Dec 17, 2025 4:00pm PT Nick Reiner Murder Case: Why Insanity Defenses Are Tough to Win By Gene Maddaus Plus Icon Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer @GeneMaddaus Latest Nick Reiner Makes First Court Appearance on Charges of Murdering Parents Rob and Michele Reiner 6 hours ago Nick Reiner Could Face Death Penalty for Murder of Parents Rob and Michele Reiner 1 day ago LAPD Investigates Deaths of Rob Reiner and Wife: ‘No One Has Been Detained’ 3 days ago See All Getty Nick Reiner has long been open about his struggles with drug abuse and mental health. But legal experts say it would still be very difficult for his defense lawyers to argue that he is not responsible for the deaths of his parents. Reiner, 32, has been charged with two counts of murder after allegedly killing his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, at their Brentwood home on Sunday.
