Autopsy studies into the deaths of US film director Rob Reiner and his spouse haven’t but been accomplished, a Los Angeles courtroom heard Wednesday, because the couple’s son made a quick look charged with their murders.
Nick Reiner, who wore a yellow jail prime and blue jail pants, faces two counts of first-degree homicide over the double killing that despatched shockwaves by Hollywood days earlier than Christmas.
The 32-year-old was arrested on December 14 after the our bodies of his filmmaker father and his mom, photographer Michele Singer Reiner, have been found at their house within the upmarket Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Prosecutors mentioned 79-year-old Rob Reiner — who helmed large hits together with “When Harry Met Sally” and “A Few Good Men” — and his spouse, 70, have been stabbed to demise.
Nick Reiner appeared Wednesday for a listening to that had been supposed to find out if there was sufficient proof for him to face trial.
However, attorneys mentioned they have been nonetheless gathering proof, with a prosecutor telling the decide that post-mortem studies have been nonetheless pending.
Reiner, who has a historical past of habit, has beforehand pleaded “not guilty” to the costs. He was ordered to return to courtroom on September 15 and stays in jail within the meantime.
If convicted as charged, Reiner may face life in jail with out parole, or the demise penalty, though California doesn’t usually perform capital punishment.
Last week, his brother paid emotional tribute to the boys’s dad and mom, calling their deaths “almost too impossible to process.”
“We lost more than half of our family that night in the most violent way imaginable,” Jake Reiner wrote in his first detailed public remarks concerning the grotesque killings.
“Any loss of a parent is devastating, but nothing compares to losing both of them at the same time and, on top of that, having your brother be at the center of it,” he wrote in a Substack put up titled “Mom and Dad.”
Rob Reiner, the son of legendary comic Carl Reiner, began his showbiz profession in appearing.
He gained fame because the oafish son-in-law Michael “Meathead” Stivic on groundbreaking Nineteen Seventies sitcom “All in the Family,” earlier than transitioning to directing.
As a director, he struck Hollywood gold.
His output included basic movies like 1984’s rock music mockumentary “This is Spinal Tap,” fantasy gem “The Princess Bride” from 1987, and seminal coming-of-age film “Stand By Me.”
“A Few Good Men,” starring Hollywood heavyweights Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson, earned an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.
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