Overview
- Los Angeles police said filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found fatally stabbed at their Brentwood home and that their son, Nick Reiner, is in custody.
- At a Monday news conference, Gov. JB Pritzker mourned the couple and criticized President Donald Trump’s reaction after noting he had visited them days earlier.
- Trump posted on Truth Social that Reiner’s death was tied to what he called "Trump Derangement Syndrome," and he later told reporters he stood by the statement.
- The post drew widespread pushback from Democrats and criticism from some Republicans, including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie, with additional rebukes from Trump supporters online.
- The Reiners recently co-hosted a Dec. 11 Democratic fundraiser featuring Pritzker and Conan O’Brien, and Rob Reiner was noted for advocacy work including early childhood initiatives and the American Foundation for Equal Rights.