Rob Reiner and spouse Michele Singer Reiner had an uncomfortable interplay with son Nick Reiner the night time earlier than they have been murdered.
A supply solely tells Us Weekly that Rob, Michele and Nick, 32, attended Conan O’Brien‘s Christmas celebration on Saturday, December 13. Nick allegedly acted “creepily” on the celebration earlier than leaving, in response to the insider.
“Nick was going as much as individuals at Conan O’Brien’s celebration asking in the event that they have been well-known,” a supply provides.
TMZ reported that Rob and Nick obtained right into a “very loud argument” on the gathering, which different attendees overheard. Rob and Michele subsequently left the occasion — simply at some point earlier than they have been discovered lifeless “from obvious stab wounds” of their Los Angeles house. Us Weekly has reached out to O’Brien’s rep for remark.
Nick was arrested on Monday, December 15, and stays in custody on no bail as authorities examine Rob and Michele’s murders. The couple, who obtained married in 1989, shared three kids: Jake, Nick and Romy. (Rob additionally adopted ex-wife Penny Marshall‘s daughter, Tracy.)
Earlier than Rob and Michele’s deaths at ages 78 and 68, respectively, they have been candid about how Nick’s habit struggles had brought on a rift inside their household. Nick began to wrestle with drug use as a youngster, resulting in his first rehab stint at age 15. After a number of relapses and therapy stints, Nick started to stay on the road.
Rob Reiner and Nick Reiner Laura Cavanaugh/FilmMagic
“I used to be homeless in Maine. I used to be homeless in New Jersey. I used to be homeless in Texas,” Nick instructed Folks in 2016. “I spent nights on the road. I spent weeks on the road. It was not enjoyable. If I wished to do it my method and never go to the applications they have been suggesting, then I needed to be homeless.”
Nick credited the expertise for serving to him get clear.
“That made me who I’m now, having to take care of that stuff,” he added on the time. “I met loopy nice individuals there, so out of my ingredient. Now, I’ve been house for a very very long time, and I’ve kind of gotten acclimated again to being in L.A. and being round my household.”
Nick continued: “After I was on the market, I might’ve died. It’s all luck. There have been plenty of darkish years there.”
After utilizing these years of his life as inspiration for the 2015 movie Being Charlie, Rob and Michele spoke out about their regrets over the scenario.
“In case your child goes by tough occasions, [as] the father or mother, your primary job is to maintain your little one secure. So I’d do something,” Rob mentioned throughout a Construct Sequence interview on the time. “On the finish of the day, I do know my little one higher than an knowledgeable does and I most likely ought to have trusted my very own intuition and that’s one of many issues I did study the entire expertise.”
Rob additionally revealed he apologized to Nick about how they dealt with his points.
“When Nick would inform us that it wasn’t working for him, we wouldn’t hear,” Rob instructed the Los Angeles Instances in 2016. “We have been determined and since the individuals had diplomas on their wall, we listened to them once we ought to have been listening to our son.”
Michele, in the meantime, added throughout the interview, “We have been so influenced by these individuals. They might inform us he’s a liar, that he was making an attempt to govern us. And we believed them.”
