Nick Reiner has been indicted for the murder of his parents Rob and Michele Reiner with a disturbing special circumstance added.

Reiner, 33, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two counts of murder after an indictment against him was unsealed.

Nick Reiner appears during his arraignment in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, on Monday, February 23, 2026.

US actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Reiner attend the 46th Kennedy Center Honors gala at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023.

Reiner also faces special circumstance allegations of multiple murders and murder by means of lying in wait, as well as an allegation that he personally used a knife as a deadly weapon.

The indictment also alleges the aggravating circumstance that the crimes “involved great violence, great bodily harm, threat of great bodily harm, or other acts disclosing a high degree of cruelty, viciousness, or calousness,” and called the victims “particularly vulnerable.”

“This was a profound betrayal by someone who was loved and trusted by the very people he is accused of killing,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said.

A grand jury indictment allows the case to proceed to trial more quickly.

Reiner will be back in court for a pretrial hearing September 15.

Nick is accused of murdering his parents, Hollywood director Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife Michele, 70, inside their Brentwood home on December 14, 2025.

Rob Reiner and Nick Reiner attend the AOL Build Speaker Series at AOL Studios in New York City on Wednesday, May 4, 2016. (FilmMagic)

The fatal stabbings shocked Hollywood to its core, with Nick arrested hours after his parents’ bloody bodies were discovered inside their $20 million home.

Nick Reiner appears with Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene during his arraignment in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, on Monday, February 23, 2026. Reiner is facing two counts of first-degree murder for the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, in their Los Angeles home in December 2025. (Pool)

Just hours before their alleged murders, Reiner and his parents got into a “very loud argument” at a holiday party hosted by Conan O’Brien, sources confirmed to The Post.

Nick also reportedly had a confrontation with comedian Bill Hader at the same event, storming off in a huff.

If convicted on all charges, Reiner could face the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole. Prosecutors will decide later whether to pursue a death sentence.

The indictment comes just as Reiner is battling for money from his trust in hopes to once again retain his former high profile attorney Alan Jackson.

Attorney Alan Jackson speaks to the press after exiting the courthouse during Nick Reiner’s arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. Jackson withdrew as Reiner’s attorney, and Reiner will now be represented by the county Public Defender’s Office. (AFP)

Reiner filed a petition June 8, requesting the funds he claims he was supposed to be paid from his trust when he turned 30 in 2023.

The petition, obtained The Post, claimed that Nick was supposed to receive half of the trust “outright when he turned 30” and the other half would be given to him when he turned 35.

Honoree Rob Reiner poses with family at the 41st Annual Chaplin Award Gala at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday, April 28, 2013, in New York City. (FilmMagic)

Nick, who is charged with the murders of his parents, claimed in the petition that “months of repeated inquiries” to the current trustee have “offered a shifting series of excuses and justifications,” including “unsubstantiated ‘concerns’ about Nick’s so-called competence to ‘manage a trust.’”

Nick Reiner and his attorney Kimberly Greene pleaded not guilty during an arraignment in Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, on Monday, February 23, 2026. (EPA IMAGES)

Jackson, revealed he quit the murder case because he wasn’t paid the amount he was promised. Reiner is currently represented by public defender Kimberly Greene.

Lawyers are expected to argue the trust matter during a hearing next week.

Source: https://nypost.com/2026/08/12/us-news/nick-reiner-indicted-for-murdering-parents-rob-and-michele/