Rob Reiner’s son Nick made his first court docket look on Wednesday on two counts of first-degree homicide within the killing of his mother and father.
Sporting a suicide prevention smock and shackles, the 32-year-old didn’t enter a plea as he appeared from behind the glass wall of a custody space.
His subsequent court docket look will probably be on 7 January.
Because it occurred: Nick Reiner makes first court docket look
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Nick Reiner makes his first court docket look on homicide costs on this courtroom sketch. Pic: Reuters/Mona Edwards
Nick Reiner spoke solely to say, “yes, your honour” to comply with the date.
Nick Reiner is being held with out bail and will face the demise penalty.
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Reiner’s lawyer tells public do not ‘rush to judgement’
Together with the 2 counts of first-degree homicide, prosecutors added a particular circumstance of a number of murders, in addition to an allegation that he personally used a harmful and lethal weapon, a knife.
Talking outdoors the court docket, Nick Reiner’s lawyer, Alan Jackson, referred to as on the general public to not “rush to judgement”.
Mr Jackson pointed to “complex and serious issues that are associated with this case” that wanted to be totally and “very carefully dealt with and examined”.
He added that it was a “devastating tragedy that has befallen the Reiner family”.
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Rob Reiner, Michele Singer Reiner, Romy Reiner, Nick Reiner, Maria Gilfillan and Jake Reiner. Pic: JanuaryImages/Shutterstock
‘Unimaginable ache’
Nick Reiner’s two siblings Jake and Romy have launched a press release, saying “words cannot even begin to describe the unimaginable pain we are experiencing every moment of the day”.
“The horrific and devastating loss of our parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, is something that no one should ever experience,” they stated.
“They weren’t just our parents; they were our best friends. We are grateful for the outpouring of condolences, kindness, and support we have received not only from family and friends but people from all walks of life.”
The 2 requested for “respect and privacy” and for hypothesis to be handled with “compassion and humanity”.
Authorities haven’t disclosed a motive for the killings.
Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner have been discovered lifeless from obvious stab wounds of their house within the upscale Brentwood neighbourhood of Los Angeles.
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The realm close to Rob Reiner’s house. Pic: AP
Nick Reiner didn’t resist when he was arrested hours later close to the College of Southern California, about 14 miles (22.5 kilometres) from the crime scene, in line with police.
Rob Reiner was a celebrated director, whose work included a number of the most memorable movies of the Eighties and Nineteen Nineties, together with This Is Spinal Faucet, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally and A Few Good Males.
He met Michele Singer, a photographer, film producer and advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, in 1989, whereas directing When Harry Met Sally.
