{"id":2650689,"date":"2026-08-27T17:22:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jake-reiner-speaks-out-on-brothers-arrest-after-parents-deaths\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T17:24:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:24:27","slug":"jake-reiner-speaks-out-on-brothers-arrest-after-parents-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jake-reiner-speaks-out-on-brothers-arrest-after-parents-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Reiner speaks out on brother&#8217;s arrest after parents&#8217; deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjake-reiner-speaks-out-on-brothers-arrest-after-parents-deaths%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2650689&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Jake Reiner, son of the late Rob and Michele Reiner, publicly addressed his family\u2019s tragedy for the first time as their deaths, which occurred in their Los Angeles home. His younger brother, Nick Reiner, faces charges of first-degree murder related to the incident, having pleaded not guilty. Nick was indicted in August on two counts of murder, with allegations of lying in wait, which could make him eligible for the death penalty, though prosecutors have not decided on pursuing it. <\/p>\n<p>In an interview with ABC7 Los Angeles, Jake shared that it has been eight months since the tragedy, describing the emotional toll it has taken on him and his family. He learned about his parents\u2019 death from his sister Romy, who told him their father was dead and that she couldn\u2019t find their mother. Since then, their family has been drastically affected, especially after Nick\u2019s arrest, leaving Jake and Romy as the surviving siblings.<\/p>\n<p>jake also mentioned that Nick has requested access to a $1.5 million trust fund left by their parents. The case is proceeding without a preliminary hearing due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-has-put-his-boat-in-the-water-for-his-trip-to-cross-the-delaware-on-christmas-eve-attorney-lin-wood\/\" title=\"President Trump \u201cHas Put His Boat In the Water For His Trip to Cross the Delaware\u2026 On Christmas Eve\u201d \u2013 Attorney Lin Wood\">grand jury indictment<\/a>, which also involves serious charges that could lead to the death penalty, pending prosecutors&#8217; decision. The full interview with Jake Reiner is scheduled to air on ABC7.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jake Reiner, the eldest son of the late Rob and Michele Reiner, spoke out about his parents\u2019 deaths for the first time since his filmmaker father and photographer mother were found stabbed to death in their <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1221\">Los Angeles<\/a> home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jake Reiner\u2019s younger brother, Nick Reiner, faces charges of murdering their parents in December 2025, charges Nick Reiner has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4467922\/nick-reiner-pleads-not-guilty-murder-parents\/\">pleaded not guilty to<\/a>. Los Angeles law enforcement officials initially arrested Nick Reiner on two charges of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3920147\/rob-reiner-son-nick-first-degree-murder-charges\/\">first-degree murder<\/a> two days after his parents were found deceased. In mid-August, a Los Angeles\u00a0County grand jury indicted Nick Reiner on two first-degree murder charges, alleging that he was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4685056\/nick-reiner-indictment-murder-parents-california\/\">lying in wait before the killing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4703275\/jake-reiner-interview-nick-arrest-parents-deaths-los-angeles\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Jake Reiner speaks out on brother\u2019s arrest after parents\u2019 stabbing deaths<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4703111\/wyoming-mark-gordon-election-monitor-aggressive\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Wyoming GOP governor calls DOJ election monitoring \u2018aggressive\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4702809\/us-opposes-9-11-attackers-supreme-court-bid-to-avoid-death-penalty\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>US opposes 9\/11 attackers\u2019 Supreme Court bid to avoid death penalty<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jake Reiner sat for an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SanSeyQ3XDY\">interview<\/a> with ABC7 Los Angeles on Thursday, delving into how his surviving <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/family\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1509\">family <\/a>has grieved during the past several months since his parents\u2019 deaths.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI got to be honest. I mean, it\u2019s been eight months \u2014 it feels like eight years at the same time, and it also feels like eight minutes because every moment that I wake up, I\u2019m reminded of my reality. And you\u2019re living through that every single day,\u201d Jake Reiner told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The eldest Reiner son also spoke about his siblings, saying he learned of his parents\u2019 passing from his younger sister, Romy Reiner, the youngest of the three siblings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRomy told me our dad was dead, and then she said, \u2018I can\u2019t find Mom,&#8217;\u201d Jake Reiner said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also described how his family shifted drastically after his parents were found dead in December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s like I physically lost my parents, and then Nick was arrested, and it\u2019s like now it\u2019s just me and Romy,\u201d Jake Reiner told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4600305\/nick-reiner-requests-access-trust-fund\/\">NICK REINER REQUESTS TO ACCESS $1.5 MILLION TRUST FUND FROM PARENTS HE\u2019S ACCUSED OF MURDERING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The August grand jury indictment allows the case to skip a preliminary hearing in which prosecutors typically publicly unveil evidence, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4685056\/nick-reiner-indictment-murder-parents-california\/\">according<\/a> to the <em>Associated Press<\/em>. The \u201clying in wait\u201d circumstance with the other murder charges unveiled in the indictment makes Nick Reiner eligible for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/death-penalty\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1427\">death penalty<\/a>, though prosecutors have not determined if they will seek capital punishment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The outlet\u2019s full interview with Jake Reiner will air on ABC7 at 5 p.m. Pacific.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jake Reiner discusses parents&#8217; deaths; brother faces murder charges<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2650690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26054654319371.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[84784,70285,84783,32779,68936],"class_list":["post-2650689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-brothers-arrest","tag-family-controversy","tag-jake-reiner","tag-legal-issues","tag-parents-deaths"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26054654319371.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2650689"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2650693,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2650689\/revisions\/2650693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2650690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2650689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2650689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2650689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}