Nick Reiner has gone back to a Los Angeles court in a bid to unlock more than $1.5 million from a trust set up by his late parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and producer Michele Singer Reiner, saying the money is needed to pay for his murder defence. The June 8 filing places the dispute squarely before the Los Angeles County Court at a moment when Reiner is already in jail facing two murder charges linked to the deaths of his parents.
The trusts at issue were created in 1993 and were meant to operate separately from the larger Reiner family estate. According to the petition, the documents gave Nick Reiner a set distribution schedule, with half of his share meant to be released when he turned 30 and the rest at 35. His lawyers say that payment never arrived when the first milestone was reached, and they now argue that the money has been withheld without proper justification.
