Posted on 01/21/2026 1:15:54 PM PST by Angelino97
A new “TMZ Investigates” special on Fox Nation claims Nick Reiner is in no mental state to stand trial for the alleged murders of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, as the program reveals new details about his mental state, medication changes and the case against him.
“He is not competent to stand trial right now. He is almost childlike in jail, we’re told,” TMZ executive producer Harvey Levin told “Fox & Friends” on Monday.
“He can’t process the consequences of what he’s done. He knows what he did. He just can’t understand where he is right now, and I know that sounds crazy, but he is out of his head right now.”
Doctors had changed Nick’s medication a month before the murders due to his complaints of weight gain, and that adjustment “messed Nick up,” Levin said, explaining that Nick was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder — which can cause delusions, hallucinations and mood disorders.
Levin described the alleged murders as “incredibly brutal.”
“We know people in the medical examiner’s office who are traumatized just by the pictures,” he said.
He claimed the killings had “all the markings of a meth murder” and that Nick had been using meth when he was “off the rails” after his medication switch-up, adding that he was arrested in a drug den.
“It has the markings of somebody who was just wild, wildly strong. We have not gotten the confirmation of that, but we’ve talked to people… If he were just Nick Reiner without something additional, the carnage wouldn’t have been the way it was,” Levin said.
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Wonder what his lefty dad would want for him for this. Probably some probation or would that be too hard?
Here we go with the build up to the insanity defense. Childlike, not competent, doesn’t understand what he did.
Trump should name the first new golden mental institution Reiner’s TDS Hollywood Center
I just blacked out, don't remember anything.
What is an “alleged” murder?
Just when I was getting ready to subscribe to Fox Nation.
Vicious kid is an actor with a lawyer who understands that and gives him advice on how to play the jail and courtroom scenes.
O it’s the acting he choose to follow for obvious reasons.
“””He claimed the killings had “all the markings of a meth murder”””””
Like that matters?
Hey — give the poor guy a break! He’s an orphan for heaven’s sake.
and the defense attorneys are gonna blame his doctors for changing his meds a month prior..Nick told his doc that he couldnt deal with the side effects(weight gain) so they changed his meds even though his previous meds were working good on him
Los Angeles courts normally appoint a psychiatrist to provide a professional evaluation.
I once served on an L.A. jury, and the case was canceled mid-trial. The judge said the defendant had been acting increasingly erratically during the proceedings, and that a psychiatric evaluation indicated he was no longer competent to stand trial.
“Here we go with the build up to the insanity defense.”
Genuine insanity can’t be cured.
In some jurisdictions it is not a soft option but automatic life detention with no chance of ever being released.
You think Nick never learned how to play a role, with a famous film director for both father and grandfather?
It’s called Method Acting. Ask people like Joaquin Phoenix what it means.
You live that role, 24/7/365.
What else has he got to do right now?
May as well try to game the system for the easy way out.
Well, duh. Mommy and Daddy wiped and powdered his ass his entire life.
Good friend worked in our State Hospital in the ward where they tried to get them sane enough to stand trial
They keep them highly “medicated” and have big guys in white coats to keep them under control. Sometimes getting strapped in “the chair” and set in the hallway
I was glad when she retired from there
It’s not like he’ll pay a higher price for this behavior.
His brain is probably fried from the drugs……
He’s malingering to help establish an insanity defense.
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