Overview
- Reiner is confined to a single cell at Twin Towers, checked every 15 minutes, required to wear a blue suicide-prevention smock, and limited to contact with counsel and authorized jail staff, People reports.
- The Los Angeles County medical examiner determined Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 70, died from multiple sharp-force injuries and ruled the manner of death homicide.
- Prosecutors charged Reiner with two counts of first-degree murder with special allegations including use of a knife, exposing him to life without parole or the death penalty; he is being held without bail.
- He made a brief court appearance on Dec. 17 without entering a plea, and a judge set his arraignment for Jan. 7, 2026.
- TMZ and other outlets, citing unnamed sources, report a prior schizophrenia diagnosis and recent medication changes weeks before the killings, though officials have not publicly confirmed those clinical details.