Nick Reiner, Accused of Killing Parents Rob Reiner and Michele Singer, Fights Trust Fund Freeze to Fund Murder Defence
Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of filmmaker Rob Reiner and Michele Singer, is seeking $1.5 million from a family trust fund to pay for his defence against charges that he murdered his parents in their Brentwood, Los Angeles home on December 14, 2025 (Deadline).
Reiner has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, he faces life in prison without parole or the death penalty (Deadline). He was recently re-indicted on new charges, and his next criminal hearing is scheduled for September 15 (Deadline; Deadline).
The money Reiner wants sits in a "children's trust" created by his parents on December 2, 1993, now valued at over $1.6 million. Reiner filed a petition in June asking the LA Superior Court to release funds for his criminal defence, arguing he is entitled to more than $550,000 from the trust. He turned 30 on September 14, 2023, and claims that milestone made him eligible for the payout (Deadline).
The trustee disagrees. Jodi Montgomery — a former trustee in Britney Spears's conservatorship case — controls the Reiner trust. Montgomery contends that records show Reiner declined the initial $558,000 payment when it came due three years ago. She also argues he is not entitled to any trust money until he turns 35 (Deadline).
On August 13, Reiner submitted a sworn declaration in the trust case, stating that he relied on the trustees to administer the trust fairly and in accordance with its terms. A hearing in the trust dispute was set for a Monday in LA Superior Court before Judge Ruben Garcia. Reiner, 32, has been represented by a public defender in the trust fund proceedings (Deadline).
Rob Reiner, 78 at the time of his death, was one of Hollywood's most enduring figures — director of When Harry Met Sally…, A Few Good Men, and The Princess Bride, and an actor whose career stretches back to Norman Lear's All in the Family. Michele Singer Reiner was a photographer and producer. The couple married in 1989.
The trust fund dispute and the murder case now run on parallel tracks through the same downtown courthouse, one civil and one criminal, both centred on the same family and the same December night.
