Nick Reiner has been indicted on charges of murdering his parents, director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Reiner, by means of lying in wait, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced Wednesday. The indictment, which was unsealed on Wednesday, charges Reiner with two counts of murder with special circumstance allegations of multiple murders and murder by means of lying in wait. He also faces a special allegation that he used a dangerous and deadly weapon, a knife.
Reiner, 32, pleaded not guilty to the indictment on Wednesday. He is being held without bond and is scheduled for a pretrial hearing on September 15. The indictment, which added the special allegation of lying in wait, means a preliminary hearing that had been scheduled for the coming weeks will no longer take place.
Rob and Michele Reiner were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood home on December 14, 2025. Nick Reiner, who was living on his parents' property at the time, had an argument with Rob Reiner the night before their deaths at a holiday party and was observed acting strangely, according to sources who spoke to ABC News in December. Nick Reiner was arrested and initially charged with two counts of murder with the special circumstance allegation of multiple murders, as well as a special allegation of using a dangerous and deadly weapon.