Rob Reiner’s son, Nick Reiner has been arrested and is in custody on $4m bail (around £2.9m) following the deaths of his parents, according to the LASD Inmate Center records.
The 32-year-old was arrested on Sunday (December 14), and has since been charged on today (December 15). Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to reporters during an unrelated news conference that Nick has been “booked for murder” after his parents were found dead.
Reiner and his wife Michele Singer were found dead Sunday at their home. Reiner, the son of a comedy giant who became one himself as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation, was 78 years old.
Trump responded to the reported killing of a Hollywood cultural icon and his wife with a striking political attack on the victims.
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In a social media post, Trump said without evidence that Rob Reiner’s death was due to his opposition to Trump and his policies – in Trump’s words: “the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.”
Investigators believe they suffered stab wounds, said the official, who could not publicly discuss details of the investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
The Los Angeles Fire Department said it responded to a medical aid request shortly after 3:30 p.m. and found a 78-year-old man and 68-year-old woman dead inside. Reiner turned 78 in March.
Detectives with the Robbery Homicide Division were investigating an “apparent homicide” at Reiner’s home, said Capt. Mike Bland with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Los Angeles authorities have not confirmed the identities of the people found dead at the residence in the upscale Brentwood neighbourhood on the city’s west side that’s home to many celebrities.
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Reiner grew up thinking his father, Carl Reiner, didn’t understand him or find him funny. But the younger Reiner would in many ways follow in his father’s footsteps, working both in front and behind the camera.
After starting out as a writer for “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,” Reiner’s breakthrough came when he was, at age 23, cast in Norman Lear’s “All in the Family.” But by the 1980s, Reiner began as a feature film director, churning out some of the most beloved films of that, or any, era.
Alan Hamilton, deputy police chief of Los Angeles, confirmed that the force would continue to interview several members of the family as there were no signs of forced entry on the $13.5m mansion.
In a statement shared on X, formerly known as Twitter on Sunday, the police department said: “LAPD officers responded to a death investigation in the 200 block of S. Chadbourne Ave. Inside the residence, officers discovered 2 decedents. The identity of the decedents has not yet been confirmed.
“Robbery Homicide Division (RHD) responded to the residence, which has been identified as the home of Rob Reiner. At this time, no further details are available as this is an ongoing RHD investigation, into an apparent homicide.”
