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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Dec 17, 2025, 09:11 PM Wednesday

Nick Reiner makes first court appearance after parents' killings [View all]

Source: Washington Post

Nick Reiner briefly made his first court appearance Wednesday, a day after he was charged with fatally stabbing his parents, 78-year-old filmmaker Rob Reiner and 70-year-old photographer Michele Singer Reiner in a gruesome killing of two Hollywood icons.

The Reiners’ 32-year-old son attended the court hearing behind a glass wall, in shackles and a jail suicide-prevention smock. He did not enter a plea, as had been expected, the Associated Press reported. Instead, his arraignment was postponed to Jan. 7 while his lawyer emphasized the intricacies of the case.

“This is a devastating tragedy that has befallen the Reiner family. We all recognize that,” Nick’s attorney, Alan Jackson, said outside the courthouse following the hearing. “There are very, very complex and serious issues that are associated with this case. Those need to be thoroughly but very carefully dealt with.”

Jackson added a request for people to “allow the system to move forward in the way that it was designed to move forward: not with a rush to judgment, not with jumping to conclusions, but with restraint, and with dignity, and with the respect that the system and its process deserves and that the family deserves.”

Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/administration-asks-ultra-wealthy-trump-182335474.html

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Nothing complex or intricate at all. Irish_Dem Wednesday #1
The question might be first degree vs. 2nd degree murder FakeNoose Wednesday #2
It was clearly first degree murder. But yes they may be bargaining for 2nd degree. Irish_Dem Wednesday #3
I don't disagree - but we've seen this movie before FakeNoose Thursday #13
Trump gives him a pardon? Irish_Dem Thursday #14
My meaning was that the lawyer will get him out of a death sentence FakeNoose Thursday #15
Drug addicts cannot get NGRI (not guilty by reason of insanity.) Irish_Dem Thursday #16
CA doesn't have the DP maxsolomon Thursday #31
Death penalty is legal in CA, but there is a moratorium and LisaL Thursday #32
This is a state crime so Trump can not pardon MacKasey Thursday #27
Trump would love this fight. Irish_Dem Thursday #28
I heard years ago that he was borderline schizophrenic. blm Wednesday #4
I am not sure if this is Borderline Personality Disorder or Schizophrenia. Irish_Dem Wednesday #5
One of the dying victims identified him as the killer? ificandream Wednesday #6
The reports stated that the mother was still alive when the police arrived. Irish_Dem Wednesday #7
OMG.....tx. ificandream Wednesday #8
I know. Irish_Dem Wednesday #9
I wonder how the Obamas were notified. milestogo Thursday #22
I wondered the same. Irish_Dem Thursday #24
I posted that a couple of days ago but I'm not sure its true. milestogo Thursday #18
I agree, it seems doubtful she could be still be alive and verbal so many hours after having her throat slit. Irish_Dem Thursday #25
If that's true it should be allowed at trial as a death bed statement. LisaL Thursday #21
Where did you read that one of the dying victims identified him? I haven't seen that. Bengus81 Thursday #17
I saw it on social media on Monday and I posted it on DU. milestogo Thursday #23
Someone here posted it and I also read it online. Irish_Dem Thursday #26
Everything under the sun has been said on social media - TBF Yesterday #34
My theory was that he was self-treating mental illness with his drugs. Reading this thread confirms that. The photos of diane in sf Wednesday #10
Producer of 'Being Charlie' mentions schizophrenia, as well. blm Thursday #11
It's not easy to help someone with LisaL Thursday #20
It's potentially a death penalty case - TBF Thursday #12
I doubt prosecutor would ask for a death penalty considerring LisaL Thursday #19
I wouldn't be surprised to see a plea deal TBF Thursday #29
I frankly don't see the point of him having a high-priced lawyer - unless this lawyer can somehow make a jury believe Midwestern Democrat Yesterday #33
Any death penalty case deserves decent representation - TBF Yesterday #36
There are NO Excuses... what's he gonna do Cha Thursday #30
If I were a family member I'd be hoping for a plea deal TBF Yesterday #35
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