Famed director Rob Reiner admitted that he was ‘scared’ for his son Nick, who was reportedly causing a scene at Conan O’Brien’s holiday party over the weekend, asking people if they were famous.
Hours after the party, Reiner, 78, and his wife, Michele, 70, were found dead inside their Los Angeles mansion.
Los Angeles police have since confirmed that their son, Nick, 32, is ‘responsible’ for their deaths, and he will now remain in jail without bail.
Although officials did not release any additional facts about the killings, a police source who spoke to the Associated Press believes the couple suffered brutal stab wounds and were found with their throats slit on Sunday night.
At the time of Nick’s arrest, his sister Romy, 28, who found their parents’ bodies, told investigators her brother ‘should be a suspect’ because he was ‘dangerous.’
In a 2018 podcast appearance, Nick once revealed that he destroyed the family’s guest home, where he was living while high on meth. ‘It’s not much of a story. I got totally spun out on uppers—I think it was Coke and something else—and I was up for days on end,’ he revealed, before adding that he ‘punched’ various appliances around the guest house.
But President Donald Trump claimed Reiner and Singer’s murders were the result of what he called ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ in a post on Truth Social on Monday.
Rob Reiner had told the other attendees at Conan O’Brien’s holiday party that he and his wife, Michele, were ‘scared for Nick and scared that his mental state was deteriorating,’ a longtime friend told the New York Post.
‘Nick was supposedly off drugs,’ but then speculation emerged that he was ‘not so much off them,’ the neighbour said, noting that when Nick was at his lowest point, he was ‘badly addicted to a combo of opiates and heroin.’
Another friend of the family said, ‘I know [Rob and Michele] wanted him to get help, go to rehab, but he wanted to get help while at home – he did not want to get treatment at a facility.’
The 32-year-old has been booked on felony murder and was initially being held in the Los Angeles jail on $4 million bail.
His bond has now been revoked, according to jail records.
Police announced on social media that the case against Nick will be presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for filing consideration on Tuesday.
Donald Trump needs to take his post down on Truth Social. It’s beneath even him.
He’s a terrible piece of work. Trump wants to gain points after the poor man and his wife were slaughtered. The man has no class and is a total fraud, and I can never understand who would want to stand by him and what he does. Perhaps they have been completely brainwashed? Although, don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t want to cause any divide where Trump is concerned, this is only my view of him.
Nick Reiner is a drug addict, and his parents likely spent millions on his 17 attempts at sobriety – some people are just beyond help, and Trump being Trump – no compassion, no finesse and no brains.
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