Nick Reiner was prescribed schizophrenia treatment earlier than killings of Rob, Michele Reiner, sources say

Nick Reiner had been prescribed treatment for schizophrenia in some unspecified time in the future earlier than he allegedly killed his mother and father, Hollywood legend Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Reiner, in response to two sources with data of the investigation.

It’s unclear the identify of the drug and the way lengthy he had been prescribed it. No different particulars had been obtainable. The sources spoke on the situation of anonymity as a result of they weren’t approved to remark publicly.

Reiner, 32, was charged with two counts of homicide on Tuesday, and will face life in jail or the demise penalty if convicted. Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman mentioned that no resolution had been made on searching for capital punishment within the Reiners’ slayings. Such critiques usually take months. A choose permitted legal professional Alan Jackson’s request Wednesday to proceed Reiner’s arraignment to Jan. 7. He didn’t enter a plea.

Nick Reiner appeared in courtroom Wednesday sporting a blue suicide prevention smock ceaselessly worn by defendants who pose a threat of self-harm.

He had struggled for years with dependancy and spoken publicly about his challenges.

As a teen, Nick mentioned in interviews, he turned hooked on heroin, biking out and in of rehabilitation facilities and experiencing bouts of homelessness.

He had gotten clear by 2015, when he co-wrote “Being Charlie,” a couple of drug-addicted younger man whose father is a chilly, former film star working for governor of California. Rob Reiner directed the movie, which was co-written with Matt Elisofon.

Nick praised his mother and father for serving to him discover sobriety. However he additionally mentioned he felt responsible disappointing them and was attempting to determine his personal path.

Prosecutors say Reiner fatally stabbed his 78-year-old father and 70-year-old mom someday within the early morning hours Dec. 14. Their our bodies had been present in the main bedroom of their dwelling round 3:40 p.m. that day, authorities have mentioned.

A therapeutic massage therapist arrived on the couple’s dwelling and, upon not receiving a solution, known as their daughter, Romy Reiner, 27, who lives close by. She found the scene and had a buddy name 911, in response to a supply who was not approved to talk publicly in regards to the investigation.

The Los Angeles County medical expert’s workplace confirmed their deaths had been the results of murder, itemizing the trigger as “a number of sharp drive accidents” in its public database on Wednesday.

Throughout a 2015 interview with The Instances on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition, the place the movie premiered, Rob mentioned he regretted valuing the recommendation of counselors over the voice of his son as he and his spouse tried to maintain Nick in rehab.

“When Nick would inform us that it wasn’t working for him, we wouldn’t hear,” he mentioned. “We had been determined, and since the individuals had diplomas on their wall, we listened to them after we ought to have been listening to our son.”

Michele added: “We had been so influenced by these individuals. They might inform us he’s a liar, that he was attempting to govern us. And we believed them.”

After the couple’s deaths, one household buddy mentioned Rob and Michele “did every little thing for Nick. Each remedy program, remedy periods and put apart their lives to avoid wasting Nick’s repeatedly.” The buddy mentioned that that they had “by no means identified a household so devoted to a baby” and that “to have it finish this manner is terrible.”