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Nick Reiner indicted for murders of parents Rob and Michele

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Nick Reiner has been indicted in the murders of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, in a stabbing attack inside the family’s Brentwood home last December. Reiner was brought to a 13th floor courtroom at the Criminal Courts Building in downtown LA, to answer to the new charges, which will replace the original murder case filed in 2025. The indictment adds a special circumstance allegation of lying in wait. Special circumstances allegations can increase potential penalties in the sentencing phase of a trial. His appointed defense attorney, LA deputy public defender Kimberly Greene, declined to comment following the arraignment. The indictment also speeds the case toward a jury trial, bypassing the need for a public preliminary hearing, which had been expected to take place sometime in the fall. Reiner was arrested Dec. 15, a day after his parents’ bodies were discovered in their bedroom. The initial charges alleged he used a knife. The deaths of Rob Reiner, a celebrated director whose l