Key Highlights
- The Public Defenders’ Office will take over Reiner’s defense immediately, as they indicated in court after Jackson dropped his news.
- Related Stories News Chelsea Handler Pays Tribute To Rob Reiner, Goes After David Zaslav & Shouts Out 'Heated Rivalry' In Critics Choice Opening Monologue Culture The 10 Big Stories For 2026: It Ain't Just Who Ends Up Owning Warner Bros With that, Reiner’s case, and any possible plea, was pushed to February 23.
- Watch on Deadline Reiner is up against the murder charges with “special circumstances.” Unveiled on December 16 by the L. A.
- County District Attorney’s office, the charges could find the 32-year-old behind bars without the possibility of parole or facing the death penalty if found guilty at trial.
- The 78-year-old filmmaker and his 68-year-old wife died in their West LA home on the first night of Hanukkah from “multiple sharp force injuries,” according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner in records since sealed by a LAPD request court order.
