Overview
- Defense attorney Alan Jackson withdrew with Nick Reiner’s consent during a brief Los Angeles court session.
- The court appointed public defender Kimberly Greene to take over the case, and no plea was entered.
- Reiner remains jailed on two first‑degree murder charges with special circumstances, while the district attorney continues evaluating a capital filing as California maintains an execution moratorium.
- Officials say Rob and Michele Reiner were found in their Brentwood master bedroom and died of multiple stab wounds, with a knife identified as the alleged weapon.
- Police arrested the 32‑year‑old near a gas station in Exposition Park hours after the bodies were discovered, and media have reported a history of addiction and prior treatment for schizophrenia.