Nick Reiner expected to enter plea in stabbing deaths of parents Rob and Michele Reiner
ABC News • • nation
Key Points:
- Nick Reiner is scheduled to appear at an arraignment on Wednesday to enter a plea for the first-degree murders of his parents, director Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner, facing two counts with special circumstances of multiple murders.
- Law enforcement and defense attorneys have been reviewing Nick Reiner's psychiatric and substance abuse history, with the possibility that his defense may pursue a mental health plea, such as not guilty by reason of insanity, which could be signaled at the arraignment.
- Nick Reiner has a documented history of addiction and mental health issues, and friends reported his mental state deteriorated prior to the murders; under California law, a successful insanity defense requires proving mental illness predating addiction.
- Rob and Michele Reiner were found stabbed
