Prosecutors will not seek death penalty for Nick Reiner

FILE PHOTO: Nick Reiner appears with Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene (not pictured) during his arraignment in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, U.S., 23 February 2026. Reiner is facing two counts of first‑degree murder for the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, in their Los Angeles home in December 2025. CHRIS TORRES/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Sept 15 - The Los Angeles County District Attorney said on Tuesday his office has chosen not to seek the death penalty against Nick Reiner, the son of Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner, who has pleaded not guilty to murdering his parents in their home in December.

District Attorney Nathan Hochman told reporters outside a downtown Los Angeles courthouse that prosecutors took into account the wishes of the surviving Reiner family members in reaching their decision.

The announcement came shortly before Nick Reiner, 33, was scheduled to appear for a pre-trial hearing where the judge is expected to set a preliminary trial date and consider various pleadings in the case.

Rob Reiner and his wife, photographer Michele Reiner, were found stabbed to death in their home in Los Angeles’ Brentwood neighborhood. Nick Reiner, the younger of their two sons, was arrested later that day and charged with first-degree murder.

The maximum penalty prosecutors said they would now seek against him is life in prison without parole. REUTERS