Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of late filmmaker Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, has enlisted some of the high-profile legal protection attorneys within the nation as he faces accusations in connection along with his mother and father’ deaths.
Protection legal professional Alan Jackson confirmed Tuesday morning that he’s representing Reiner, telling reporters exterior Los Angeles Superior Courtroom that his shopper wouldn’t seem in court docket as scheduled as a result of he had not but been medically cleared.
Reiner was arrested following the deaths of his mother and father on Sunday, Dec. 14. Rob, 78, and Michele, 68, have been discovered useless inside their Brentwood, Los Angeles, dwelling by their 28-year-old daughter Romy, sources instructed PEOPLE. Hours later, Nick was taken into custody close to the College of Southern California campus. Jackson mentioned Reiner is at the moment being held with out bail at Males’s Central Jail in Los Angeles.
Who Has Alan Jackson Represented?
Jackson is broadly identified for dealing with a few of the most intently watched legal circumstances in recent times. A accomplice at Werksman Jackson & Quinn LLP, he beforehand represented Kevin Spacey in a Massachusetts groping case that was later dismissed after the accuser dropped their civil criticism. He additionally helped safe an acquittal for Karen Learn, who had been charged with murdering her police officer boyfriend in Massachusetts.
Jackson was additionally a part of the protection workforce for Harvey Weinstein throughout the disgraced producer’s California rape trial. Weinstein was in the end convicted and sentenced to 16 years in jail. Earlier in his profession, Jackson labored on the prosecution facet, serving as Assistant Head Deputy of the Main Crimes Division on the Los Angeles County District Legal professional’s Workplace. Throughout that point, he efficiently prosecuted document producer Phil Spector for the homicide of actress Lana Clarkson.
Over the course of his profession, Jackson has tried greater than 85 circumstances to jury verdict and has been named certainly one of California’s High 100 Legal professionals.
Particulars on the Case
Nick has lengthy been open about his struggles with habit, together with repeated stints in rehab and intervals of homelessness. These experiences later knowledgeable the semi-autobiographical 2015 movie Being Charlie, which Nick co-wrote and Rob Reiner directed. His struggles appeared to proceed in later years, with Nick admitting on a 2018 podcast that he trashed his mother and father’ guesthouse throughout a drug-fueled bender.
The night time earlier than Rob and Michele have been discovered useless, the couple and Nick attended comic Conan O’Brien’s Christmas celebration, the place a number of sources telling Folks that Rob and Nick bought right into a “massive” and “loud” argument. One supply described Nick’s habits as “freaking everybody out.”
As of Tuesday afternoon, authorities had not formally filed prices. Jackson instructed reporters he didn’t know what medical situation prevented Reiner’s court docket look, however mentioned his shopper is anticipated to look later this week.
