LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 (Our Los Angeles) — Nick Reiner has been indicted on two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and photographer-producer Michele Singer Reiner, at their Brentwood home in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office and the indictment.
The Los Angeles County grand jury returned the indictment July 20, 2026. A judge unsealed it Aug. 12, and Reiner pleaded not guilty, court and prosecution records show. Reiner is being prosecuted in Los Angeles Superior Court and remains jailed without bail.
The charges are allegations. Reiner will be presumed innocent unless prosecutors prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.
What does the indictment allege?
The indictment accuses Reiner of two counts of first-degree murder. It also includes special-circumstance allegations involving multiple murders and murder by means of lying in wait. Prosecutors further allege that he personally used a knife as a dangerous or deadly weapon.
A special-circumstance allegation can increase the possible punishment if a defendant is convicted. The lying-in-wait allegation generally concerns a claim that a killing was carried out after the defendant waited and gained an advantage over the person attacked. Whether the allegations are supported by evidence will be decided as the case proceeds.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said the grand-jury indictment added the lying-in-wait allegation. The district attorney’s office has not decided whether to seek the death penalty, Hochman said. If convicted as charged, Reiner could face life in prison without parole or the death penalty.
What happened before the indictment?
Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were found dead at their Brentwood home Dec. 14, 2025. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office listed the cause of death as “multiple sharp force injuries.”
Reiner was arrested later that day in the Exposition Park area near the University of Southern California, according to law-enforcement accounts. Prosecutors announced or filed the initial murder charges two days later.
The grand-jury proceedings were not public, and the evidence presented to the grand jury has not been disclosed in the available records. The records also do not establish a precise time of death, a possible motive or the evidentiary basis for the arrest.
What happens next?
An indictment formally allows a felony case to move forward in court; it does not determine guilt. The prosecution must still present evidence at trial, while the defense may challenge the allegations and the admissibility of evidence.
A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Sept. 15 at the Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles. No trial date has been reported.
The available case information identifies Alan Jackson as an earlier defense attorney and Kimberly Greene as the lawyer who entered Reiner’s later not-guilty plea. It does not establish the current status of Reiner’s defense team after the indictment.
