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The Reiner Murders | The Trial Of Nick Reiner

The Reiner Murders | The Trial Of Nick Reiner

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 Rob Reiner directed some of the most beloved films in American history. On December 14, 2024, he and his wife Michele were stabbed to death in their Brentwood home. Their daughter found the bodies. Their son Nick was arrested that night.

This podcast covers the case from arrest through trial — but the real story starts seventeen years earlier.

Nick Reiner went to rehab at fifteen. By nineteen, he'd been through seventeen programs. Homeless in three states. Heroin. Meth. His parents had every resource imaginable — money, connections, access to the best treatment in the country. They followed the protocols. They trusted the experts. They did everything right by the system's standards.

And the system gave them nothing.

Because here's what nobody wants to say out loud: in America, if your adult child is addicted, mentally ill, or dangerous, your legal options are essentially zero. You can beg. You can pay. But you cannot force treatment. Their autonomy is protected. Your safety is not.

The Reiners lived that nightmare for almost two decades. It ended the way these stories sometimes do — with two people dead and a family destroyed.

This isn't true crime as entertainment. No breathless narration. No shock-jock nonsense. Just rigorous, fact-based coverage with legal experts, former prosecutors, defense attorneys, and behavioral analysts breaking down the evidence, the strategy, and the questions that actually matter.

We're following this case because it exposes something broken in how we handle mental illness, addiction, and families in crisis. The Reiners had every advantage. It didn't save them.

New episodes as the case develops.

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  • Nick Reiner Week In Review: Insanity Defense Breakdown and the Mental Health System That Failed His Parents

    Nick Reiner Week In Review: Insanity Defense Breakdown and the Mental Health System That Failed His Parents
    Jan 10 2026

    Everything we covered this week on the Nick Reiner case — the legal strategy, the family's impossible position, and the systemic failures that left Rob and Michele Reiner trapped.

    Nick Reiner faces two counts of first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, legendary filmmaker Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. The defense has made clear mental health is central to the case. Sources confirm Nick was diagnosed with schizophrenia years ago. His medication was reportedly changed in the weeks before the killings. A sealed medical order has been signed by the judge. All indicators point to a not guilty by reason of insanity plea.

    Defense attorney Bob Motta broke down exactly what that means under California law. The state uses the M'Naghten standard — one of the strictest insanity tests in the country. The defense must prove Nick either didn't understand the nature of his actions or didn't know they were wrong. The burden falls entirely on the defense, not prosecutors. Bob explained what evidence matters, how these defenses are constructed, and what happens to Nick if it succeeds.

    We also examined the question prosecutors will hammer: Nick's own podcast admissions show seventeen years of deliberate manipulation — gaming seventeen rehab programs by age 22, convincing his parents to dismiss expert advice, engineering the living arrangement that put him in their guesthouse. Can calculated choices over nearly two decades coexist with a claim of legal insanity?

    Rob reportedly told friends the night before he died: "I'm petrified of Nick. I think my own son can hurt me." California's Lanterman-Petris-Short Act made involuntary commitment nearly impossible. Keep him close and pray. Or let him go and watch him die slowly. That's not a system. That's a death sentence disguised as compassion.

    #NickReiner #RobReiner #MicheleReiner #InsanityDefense #BobMotta #CaliforniaLaw #MentalHealth #ReinerCase #WeekInReview #TrueCrime

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  • Can Nick Reiner Still Inherit? The Slayer Statute Loophole That Could Change Everything

    Can Nick Reiner Still Inherit? The Slayer Statute Loophole That Could Change Everything
    Jan 10 2026

    Nick Reiner needs money. A lot of it. He's facing two counts of first-degree murder. He just lost his high-profile attorney. And he's now being represented by a public defender who had less than 24 hours to prepare.

    Meanwhile, his parents' estate — estimated at $200 million — sits untouched.

    California's slayer statute says you can't inherit from someone you killed. It's supposed to be straightforward. But there's a catch: the statute only bars inheritance for "felonious and intentional" killings. Nick hasn't been convicted. And if his defense was headed toward an insanity plea — which Alan Jackson strongly hinted at before withdrawing — there's a legal question that hasn't been answered: Does an NGRI verdict exempt someone from the slayer statute?

    If Nick is found not guilty by reason of insanity, he technically didn't "intend" to kill anyone. Does that mean he could still inherit?

    Estate lawyers say this is largely untested. But it raises serious questions about why the family reportedly funded an insanity-focused defense in the first place — and why they stopped.

    In this episode, we break down Nick's legal options for accessing the estate, explain what his siblings can do to block him, and examine why losing Alan Jackson may have closed the only door Nick had left.

    $200 million. No lawyer. No income. What happens now?

    #NickReiner #RobReiner #MicheleReiner #ReinerMurderCase #SlayerStatute #InsanityDefense #AlanJackson #Parricide #TrueCrime #ReinerFamily

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    This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.
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    16 min
  • Eric Faddis: The Nick Reiner Insanity Defense Explained — Plus Mickey Stines Judge Under Fire

    Eric Faddis: The Nick Reiner Insanity Defense Explained — Plus Mickey Stines Judge Under Fire
    Jan 10 2026

    Attorney and former prosecutor Eric Faddis joins us to analyze the legal strategy behind two high-profile insanity defenses — and the judges caught in the middle of both cases.

    Nick Reiner's defense attorney Alan Jackson just quit the case after three weeks, but not before telling reporters that Nick is "NOT guilty of murder" under California law. He's signaling an insanity defense built on Nick's reported schizophrenia diagnosis and a medication change that allegedly caused his behavior to become "erratic and dangerous" in the weeks before his parents were killed. But California's M'Naghten standard is brutal — the defense must prove Nick couldn't understand what he was doing or couldn't tell right from wrong at the exact moment of the crime. Eric explains how this two-phase trial works, what happens when a public defender inherits a capital case mid-investigation, and whether the facts here are too messy to meet the legal threshold.

    Then we turn to Kentucky, where Mickey Stines is charged with murdering Judge Kevin Mullins on video in his own chambers. The defense is also pursuing insanity — but now the presiding judge, Christopher Cohron, is facing a recusal motion. Video has surfaced showing Cohron seated next to the victim at a mental health commission meeting just seven days before the killing. He never disclosed it. He's also blocking the defense from accessing a sealed psychiatric evaluation. Eric breaks down the legal standard for recusal, what happens if the Chief Justice has to intervene, and why this case could be headed for a complete reset.

    #NickReiner #MickeyStines #InsanityDefense #JudgeRecusal #EricFaddis #MurderTrial #CaliforniaLaw #KentuckyLaw #TrueCrime #LegalAnalysis

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    43 min
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