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The arraignment of Rob Reiner's lad implicit the sidesplitting of his parents has been delayed aft his high-profile defence lawyer withdrew from the case.
A justice agreed to Alan Jackson's petition to exit the lawsuit during a Los Angeles Superior Court proceeding connected Wednesday, astatine which Nick Reiner, 32, was expected to beryllium arraigned and participate a plea.
The proceeding took spot astir 3 weeks aft actor-director Rob Reiner and his woman of 36 years, Michele Singer Reiner, were recovered dormant with stab wounds successful their upscale location successful Los Angeles.
Mr Jackson said "circumstances beyond our control' were down the move, without providing specifics.
He said helium is "legally and ethically prohibited from explaining each the reasons" down his decision, adding helium expects Reiner's nationalist defender to "step successful and precise capably support Nick Reiner's interests".
"We cognize the ineligible process volition uncover the existent facts of the circumstances surrounding this case," Mr Jackson said.
Deputy nationalist defender Kimberly Greene has present taken implicit arsenic Nick Reiner's lawyer, and the justice has delayed the arraignment until 23 February.
Ms Greene said she spoke to Reiner concisely connected Wednesday greeting to alert him of the alteration successful his counsel.
She said Reiner was "understanding" of the situation.
During a little tribunal appearance, Reiner spoke lone to hold to the delay.
He stood down solid successful a custody country of the courtroom, wearing a brownish jailhouse suit with his hairsbreadth shaved.
At 1 point, Reiner stood connected his tiptoes to peek implicit the lawyers' heads and look astatine the audience.
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Nathan Hochman, territory lawyer for Los Angeles County, said his bureau volition guarantee Reiner's caller lawyer receives "all the facts indispensable to efficaciously correspond their client".
"I'm afloat assured that a assemblage volition convict Nick Reiner beyond tenable uncertainty of the brutal execution of his parents... and bash truthful unanimously."
Mr Hochman said the charges against Reiner transportation a maximum condemnation of the decease penalty.
Execution is simply a ineligible punishment successful respective US states, including California, wherever Nick Reiner was arrested and volition beryllium tried.
The Reiner household released a connection pursuing the alteration of ineligible representation. A spokesperson said: "They person the utmost spot successful the ineligible process and volition not remark further connected matters related to the ineligible proceedings."
Rob Reiner, 78, and woman Michele Singer Reiner, 70, were killed aboriginal connected the greeting of 14 December successful their location successful the upscale Brentwood conception of Los Angeles.
Authorities said they were recovered successful the precocious day and died from "multiple crisp unit injuries".
Before picking up the Reiner case, Alan Jackson had represented high-profile clients, including convicted enactment offender Harvey Weinstein during his 2022 trial.
Mr Jackson besides defended Kevin Spacey successful a 2019 intersexual battle case, successful which the histrion faced allegations of groping an 18-year-old man.
The charges were subsequently dropped by prosecutors.
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