Just hours before he and his wife wife Michele Singer Reiner were brutally killed at their Brentwood home, iconic director Rob Reiner opened up to friends about an agonising personal fear
Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in Los Angeles home
Mere hours before his shocking murder, Rob Reiner opened up about a devastating fear.
An icon of Hollywood, Rob was beloved across the world for directing silver screen classics such as When Harry Met Sally, Stand By Me, and The Princess Bride. And news of his death at the age of 78 has led to an outpouring of affection and admiration from cinema lovers.
The bodies of filmmaking legend Rob and his photographer wife Michele Singer Reiner, 68, were found at their Brentwood mansion on Sunday, December 14, 2025, with their daughter, Romy, making the harrowing discovery. They’d suffered multiple knife wounds The following day, it was announced that the Reiners’ middle son Nick has been arrested on suspicion of the double murder of his famous parents.
Los Angeles Police Department investigators have “determined that the Reiners were the victims of homicide,” and that Nick was “responsible for their deaths.” It’s now expected that the 32-year-old, who has struggled with drug addiction since his teenage years, will today appear in court at 8.30am, LA local time.
Meanwhile, those who knew Rob and Michele have shed light on their apparent concerns, sharing during their final Saturday night spent at Conan O’Brien’s star-studded Christmas party.
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Rob and Michele had attended the festive bash with Nick, who caused an uncomfortable scene, as per People. A source revealed: “Nick was freaking everyone out, acting crazy, kept asking people if they were famous.” It’s understood the parents and son ended up having a “very loud argument”, allegedly over Nick’s drug use and refusal to pursue more treatment.
It’s understood the screenwriter first went to rehab at the age of just 15 in what was to be the first of 17 stints. His behaviour that night gave his worried parents cause for alarm. As reported by The New York Post, a longtime friend of the Reiners, who lives close to the family home, shared: “They had had an argument at Conan’s holiday party, and Rob had been telling people that they’re scared for Nick and scared that his mental state was deterioating.”
While Nick had supposedly kick the habit, it’s said that “he was not so much off them”, a topic which allegedly cropped up at the gettogether. Another family friend divulged: “I know [the parents] wanted him to get help, go to rehab, but he wanted to get help while at home – he did not want to get treatment at a facility. And I know they have argued about that for years.”
Meanwhile, NBC reports that Nick became “disruptive and upset” when his parents raised their concerns over his health at the party where, as per Rolling Stone sources say Nick “exhibited anti-social behavior”, which included staring at people. It’s understood that Rob had brought Nick, who has previously spoken openly about his mental health and addiction battles, along to the bash so as to “keep an eye on him”. After the argument, the couple ended up leaving. Mere hours later, they were dead.
Nick checked in to The Pierside Santa Monica, where staff discovered a shower “full of blood”, with a trail leading off of the bed. A window was also covered up by bedsheets. The 32-year-old was later arrested at a Los Angeles subway station in Exposition Park, close to the University of Southern California campus, some 15 miles from his parents’ Brentwood home.
Nearly a decade before Nick was arrested for the murders of Rob and Michele, he admitted to destroying his parents’ guest house while high on meth. In a 2018 podcast, Nick recalled: “It’s not much of a story. I got totally spun out on uppers — I think it was coke and something else — and I was up for days on end. I started punching out different things in my guest house.”
According to Nick, he “started with the TV and then I went over to the lamp,” and eventually “everything in the guest house got wrecked.” When quizzed as to whether there was “any logic at all” to his behaviour, Nick replied that he was in a “crazy” state. He also revealed that, prior to this incident, his parents told him he “had to go”.
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Source: Mirror
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