A judge has set rules for media coverage of an Aug. 17 hearing on Nick\u00a0Reiner’s bid for access to a more than $1.5 million trust fund to help pay for his defense against charges in the killings of his parents — filmmaker Rob\u00a0Reiner\u00a0and photographer Michele\u00a0Reiner.<\/p>\n
Attorneys for Nick\u00a0Reiner, 32, filed a 136-page petition in Los Angeles Superior Court on June 8 asking for funds from the trust, which he contends he was entitled to begin receiving two years ago. <\/p>\n
Judge Ruben Garcia issued his media order on Thursday, which states, “Laptops in the courtroom are permitted, but solely for the purpose of note taking. However, there is to be no recording, photography or broadcast of any kind with this or any device.” <\/p>\n
According to Nick\u00a0Reiner’s nearly 140-page petition, he contends he has been denied access despite “unambiguous instructions” left by his parents on how to disburse the funds in the trust that was established in 1993. <\/p>\n
“Nick loved his parents, and he is devastated by their deaths,” the petition states. “But the facts about what did and did not happen to them are not at issue in this trust litigation.” <\/p>\n
The trust was established as part of the\u00a0Reiners’ estate plan, but is separate from the larger family trust that includes the estate’s assets, according to the petition, which further states that each of the\u00a0Reiners’ three
children has an independent trust for their individual benefit, including Nick Reiner’s siblings.<\/p>\n
According to the petition, Nick\u00a0Reiner\u00a0was entitled to half of the trust when he turned 30 and should receive the remainder when he turns 35\u00a0\u00a0–distributions his attorneys say are mandatory and unconditional. <\/p>\n
“They were a commitment by Nick’s parents, in the most binding way the law of trusts allows, that these resources would belong to Nick for his use and benefit,” the petition states. <\/p>\n
Nick\u00a0Reiner\u00a0has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder in connection with his parents’ killings in December. Authorities say renowned director Rob\u00a0Reiner, 78, and photographer and movie producer Michele Singer Reiner, 70, were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home. Their son was arrested hours later.<\/p>\n
Nick\u00a0Reiner\u00a0was originally represented in court by noted local defense attorney Alan Jackson. But Jackson left the case a short time later, without specifying a reason for his departure. The petition states\u00a0Reiner’s inability to access the trust fund money left him unable to pay for Jackson’s services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A judge has set rules for media coverage of an Aug. 17 hearing on Nick\u00a0Reiner’s bid for access…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[4845,3552,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-427048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-celebrity-news","tag-crime-and-courts","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}