Nick Reiner says money from grandfather Carl Reiner should be available for his defense

Nick Reiner, the son of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, has filed new legal documents requesting funds from a trust his parents established for him to be released for his defense in the upcoming trial. His legal team argues that California's slayer statute, which prevents murderers from inheriting money from their victims, should not block the release of these funds.

This is due to two reasons: first, as Reiner has not been convicted of any charges related to his parents' deaths, and second, because some of the funds he is asking for were actually left to him by his grandfather, Carl Reiner, who passed away in 2020.

The trust issue has been an ongoing concern for Reiner, who recently turned 33 and has been claiming he should have received half of the funds when he turned 30. He was placed under a mental health conservatorship by his parents in 2020, and has sued both previous and current fiduciaries in charge of the trust, valued at $1.6 million.

Reiner's current attorneys claim that he should have access to the funds left to him by his grandfather: "Nick is not accused of causing his death," they note in their filing. "Money that was left to Nick by his grandfather is not money received by Nick from or through his parents. To the extent the funds Nick received from his grandfather are Nick's personal assets, they remain Nick's and should be segregated and released from this trust."

The current filing also asserts that the fiduciaries have spent approximately $250,000 from the trust fund on legal counsel to prevent Reiner from accessing the trust. Nick Reiner has entered a not guilty plea in his parents' murders, and prosecutors have recently stated they will not seek the death penalty after consulting with Reiner's siblings.