Nick Reiner seeks unpaid trust money for defense in parents' death case

Key Points:

• Nick Reiner, son of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, is petitioning a Los Angeles court to access funds from a trust established by his parents, arguing he needs the money for his legal defense against murder charges.
• The trust, set up in 1993, was supposed to disburse half of the funds to Nick at age 30 and the remainder at 35, but he has not received any payments, with the trustee citing various reasons to withhold the money.
• Nick Reiner was arrested and charged with the stabbing deaths of his parents in December 2023, has pleaded not guilty, and initially retained high-profile attorney Alan Jackson, who withdrew after less than a month due to funding issues.
• The trustee, attorney Paul R. Kanin, has not disclosed the exact value of the trust, which reportedly holds at least $1.5 million, and has not responded to requests for comment regarding the withheld funds.
• The murder case is progressing slowly, with a pretrial hearing scheduled for September; the district attorney has not decided whether to seek the death penalty, and many details of the case remain confidential.