Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of Hollywood luminary Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, pleaded not responsible Monday to 2 counts of first-degree homicide greater than two months after their deaths, denying for the primary time that he fatally stabbed his mother and father.
Reiner’s lawyer, Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene, entered the plea on his behalf as he stood behind glass in an enclosed custody space of the packed Los Angeles courtroom.
The third of Rob Reiner’s 4 kids, Nick Reiner has been held with out bail since his arrest hours after beloved actor-director Reiner and photographer and producer Singer had been discovered useless on Dec 14 at their dwelling within the upscale Brentwood part of Los Angeles.
Reiner appeared in court docket with a shaved head and light-weight facial hair, sporting brown jail garments. He talked to his lawyer briefly by way of the glass earlier than the decide started the listening to. At one level a low door within the enclosure was opened they usually crouched down and spoke face-to-face. During the listening to, he spoke solely to reply sure when the decide requested if he waived his proper for subsequent steps of the case to proceed speedily.
Reiner was not sporting the suicide prevention smock he wore in his first court docket look in December days after his mother or father’s killings. It was the third time he had been set to enter a plea, however points surrounding the high-stakes, intently watched case, together with a stunning change in protection attorneys, stored it from occurring till Monday.
The decide advised Reiner to return to court docket April 29 for the scheduling of a preliminary listening to the place prosecutors will current proof and a brand new decide will determine if it’s sufficient for Reiner to go to trial.
The case will now be dealt with by longtime Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Sam Ohta. He has had many outstanding homicide, manslaughter and public corruption instances in his courtroom in recent times, however none have drawn the nationwide media consideration this case has.
District Attorney Nathan Hochman mentioned exterior court docket that his workplace nonetheless hasn’t determined whether or not it’s going to search the demise penalty for Reiner. Hochman mentioned the demise penalty resolution “goes through a very rigorous process. We will be looking at all aggravating and mitigating circumstances.”
Reiner’s not responsible plea is frequent for felony defendants at this stage of the case, no matter their longer-term plan could be.
Reiner’s former lawyer, the high-profile non-public lawyer Alan Jackson, needed to stop the case on the earlier listening to, citing causes past his and his consumer’s management that ethics would not let him reveal. But in parting, he adamantly declared that “pursuant to the laws of California, Nick Reiner is not guilty of murder,” a stance made official by Reiner’s plea Monday.
Authorities have mentioned nothing about attainable motives, and leaks within the case have been just about nonexistent on each side, leaving among the most elementary questions in regards to the killing unanswered publicly.
Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 70, died from “multiple sharp force injuries,” the LA County Medical Examiner mentioned in preliminary findings. Authorities mentioned they had been killed hours earlier than the our bodies had been found. A court docket order has prevented the general public launch of extra particulars.
Deputy District Attorney Habib Balian mentioned Monday that his workplace continues to be awaiting the complete post-mortem report from the Medical Examiner, however all different proof has been turned over to the protection.
Rob Reiner was a prolific director whose work included among the most memorable and endlessly watchable films of the Nineteen Eighties and ’90s. His credit included “This is Spinal Tap,” “Stand By Me,” “A Few Good Men,” and “When Harry Met Sally… ,” throughout the manufacturing of which he met photographer Michele Singer. They wed quickly after and had been married for 36 years.
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