Helsel, Madeline Morrison and Doha Madani

Posted on 02/23/2026 2:18:15 PM PST by Olog-hai

The son of director Rob Reiner, who is accused of killing his parents in their Los Angeles home last year, pleaded not guilty to two murder counts at an arraignment Monday.

Nick Reiner, 32, was slumped over in a tan jumpsuit with his hair closely shaved during the hearing at a Los Angeles County Superior Court. He sat in a glass box and only spoke to the court to agree to waive his rights to a speedy trial.

He is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the Dec. 14 stabbing deaths of Rob Reiner, a beloved director, and his wife, a photographer and movie producer, Michele Singer Reiner. […]

Prosecutors are considering seeking the death penalty in this case, the district attorney said. …

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: meathead; murder; nickreiner; reiner

1 posted on 02/23/2026 2:18:15 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

The guy should be let go to have every A-List celebrity be his halfway home.

He should be confined to the general neighborhood where he murdered, the rest of his life.


2 posted on 02/23/2026 2:27:40 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Olog-hai

Listening to his dad would drive you insane.


3 posted on 02/23/2026 2:33:27 PM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: bray

True. He really did go into a mental health facility of some kind after Trump was elected.


4 posted on 02/23/2026 2:37:06 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative. )
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To: Olog-hai

I guess with his lawyer quitting, he needs the Lincoln Lawyer. Of course, he will have to pay him.


5 posted on 02/23/2026 2:38:28 PM PST by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town now!)
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To: Olog-hai

He's a good boy, just misunderstood.

6 posted on 02/23/2026 2:43:05 PM PST by fireman15
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To: Olog-hai

Put him in a halfway house between Bárbara Streisand and Bruce Springsteen


7 posted on 02/23/2026 2:44:18 PM PST by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: Olog-hai

Must have been that one-armed man (The Fugitive)..


8 posted on 02/23/2026 2:56:34 PM PST by Eli Kopter (Wherever you are, that is where you are supposed to be...)
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To: Olog-hai

The old “who can blame him” excuse.


9 posted on 02/23/2026 2:59:19 PM PST by farmguy ( )
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To: Mouton

He laughed in one interview...about going into drug rehab...17 times.


10 posted on 02/23/2026 3:03:17 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Olog-hai

Trump should offer him a pre-emptive pardon as long as he promises to cross his heart and hope to die that he won’t harm any more Trump haters in the future.


11 posted on 02/23/2026 3:03:26 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Olog-hai

He wants the jury to take pity on him because he’s an orphan.


12 posted on 02/23/2026 3:05:23 PM PST by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой)
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To: Olog-hai

He wants the jury to take pity on him because he’s an orphan.


13 posted on 02/23/2026 3:05:33 PM PST by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой)
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To: farmguy

“He needed killin’”


14 posted on 02/23/2026 3:06:26 PM PST by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Olog-hai

I’m surprised his defense didn’t run with the insanity plea.


15 posted on 02/23/2026 4:13:42 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Olog-hai

“Say I slew them not yet dead they are!’’


16 posted on 02/23/2026 5:20:32 PM PST by jmacusa ( Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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