Nick Reiner's Prosecutors Allege He Did This Before the Killings

Rob and Michele Reiner spent years trying to help the son who prosecutors now allege planned their murders. Nick Reiner co-wrote a film with his father about his own addiction struggles. His parents paid for treatment at a seventy-thousand-dollar-a-month facility. They kept him on their property in a guest house in Brentwood. A grand jury indictment unsealed on August 12 alleges he repaid all of it by concealing his purpose, waiting for his opportunity, and attacking them inside their bedroom. The lying-in-wait allegation is new — it was not part of the original charges filed in December 2025. It's a second special circumstance under California law, and it carries a specific legal standard: prosecutors must prove concealment, surveillance, surprise, and intent to kill. Nick had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder years before the killings. In 2020, a court placed him under a conservatorship for grave disability. His medication was reportedly changed in the weeks before December 14, and sources said the switch made him more erratic. The grand jury returned the indictment on July 20, and it sat sealed for over three weeks. It replaces the original case and sends the prosecution straight to pretrial, which is scheduled for September 15. The preliminary hearing Nick's defense had been expecting is now off the table. Tony walks through the full indictment, what it alleges about the night of December 13 and the early hours of December 14, and what prosecutors just committed to proving against a defendant whose own medical record may be his strongest defense. Nick Reiner denied the charges and remains in custody on no bail.Listen Anywhere You Get Podcasts: https://pod.link/1655749292Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJgJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.#NickReiner #RobReiner #MicheleReiner #LyingInWait #GrandJury #Indictment #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers #Murder #DeathPenalty