Nick Reiner, the middle son of filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, photographer Michele Reiner, has been arrested in connection with the deaths of his parents, which occurred Sunday night. This was first reported by TMZ and People, who also explained that the 32-year-old is being held on $4 million bail.
The Los Angeles Times and USA Today report that Reiner's arrest is documented in Los Angeles Sheriff's Department records, occurring at 9:15 p.m. on Sunday and recorded in the files at 5:04 a.m. However, the news was not released until Monday morning. A press conference was held at 9:00 p.m. by city detectives, who stated that no one had been arrested.
Rob Reiner, 78, the renowned director of *The Princess Bride* and *When Harry Met Sally*, and his wife, Michele, 68, were found stabbed to death in their home in Brentwood, an upscale neighborhood in Los Angeles, on the afternoon of Sunday, December 14. Police have opened a murder investigation.
Detectives spent the entire night at the crime scene on Chadbourne Avenue in Brentwood, west of Los Angeles. On Sunday, around 9 p.m., they held a press conference stating that no one was in police custody and that they were not pursuing any suspects.
Nick Reiner has struggled with addiction his entire life. He began using drugs as a young child and entered rehab at age 15. He became estranged from his parents and even lived on the streets for periods of time. For over a decade, he had reconnected with his family. On Sunday night, the Los Angeles Times reported that detectives were investigating a family member in connection with his death.
The son of the celebrated comedy actor Carl Reiner, Rob was one of the best-known and most prolific directors of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, making titles that resonated with popular culture, such as the aforementioned *The Princess Bride* and *When Harry Met Sally*, but also adaptations of Stephen King works like *Misery* and *Stand by Me*, and many others such as *A Few Good Men*, *Ghosts of the Past*, *North*, *The Bucket List*, *The Bucket List*, *The American President*, and the mockumentary about rock music, *Spinal Tap*.
Rob and Michele Reiner married in 1989, after meeting on the set of When Harry Met Sally. He had previously been married, from 1971 to 1981, to actress and director of the film Big, Penny Marshall, whose daughter he adopted. The couple then had three children: Jake, 34, Nick, 32, and Romy, 28.
