Nick Reiner has reportedly filed a petition to request his inheritance after being accused of killing parents Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
Nick Reiner has filed a petition requesting his inheritance after being accused of killing his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, it has been claimed.
The 32-year-old has pleaded not guilty to six felony charges, including two of first-degree murder, following the death of his parents last December.
In a new twist, he has reportedly requested the money that they previously set aside for him in a “smaller, separate trust” – something they also did for other children Jake and Romy.
According to the documents, which were filed in LA on Monday, half of the trust was due to be distributed when Nick turned 30, with the rest allocated when he turned 35.
In the paperwork, obtained by People Magazine, it was claimed that he had not yet received the sum two years after his 30th birthday – with the full trust thought to be worth more than $1.5million.
“Nick loved his parents, and he is devastated by their deaths,” it reportedly reads. “But the facts about what did and did not happen to them are not at issue in this Trust litigation.”
His team claim that the current trustees have “offered a shifting series of excuses and justifications,” over why the funds have not been released, including “unsubstantiated ‘concerns’” about his ability to manage the trust.
They also requested the payment so that Nick is able to cover his legal expenses – after his first lawyer, Alan Jackson, was forced to step back from representing him as “the funding failed to materialise”, meaning public defender Kimberly Greene had to take over.
The petition claimed the money will also be used to fund his prison commissary account, so that he will have access to “basic support items” including soap and socks while behind bars.
“Every additional week of delay is a week in which the counsel of his choice cannot investigate or prepare on his behalf – prejudice to his defence that cannot be undone,” they added via the Daily Mail.
“The harm is irreparable and it grows with each day the Trustee withholds funds that are already Nick’s.”
When Harry Met Sally director Rob, 78, and Michele, 70, were killed by multiple knife stab wounds in December 2025. It is claimed that their bodies were found by their daughter, Romy, at their Brentwood home.
At the time, it was said that she had told police officers that a relative “should be a suspect” because they were “dangerous”. Their deaths were later ruled as homicides, with both dying from multiple sharp force injuries.
Nick was arrested hours after the gruesome discovery and charged with two counts of first-degree murder – as well as two counts of special circumstances involving multiple murder and two counts of special circumstances using a deadly weapon, which was identified as a knife.
He is due to appear in court again on September 15, where a date will be set for a full preliminary hearing on his prosecutor’s evidence.
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