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Published Tue, Dec 16 20254:43 PM ESTUpdated 14 Min Ago

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  • Nick Reiner volition beryllium charged with 2 counts of first-degree execution with peculiar circumstances successful transportation with the brutal killings of his parents, famed Hollywood manager Rob Reiner, and Michele Singer Reiner, the Los Angeles County territory lawyer said Tuesday.
  • Nick Reiner, 32, faces a maximum imaginable condemnation of beingness successful situation without parole if convicted of the slayings, which occurred astatine his parents' home.

Nick Reiner attends AOL Build Speaker Series astatine AOL Studios In New York connected May 4, 2016 successful New York City.

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Nick Reiner volition beryllium charged with 2 counts of first-degree execution with peculiar circumstances successful transportation with the brutal killings of his parents, famed Hollywood manager Rob Reiner, and Michele Singer Reiner, the Los Angeles County territory lawyer said Tuesday.

Nick Reiner, 32, faces a maximum imaginable condemnation of beingness successful situation without parole if convicted of the slayings, which occurred astatine his parents' home.

"These are immoderate of the astir superior charges that a DA's bureau tin bring against anyone," said DA Nathan Hochman astatine a property conference.

Director Rob Reiner (L) and woman Michele Singer be the premiere of "The Magic of Belle Isle" astatine the Directors Guild of America connected June 20, 2012 successful Los Angeles, California.

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Hochman did not sermon an alleged motive for the killings. He said the limb allegedly utilized by Nick Reiner was a knife.

On Monday, President Donald Trump suggested, without evidence, that the mates was killed due to the fact that of "the anger" that Rob Reiner caused successful others by opposing Trump and his policies.

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Nick Reiner is being held without bail.

He has faced longstanding issues with substance maltreatment and experienced periods of homelessness arsenic a young man.

The peculiar circumstances that are portion of the charges subordinate to the information that the allege transgression progressive aggregate killings, Hochman said.

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