{"id":197058,"date":"2025-12-21T21:44:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T21:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/197058\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T21:44:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T21:44:06","slug":"nick-reiner-was-prescribed-schizophrenia-medication-before-killings-of-rob-michele-reiner-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/197058\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Reiner was prescribed schizophrenia medication before killings of Rob, Michele Reiner, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nick Reiner had been prescribed medication for schizophrenia at some point before he allegedly killed his parents,<\/a> Hollywood legend Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Reiner, according to two sources with knowledge of the investigation.<\/p>\n

It is unclear the name of the drug and how long he had been prescribed it. No other details were available. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly.<\/p>\n

Reiner, 32, was charged with two counts of murder on Tuesday,<\/a> and could face life in prison or the death penalty if convicted. <\/p>\n

Reiner appeared in court Wednesday wearing a blue suicide prevention smock frequently worn by defendants who pose a risk of self-harm. A judge approved attorney Alan Jackson\u2019s request Wednesday to continue Reiner\u2019s arraignment to Jan. 7. He did not enter a plea.<\/p>\n

Nick Reiner had struggled for years with addiction and spoken publicly about his challenges.<\/p>\n

As a teenager, he said in interviews, he became addicted to heroin, cycling in and out of rehabilitation centers and experiencing bouts of homelessness.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear what role the medication and his drug challenges will play in the case. Family friends told The Times that Nick Reiner suffered from mental health challenges for years and that his parents were tireless in trying to get him help.<\/p>\n

Authorities have offered few specifics \u2014 including an alleged motive \u2014 in the killings.<\/p>\n

Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman said that no decision had been made on seeking capital punishment in the Reiners\u2019 slayings. Such reviews normally take months.<\/p>\n

Nick Reiner had gotten clean by 2015, when he co-wrote \u201cBeing Charlie,\u201d about a drug-addicted young man whose father is a cold, former movie star running for governor of California. Rob Reiner directed the film, which was co-written with Matt Elisofon.<\/p>\n

Nick Reiner praised his parents for helping him find sobriety. But he also said he felt guilty disappointing them and was trying to figure out his own path.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors say Nick Reiner fatally stabbed his 78-year-old father and 70-year-old mother sometime in the early morning hours Dec. 14. Their bodies were found in the master bedroom of their home around 3:40 p.m. that day, authorities have said.<\/p>\n

A massage therapist arrived at the couple\u2019s home and, upon not receiving an answer, called their daughter, Romy Reiner, 27, who lives nearby. She discovered the scene and had a friend call 911, according to a source who was not authorized to speak publicly about the investigation.<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles County medical examiner\u2019s office confirmed their deaths were the result of homicide, listing the cause as \u201cmultiple sharp force injuries\u201d in its public database.<\/p>\n

During a 2015 interview with The Times at the Toronto International Film Festival, where the film premiered, Rob said he regretted valuing the advice of counselors over the voice of his son as he and his wife tried to keep Nick in rehab.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Nick would tell us that it wasn\u2019t working for him, we wouldn\u2019t listen,\u201d he said. \u201cWe were desperate, and because the people had diplomas on their wall, we listened to them when we should have been listening to our son.\u201d<\/p>\n

Michele added: \u201cWe were so influenced by these people. They would tell us he\u2019s a liar, that he was trying to manipulate us. And we believed them.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the couple\u2019s deaths, one family friend said Rob and Michele \u201cdid everything for Nick. Every treatment program, therapy sessions and put aside their lives to save Nick\u2019s repeatedly.\u201d The friend said that they had \u201cnever known a family so dedicated to a child\u201d and that \u201cto have it end this way is awful.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nick Reiner had been prescribed medication for schizophrenia at some point before he allegedly killed his parents, Hollywood…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[111775,29365,146,28292,878,111774,2607,85,1037,21558,46,71605,111773,108136,107660,68670,111772,94478],"class_list":{"0":"post-197058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-court-wednesday","9":"tag-death-penalty","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-father","12":"tag-film","13":"tag-hollywood-legend-rob-reiner","14":"tag-home","15":"tag-il","16":"tag-interview","17":"tag-investigation","18":"tag-israel","19":"tag-killing","20":"tag-los-angeles-county-dist","21":"tag-michele-reiner","22":"tag-nick-reiner","23":"tag-rob","24":"tag-schizophrenia-medication","25":"tag-source"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}