Police Had Been Called to Rob Reiner’s Home Before
Nick Reiner arrives at the premiere of "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues" on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, at the Egyptian Theatre Hollywood in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Police had been called to the Los Angeles home of filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, years before the couple were found dead there last month.
Records show Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to the Brentwood residence twice in 2019. The first visit, in February, was for a welfare check. The second, in September, was logged as a mental-health-related call involving a male. In that instance, officers reported finding “no indication of mental illness” upon arrival. The documents do not specify who contacted police or who was the subject of either call. Previous reports indicate officers were also called to the property three additional times between 2013 and 2017.
Reiner, 78, and his wife, 70, were found dead inside their home in the early morning hours of December 14. The county medical examiner later ruled both deaths homicides caused by multiple sharp-force injuries.
Their 32-year-old son, Nick Reiner, who lived on the property and had publicly discussed past struggles with addiction and periods of homelessness, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. He was arrested about six hours after the bodies were discovered near the University of Southern California and is being held without bail. He is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. Nick has reportedly been treated for schizophrenia.
According to reports, the night before the killings, Rob and Nick were heard engaged in a very loud argument at a party hosted by Conan O’Brien. A family source said Rob and Michele had struggled for years to help their son, explaining that they “tried everything—giving him space, keeping him close—but his struggles run very deep.”
A journalist who dined with the Reiner family in 2015 while they were promoting Being Charlie—a film inspired by Nick’s substance abuse struggles—recalled that the family appeared hopeful but unresolved. “It felt like things were better but far from resolved,” the journalist wrote, comparing the moment to hastily hiding unresolved problems before company arrives.
The deaths prompted an outpouring of tributes from the entertainment community. The case remains under investigation.
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