Nick Reiner is anticipated to seem in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday, the place he’ll be arraigned on murder charges for the deaths of his dad and mom, Hollywood director Rob Reiner and producer Michele Singer Reiner.
The 32-year-old is anticipated to enter a plea in courtroom.
Reiner was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in reference to the deadly stabbing of his dad and mom final month after he was arrested on December 14. He additionally faces a particular allegation that he used a knife, in accordance to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
The charges carry a penalty of life in jail with out parole or the dying penalty, although prosecutors haven’t determined whether or not to search the dying penalty in the case.
He first appeared in courtroom after his arrest throughout a quick listening to, the place he was ordered to be held in custody with out bail and didn’t enter a plea at the time.
Reiner is being represented by outstanding protection lawyer Alan Jackson.
Rob and Michele Reiner, a famed photographer, had three children together – Jake, Romy and Nick. Rob Reiner was additionally the father of daughter Tracy, 61, whom he adopted throughout a earlier marriage to the celebrated director Penny Marshall.
The couple was remembered by Jake and Romy Reiner final month, who wrote in an announcement that “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 weren’t just our parents; they were our best friends,” the assertion learn. “We now ask for respect and privacy, for speculation to be tempered with compassion and humanity, and for our parents to be remembered for the incredible lives they lived and the love they gave.”
Rob Reiner was a beloved determine in Hollywood who served as an actor and director all through his esteemed, decades-long profession. His physique of work included the whole lot from cult comedies like “The Princess Bride” to basic rom-coms like “When Harry Met Sally” and the Oscar-nominated authorized drama “A Few Good Men.”
His breakout function as an actor got here in 1971 when he starred as Mike Stivic, the son-in-law of Archie and Edith Bunker on TV’s “All in the Family,” a job for which he earned two Emmy Awards.
NCS’s Lauren Mascarenhas contributed to this report.