Nick Reiner had been disruptive at a vacation social gathering Saturday along with his dad and mom, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, in accordance with two folks acquainted with the scenario, simply hours earlier than they have been discovered lifeless of their Los Angeles house.
Nick Reiner, who was arrested Sunday and later booked on suspicion of homicide, made different visitors uncomfortable along with his conduct on the vacation social gathering, which was hosted by comic Conan O’Brien, one particular person mentioned. One other particular person mentioned Reiner’s dad and mom have been upset and embarrassed about their son’s conduct on the social gathering and expressed worries about his well being.
The 2 folks requested that their names be withheld due to the sensitivity of the matter.
The deaths of Rob Reiner, a legendary actor and filmmaker, and his spouse, Michele Singer Reiner, have rattled Hollywood, the place the household was extensively beloved. However the household’s challenges with their youthful son, Nick, have been additionally well-known, notably his battles with drug habit. Nick Reiner, 32, was dwelling on and off at their house in Brentwood, one particular person mentioned.
A consultant for O’Brien didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. It was not instantly recognized whether or not Reiner had authorized illustration.
The three Reiners attended O’Brien’s gathering collectively. One particular person mentioned Nick Reiner had a minimum of one interplay that left partygoers involved.
He’s alleged to have interrupted a dialog involving comic Invoice Hader. When Hader advised him the dialog was non-public, the supply mentioned, Nick Reiner appeared to face nonetheless and stare earlier than “storming off.”
A consultant for Hader didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Authorities have mentioned they proceed to research the circumstances of the deaths and are holding Nick Reiner with out bail.
Nick Reiner, considered one of 4 siblings, had been vocal about his experiences with rehab and habit remedy that he began when he was 15.
In 2015, Rob and Nick Reiner teamed up for the movie “Being Charlie,” which Rob directed and Nick co-wrote. The drama, impressed by Nick’s experiences, follows the addicted son of a would-be governor who “goes down the lengthy, tough highway of rehab, preventing in opposition to restoration each inch of the way in which,” in accordance with its IMDb description.
“[W]hat I didn’t perceive was the depth of what he was going by way of,” Rob Reiner mentioned in a Might 4, 2016, look on NBC’s “TODAY” present. “And the method of creating this movie not solely compelled me to see what he was experiencing, nevertheless it compelled him to see what I went by way of and what his mom went by way of, and hopefully the movie was a mirrored image of that.”
Police noticed Rob Reiner’s son smoking within the Exposition Park space, legislation enforcement sources mentioned. Eric Leonard stories for the NBC4 Information at 5 p.m. on Monoday, Dec. 15, 2025.
