Rob Reiner’s younger son, Nick Reiner, was arrested and booked Monday for what investigators believe was the fatal stabbing of the director-actor and his wife Michele at their Los Angeles home a day earlier. Police Chief Jim McDonnell said Nick Reiner, 32, has been “booked for murder” and is being held on $4 million bail.
Nick Reiner has spoken publicly of his struggles with addiction and homelessness. He and his father collaborated on a semi-autobiographical 2016 film, “Being Charlie,” that included elements of their relationship and experience.
Reiner, the son of comedy legend Carl Reiner, had long been one of the most prolific directors in Hollywood whose work included some of the most memorable movies of the 1980s and ’90s, including “This Is Spinal Tap,” “A Few Good Men,” “When Harry Met Sally” and “The Princess Bride.” Reiner’s death led to an outpouring of grief from Hollywood and beyond.
Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner arrive on the red carpet at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors gala dinner, Dec. 2, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 15: Flowers rest on director Rob Reiner's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on December 15, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. The LAPD confirmed that Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their Brentwood home. Their son Nick has been arrested in connection to their deaths. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) A security guard stands outside Rob Reiner’s residence Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman) 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 April 28, 2014 in New York City. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images/TNS) FILE – Carl Reiner, left, and his son Rob Reiner pose together following their hand and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre, April 7, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 15: A person places flowers at director Rob Reiner's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on December 15, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. The LAPD confirmed that Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their Brentwood home. Their son Nick has been arrested in connection to their deaths. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Michael Douglas, Diane Keaton and Rob Reiner attend the "And So It Goes" premiere at Guild Hall on July 6, 2014, in East Hampton, New York. (Sonia Moskowitz/Getty Images/TNS) FILE - Rob Reiner, left, and Sally Struthers introducing the "In Memoriam" segment with a tribute to Norman Lear during the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater, Jan. 15, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File) Nick Reiner, the son of famed director Rob Reiner, on April 28, 2014, in New York City. Nick Reiner, 32, is in custody at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department after Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer, were found dead in their L.A. home on Sunday. (Robin Platzer/Twin Images/UPPA/ZUMA Press/TNS) The American President (1995). Rob Reiner/Cover Images/ZUMA Press/TNS) An aerial view of director Rob Reiner's home on December 15, 2025 in Brentwood, California. The LAPD confirmed that Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in the Brentwood home. Their son Nick has been arrested in connection to their deaths. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Rob Reiner arrives at the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network’s Respect Awards, in Beverly Hills, Calif., Friday, Oct. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File) News crews stage outside Rob Reiner’s residence Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman) FILE - Actor and director Rob Reiner, center, poses for photographs while stumping along with actor Martin Sheen, not seen, for Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean, Jan. 14, 2004, at the University of Northern Iowa, in Cedar Falls, Iowa. (Rick Chase/The Courier via AP, File) (L-R) Honorees Carl Reiner and Rob Reiner and producer Norman Lear attend the Carl and Rob Reiner Hand and Footprint Ceremony during the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival on April 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images/TNS) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 15: Members of the media work after a memorial wreath, placed by the Hollywood Historic Trust and Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, was carried to director Rob Reiner's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on December 15, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. The LAPD confirmed that Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead in their Brentwood home. Their son Nick has been arrested in connection to their deaths. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Rob Reiner and Carroll O'Connor in All in the Family. (Handout photo) FILE - Sally Struthers plants a kiss on the cheek of Rob Reiner, right, Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton hold hands during a reunion of the cast of "All in the Family," at O'Conner restaurant, Feb. 12, 1991, in Beverly Hill, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Martinez, File) Billy Crystal, Rob Reiner & Meg Ryan Characters: Harry Burns, Director, Sally Albright Film: When Harry Met Sally... USA 1989 Director: Rob Reiner 12 July 1989 (ZUMA Press/TNS) Signs are places at the front gate outside Rob Reiner's residence Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)