Rob Reiner’s son Nick arrested after the director and his wife were found dead at their home

LOS ANGELES AP The -year-old son of Hollywood icon Rob Reiner was arrested on suspicion of murder and held without bail Monday in the stabbing deaths of his parents in their Los Angeles home government declared The event will be given to prosecutors on Tuesday as they consider formal charges against Nick Reiner who was taken into custody hours after Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner were exposed dead Police haven t noted anything about a motive for the killings Representatives for the Reiner family did not forthwith respond to a request for comment and it wasn t without delay clear if Nick Reiner had an attorney who could speak on his behalf Rob and Nick Reiner had explored their complicated relationship and Nick Reiner s struggles with drugs in a semi-autobiographical film Being Charlie Nick Reiner has spoken publicly of his struggles with addiction By he had cycled in and out of cure facilities with bouts of homelessness and relapses in between The bodies were discovered Sunday afternoon at the home in the upscale Brentwood neighborhood and investigators believe they were stabbed a law enforcement official communicated The Associated Press The official who was briefed on the probe could not publicly discuss the details and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Reiner was long one of the the majority prolific directors in Hollywood and his work included particular of the majority memorable movies of the s and s including This is Spinal Tap A Inadequate Good Men When Harry Met Sally and The Princess Bride His role as Michael Meathead Stivic in Norman Lear s s TV classic All in the Family as a liberal foil to Carroll O Connor s Archie Bunker catapulted him to fame and won him two Emmy Awards The son of comedy legend Carl Reiner Rob Reiner married photographer Michele Singer Reiner in The two met while he was directing When Harry Met Sally They had three children together Nick Jake and Romy Reiner reported The New York Times in that the cinematographer on When Harry Met Sally Barry Sonnenfeld predicted he would marry her I look over and I see this girl and whoo I was attracted this instant Reiner announced Michele Singer Reiner was a producer for Spinal Tap II The End Continues God Country Albert Brooks Defending My Life and Shock and Awe according to IMDB Earlier in her career she photographed the cover image of President Donald Trump s bestseller The Art of the Deal Trump on Monday blamed Rob Reiner s outspoken opposition to the president for the actor-director s killing delivering the unsubstantiated claim in a social media post that seemed intent on decrying his opponents even in the face of a tragedy Relatives of Lear the legendary producer who died in announced the Reiners deaths left them bereft Norman often referred to Rob as a son and their close relationship was extraordinary to us and the world a Lear family report disclosed Norman would have sought to remind us that Rob and Michele spent every breath trying to make this country a better place and they pursued that through their art their activism their philanthropy and their love for family and friends Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called the deaths a devastating loss for the city Rob Reiner s contributions reverberate throughout American heritage and society and he has improved countless lives through his creative work and advocacy fighting for social and economic justice Bass mentioned in a report An acclaimed actor director producer writer and engaged political activist he invariably used his gifts in arrangement of others Reiner was previously married to actor-director Penny Marshall from to He adopted her daughter Tracy Reiner Carl Reiner died in at age and Marshall died in Killings are rare in the Brentwood neighborhood The scene is about a mile from the home where O J Simpson s wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were killed in Balsamo shared from Washington Associated Press Entertainment Writer Andrew Dalton in Los Angeles contributed Source