Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner’s kids — son Jake and daughter Romy — have damaged their silence following the tragic deaths of their dad and mom and the arrest of their brother, Nick Reiner.
“Phrases can not even start to explain the unimaginable ache we’re experiencing each second of the day. The horrific and devastating lack of our dad and mom, Rob and Michele Reiner, is one thing that nobody ought to ever expertise,” the assertion, launched to TMZ on Wednesday, December 17, learn. “They weren’t simply our dad and mom; they have been our greatest associates.”
The siblings additionally expressed gratitude for the overwhelming help they’ve obtained. “We’re grateful for the outpouring of condolences, kindness, and help we’ve got obtained not solely from household and associates however individuals from all walks of life,” they continued.
The assertion concluded with a request for privateness throughout this intensely tough time. “We now ask for respect and privateness, for hypothesis to be tempered with compassion and humanity, and for our dad and mom to be remembered for the unbelievable lives they lived and the love they gave.”
Rob and Michele, who married in Could 1989, shared three kids: sons Jake, 34, and Nick, 32, and daughter Romy, 27. Rob was additionally the adoptive father of his late ex-wife Penny Marshall’s daughter, Tracy, 61.
The couple was discovered lifeless of their Brentwood, Los Angeles residence on Sunday, December 14. Nick was later arrested close to the College of Southern California and is being held with out bail on suspicion of homicide after his dad and mom have been stabbed.
A spokesperson for the household additionally launched an announcement to Selection, saying, “It’s with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner. We’re heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privateness throughout this unbelievably tough time.”
Tracy, too, spoke out, telling NBC Information, “I got here from the best household ever. I don’t know what to say. I’m in shock.”
NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 28: Honoree Rob Reiner poses with household on the forty first Annual Chaplin Award Gala at Avery Fisher Corridor at Lincoln Heart for the Performing Arts on April 28, 2014 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Michael Loccisano/Getty Pictures)
Nick’s historical past of substance abuse and behavioral struggles had beforehand been public. Sources informed Us Weekly that his unstable conduct towards his household was ongoing. “Nick’s issues have been happening for therefore lengthy, so whereas everyone seems to be in a state of shock proper now, it’s not totally stunning,” one insider stated.
“Plenty of his anger was directed at his dad and mom for a lot of, a few years,” the supply continued. “They did the whole lot a mum or dad might probably do to assist him. Even in his youthful years, they actually tried to get him assist. After which it grew to become a cycle of looking for remedy for him, kicking him out, or him leaving the home, him transferring again in. … This went on for years.”
Romy, specifically, was “so traumatized by Nick’s conduct,” the insider added. “She has all the time been so shut along with her dad and mom, and watching their fixed ache over Nick has impacted her and the entire household a lot.”
On Tuesday, Los Angeles District Legal professional Nathan Hochman introduced that Nick has been charged with two counts of first-degree homicide. He faces life in jail with out parole or the dying penalty and appeared in court docket the next day with out getting into a plea.
