{"id":191,"date":"2026-04-29T18:22:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/emotionless-nick-reiner-flashes-icy-stare-in-court-for-parents-double-murder-days-after-brother-jake-breaks-silence\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:22:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:22:43","slug":"emotionless-nick-reiner-flashes-icy-stare-in-court-for-parents-double-murder-days-after-brother-jake-breaks-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/emotionless-nick-reiner-flashes-icy-stare-in-court-for-parents-double-murder-days-after-brother-jake-breaks-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"Emotionless Nick Reiner flashes icy stare in court for parents&#8217; double murder days after brother Jake breaks silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/04\/126518524.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A stoic <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/23\/celebrity-news\/the-chilling-reason-sinister-nick-reiner-smirked-during-court-hearing-for-parents-double-murder-expert\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Nick Reiner<\/a> appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday for a preliminary hearing setting in connection to the December 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/14\/celebrity-news\/two-found-dead-at-director-rob-reiners-home-confirmed-by-los-angeles-police\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">murders of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nick, 32, wore a yellow prison jumpsuit and blue pants, sporting a shaved head and full beard. He did not smile as he sat emotionless beside Los Angeles County Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene, who took over the case in January after high-profile attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/07\/celebrity-news\/nick-reiner-arraignment-delayed-again-as-lawyer-alan-jackson-quits-just-before-court-hearing\/\">Alan Jackson withdrew<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nick maintained an icy stare as he mumbled his brief responses to Judge Samuel Ohta.<\/p>\n<p>Greene explained that she and her team were still waiting on Rob and Michele\u2019s autopsy reports, so Ohta extended the preliminary hearing setting to Sept. 15.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nick Reiner (pictured here in February 2026) looked stoic and emotionless in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday for a preliminary hearing setting. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The hearing, which was extended to Sept. 15, was in connection to the December 2025 murders of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner (seen above in February 2025). <span class=\"credit\">Patrick McMullan via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Nick <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/15\/celebrity-news\/rob-reiner-and-wife-micheles-son-nick-arrested-for-murder-in-parents-stabbing-deaths\/\">was arrested<\/a> by Los Angeles Police Department officers on Dec. 14, 2025, shortly after his dad and mom \u2014 who were 78 and 70, respectively \u2014 were found stabbed to death inside their Brentwood home.<\/p>\n<p>Nick <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/16\/celebrity-news\/rob-reiners-son-nick-officially-charged-with-2-counts-of-first-degree-murder-in-stabbing-death-of-parents\/\">was charged with two counts of first-degree murder<\/a> with special circumstances of multiple murders and personal use of a knife.<\/p>\n<p>According to Rob and Michele\u2019s death certificates, they <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/23\/celebrity-news\/new-details-in-rob-and-michele-reiners-murders-emerge-as-death-certificates-are-released\/\">died within \u201cminutes\u201d of receiving \u201cmultiple sharp force injuries\u201d with a \u201cknife, by another.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If convicted, Nick \u2014 who has remained behind bars at Twin Towers Correctional Facility since his arrest \u2014 faces a possible death sentence or life in prison without the possibility of parole.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nick was arrested on Dec. 14, 2025, shortly after his dad and mom were found stabbed to death inside their Brentwood home. The father-son duo is pictured here in May 2016. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nick (seen above in a YouTube video) was charged with two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances of multiple murders and personal use of a knife. <span class=\"credit\">Nick Reiner\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nick \u2014 who <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/20\/celebrity-news\/conan-obrien-comments-on-reiners-following-their-tragic-deaths\/\">had gotten into an argument with his parents at Conan O\u2019Brien\u2019s Dec. 13 Christmas party<\/a> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/19\/celebrity-news\/nick-reiner-diagnosed-with-schizophrenia-weeks-before-murders-medication-made-him-erratic-and-dangerous\/\">was diagnosed with schizophrenia<\/a>\u00a0before the killings and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/15\/celebrity-news\/inside-rob-reiners-son-nicks-drug-addiction-battle-years-before-parents-fatal-stabbing\/\">has a long history of drug addiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/02\/23\/celebrity-news\/rob-reiners-son-nick-pleads-not-guilty-in-court-for-double-murder\/\">pleaded not guilty<\/a> in February.<\/p>\n<p>Rob and Michele, who had been married since 1989, were also parents to son <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/12\/29\/celebrity-news\/somber-jake-reiner-spotted-on-beach-walk-with-girlfriend-following-parents-rob-and-micheles-tragic-deaths\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Jake Reiner, 34<\/a> and daughter Romy Reiner, 28. Prior to marrying Michele, the actor-director was married to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/12\/18\/penny-marshall-dead-at-75\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Penny Marshall<\/a> from 1971 to 1981. During their relationship, Rob adopted her daughter, Tracy Reiner, 61.<\/p>\n<p>Jake <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/24\/celebrity-news\/rob-reiners-son-jake-details-exact-moment-he-learned-of-parents-deaths\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">broke his silence<\/a> on his parents\u2019 deaths\u00a0last week in a <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/24\/celebrity-news\/rob-reiners-son-jake-its-impossible-to-process-brother-nick-at-center-of-murders\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Substack essay<\/a> that detailed the exact moment he found out they had died.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Nick (seen here in a January courtroom sketch), pleaded not guilty in February. <span class=\"credit\">Mona Shafer Edwards \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The Los Angeles Fire Department said that they were called to the Reiner home around 3:30 p.m. and attempted to provide medical aid, but the victims were pronounced dead at the scene. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was in Union Station at a celebration of life for one of my best friends, Christian Anderson, who died in October,\u201d Jake wrote. \u201cIt was at that moment I received a call from my sister Romy telling me our father was dead. Minutes later, she called back telling me our mother was also dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jake continued, \u201cThe 45-minute Lyft ride from downtown to the west side was unendurable. My world, as I knew it, had collapsed. I was in a trance. The only thing I could focus on was that I needed to get to my childhood home. I needed to get to my sister. I needed to figure out what the hell just happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jake lamented that he feels \u201crobbed of so many things\u201d after losing his dad and mom, noting that the tragedy \u201csimultaneously breaks my heart and enrages me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing can prepare you for what it feels like to lose both parents instantly at the same time,\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s too devastating to comprehend. I still wake up every morning having to convince myself that, no, it\u2019s not a dream. This truly is my living nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/29\/celebrity-news\/emotionless-nick-reiner-flashes-icy-stare-in-court-for-parents-double-murder-days-after-brother-jake-breaks-silence\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A stoic Nick Reiner appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday for a preliminary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/126518524.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}