Rob Reiner’s Son Arrested After Allegedly Killing Parents
Nick Reiner was taken into custody Sunday night and booked Monday on suspicion of felony murder
By Jon Blistein & Nancy Dillon
Nick Reiner, the son of legendary actor and director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer, has been arrested after allegedly killing his parents in their Los Angeles home.
Nick, 32, was arrested at 9:15 p.m. local time Sunday night and booked early Monday morning, according to online jail records from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. “He was arrested [on suspicion of] murder,” a law enforcement source tells Rolling Stone. He was being held at The Parker Center jail, downtown, with his bail set at $4 million.
Reiner and Singer were found dead Sunday afternoon. A source later confirmed to Rolling Stone that the couple’s youngest child, Romy, had found her parents’ bodies. Paramedics, firefighters, and police officers were dispatched to the Reiners’ home in the upscale Brentwood neighbourhood. Detectives at the scene Sunday night were waiting for a warrant to properly search the house.
At the time, LAPD Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton said that the police were “not seeking anyone as a suspect or as a person of interest.” A source told Rolling Stone on Sunday night that Nick was believed to have been involved in the homicides.
While the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Reiner and Singer remain murky, Nick previously discussed his battles with drug addiction. He first went to rehab when he was 15 and was in and out of rehab facilities throughout his later teenage years. When he was 22, he drew on his experience for the semi-autobiographical film, Being Charlie, which he co-wrote and his father directed.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times regarding the film, Rob and Michele spoke about the challenges Nick faced in rehab and acknowledged their own regrets in the way they responded. “The program works for some people, but it can’t work for everybody,” Rob said. “When Nick would tell us that it wasn’t working for him, we wouldn’t listen. We were desperate, and because the people had diplomas on their wall, we listened to them when we should have been listening to our son.”
Michele noted, “We were so influenced by these people. They would tell us he’s a liar, that he was trying to manipulate us. And we believed them.”