Prosecutors in California will file murder charges against Nick Reiner, the younger son of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Hochman said his office is expected to file two counts of first-degree murder with a special circumstance alleging multiple murders on Tuesday afternoon. Nick Reiner also faces a special allegation that he used a knife in the killings, Hochman told reporters.<\/p>\n
Nick Reiner faces a maximum sentence of life without the possibility of parole or the death penalty if convicted, he said.<\/p>\n
“Rob Reiner was a brilliant actor and director, an iconic force in our entertainment industry for decades,” Hochman said. “His wife, Michelle Singer Reiner, was an equally iconic photographer and producer.”<\/p>\n
“Their loss is beyond tragic, and we will commit ourselves to bringing their murderer to justice,” he said.<\/p>\n
Nick Riener’s attorney, Alan Jackson said his client was not medically cleared to appear in court on Tuesday. Jackson would not specify what medical issue prevented Reiner from being cleared, only saying it was “procedural.” <\/p>\n
Nick Reiner, 32, was arrested Monday in Exposition Park near the University of Southern California and taken into custody without incident, Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton told reporters.<\/p>\n
Nick Reiner was booked on suspicion of murder and is being held without bail.<\/p>\n
Rob Reiner, 78, a legendary actor and filmmaker, and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their Los Angeles-area home on Sunday. The couple’s bodies were found with stab wounds, a source close to the family told NBC News. <\/p>\n
The bodies were found in the master bedroom of their Brentwood home, Los Angeles Police Department Assistant Chief Dominic Choi said at the department\u2019s weekly commission meeting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Nick Reiner has a long history of battling addiction, which reportedly began when he was a teenager. In a 2016 interview with People, he told the magazine he was in and out of <\/a>rehab for addiction treatment that started when he was 15. He also told the magazine he spent weeks sleeping on the streets.<\/p>\n \u201cNow, I\u2019ve been home for a really long time, and I\u2019ve sort of gotten acclimated back to being in L.A. and being around my family,\u201d Nick Reiner told People<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n The younger Reiner’s struggles with addiction to heroin and other hard drugs inspired the 2016 movie “Being Charlie,” which he co-wrote and his father directed. The movie focuses on a young man who struggles to follow the advice of recovery professionals. <\/p>\n “The program works for some people, but it can\u2019t work for everybody,” Rob Reiner told the Los Angeles Times in 2015. “When Nick would tell us that it wasn\u2019t working for him, we wouldn\u2019t 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.”<\/p>\n On Saturday, Nick Reiner and his parents attended a holiday party hosted by comedian Conan O’Brien, where he was seen being disruptive, according to two people familiar with the situation<\/a>.<\/p>\n The parents were upset and embarrassed about their son\u2019s behavior at the party and expressed worries about his health, according to another person. <\/p>\n He is alleged to have interrupted a conversation involving comedian Bill Hader. When Hader told the filmmaker’s son that the conversation was private, the source said, Nick Reiner appeared to pause and stare before “storming off.” Hader did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n