Published: 20:21 BST, 12 August 2026 | Updated: 20:32 BST, 12 August 2026
Nick Reiner, son of the late famed movie director Rob Reiner, has been formally indicted in relation to the murder of his father and mother Michele.
A Los Angeles County grand jury indicted the 32-year-old on murder charges in relation to the stabbing killings of his parents inside their LA home last December.
The indictment was returned on July 20 and unsealed on Wednesday, when Reiner entered a not guilty plea.
Reiner was arrested hours after their bodies were found inside their $13.5 million Brentwood home having been stabbed to death.
He is facing two counts of murder with the special circumstance allegations of multiple murders and murder by means of lying in wait.
The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office announced the charges, alongside another allegation that he used a dangerous and deadly weapon when he allegedly killed the 'This is Spinal Tap' director, 78, and his mother, 70.
Reiner remains held on no bond and is next set to appear in court for a pretrial hearing in September.
Nick, who has a long history of mental health and substance abuse issues, had earlier been seen having a loud argument with his father at a holiday party thrown by Conan O’Brien hours before his parents’ bodies were found, reportedly by his younger sister Romy.
A Los Angeles County grand jury indicted the 32-year-old on murder charges in relation to the stabbing killings of his parents, he has pleaded not guilty
The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office announced the charges, alongside another allegation that he used a dangerous and deadly weapon when he allegedly killed the 'This is Spinal Tap' director, 78, and his mother, 70
Nathan Hochman, the LA County District Attorney, has said that the death penalty is on the table for Reiner if he is convicted.
He previously said: ‘This case is a death penalty eligible case. Along those lines, we take the process in which we determine whether or not the death penalty should be sought extremely seriously. That goes through a very rigorous process.
'We will be looking at all mitigating and aggravating circumstances, and we have invited defense counsel to present to us both in writing and in a pleading any arguments they would like to make in consideration going forward or not going forward with the death penalty. So that is an ongoing process.'
In a heart-wrenching essay in April, Nick’s older brother Jake shared his horror at finding out that his beloved parents, who were married for 36 years, had been murdered and that his younger brother Nick was charged with their slayings.
