US EditionRob Reiner Once Made a Film with His Son Nick, Now Suspected of Killing Parents
Nick Reiner faces a $4 million bond after his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead; investigation continues with no clear motive yet.
- On Sunday, law enforcement found Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner dead in their Los Angeles home and questioned their son, Nick Reiner, who was taken into custody on a $4 million bond Monday.
- A decade earlier, Rob Reiner and his son rebuilt their relationship through the 2016 film Being Charlie, which reflected their lives and seemed to bring a healthy reckoning.
- Nick Reiner co-wrote Being Charlie about addiction, rehab and homelessness, his only screen credit developed with Rob Reiner's guidance and collaborator Matt Elisofon.
- Court records show no previous criminal cases in Los Angeles County, Reiner family representatives have not responded, and the Los Angeles Police Department said it would provide more details Monday.
- Past interviews framed their film work as therapeutic, highlighting mental‑health questions now; Nick Reiner found the right psychopharmacological treatment and therapy during the project, drawing public interest through Rob Reiner's film legacy and industry ties like Cary Elwes.
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Nick Reiner Charged With Murdering His Parents, Held Without Bail
Source: Adela Loconte / Getty UPDATE — Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, 3:36 p.m. EST: The Los Angeles Police Department has officially announced that Nick Reiner, son of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, has been charged with his parents’ murder and is being held without bail in a Los Angeles jail. The official statement from LAPD: Los Angeles: Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Robbery Homicide Division…
REPORT: Nick Reiner Had Reputation for Violence Before Parents’ Killings
Friends, neighbors, and former classmates of Nick Reiner say warning signs had long surrounded the troubled son of famed Hollywood director Rob Reiner, with several saying they were not shocked when authorities charged him in the brutal killings of his parents. Nick Reiner, 32, has been accused of fatally slitting the throats of his father, 78, and mother, photographer Michele Singer Reiner, 68, inside their multimillion-dollar Brentwood, Los An…
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