Rob Reiner’s younger son, Nick Reiner, was arrested and held on $4 million bail after police found the director-actor and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, dead from apparent stab wounds at their Los Angeles home.
The incident occurred Sunday in the Brentwood neighborhood, a rare site for killings, and police alleged Nick Reiner was responsible for the fatal stabbings.
It was not immediately clear what charges Nick Reiner, 32, would face; he remains in jail and has not been confirmed to have legal representation.
Driving the news: Nick Reiner has previously spoken publicly about struggles with addiction, including periods of homelessness and treatment in his youth, which he and Rob Reiner addressed in the 2016 film “Being Charlie.”
- Rob Reiner was previously married to Penny Marshall, and adopted her daughter, Tracy; Carl Reiner died in 2020 and Marshall in 2018.
- Rob Reiner, son of comedy legend Carl Reiner, was known for directing classics like “This is Spinal Tap,” “A Few Good Men,” “When Harry Met Sally,” and “The Princess Bride,” and played Michael “Meathead” Stivic in “All in the Family.”
- Michele Singer Reiner worked as a photographer and producer, including credits for “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” “God & Country,” and a notable photograph for Donald Trump’s “The Art of the Deal.”
- Reiner and Michele married in 1989 and had three children: Nick, Jake, and Romy.
