Rob Reiner's son appears in court accused of murdering Hollywood director and wife

Rob Reiner's lad Nick made his archetypal tribunal quality connected Wednesday connected 2 counts of first-degree execution successful the sidesplitting of his parents.

Wearing a termination prevention smock and shackles, the 32-year-old did not participate a plea arsenic helium appeared from down the solid partition of a custody area.

His adjacent tribunal quality volition beryllium connected 7 January.

As it happened: Nick Reiner makes archetypal tribunal appearance

Nick Reiner spoke lone to say, "yes, your honour" to hold to the date.

He was charged Tuesday with sidesplitting the 78-year-old histrion and manager Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced astatine a quality conference.

Nick Reiner is being held without bail and could look the death penalty.

Along with the 2 counts of first-degree murder, prosecutors added a peculiar condition of aggregate murders, arsenic good arsenic an allegation that helium personally utilized a unsafe and deadly weapon, a knife.

Speaking extracurricular the court, Nick Reiner's lawyer, Alan Jackson, called connected the nationalist not to "rush to judgement".

Mr Jackson pointed to "complex and superior issues that are associated with this case" that needed to beryllium thoroughly and "very cautiously dealt with and examined".

He added that it was a "devastating calamity that has befallen the Reiner family".

'Unimaginable pain'

Nick Reiner's 2 siblings Jake and Romy person released a statement, saying "words cannot adjacent statesman to picture the unimaginable symptom we are experiencing each infinitesimal of the day".

"The horrific and devastating nonaccomplishment of our parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, is thing that nary 1 should ever experience," they said.

"They weren't conscionable our parents; they were our champion friends. We are grateful for the outpouring of condolences, kindness, and enactment we person received not lone from household and friends but radical from each walks of life."

The 2 asked for "respect and privacy" and for speculation to beryllium treated with "compassion and humanity".

Authorities person not disclosed a motive for the killings.

Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were recovered dormant from evident stab wounds successful their location successful the upscale Brentwood neighbourhood of Los Angeles.

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Nick Reiner did not defy erstwhile helium was arrested hours aboriginal adjacent the University of Southern California, astir 14 miles (22.5 kilometres) from the transgression scene, according to police.

Rob Reiner was a celebrated director, whose enactment included immoderate of the astir memorable films of the 1980s and 1990s, including This Is Spinal Tap, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally and A Few Good Men.

He met Michele Singer, a photographer, movie shaper and advocator for LGBTQ+ rights, successful 1989, portion directing When Harry Met Sally.