Nick Reiner prosecutors won’t seek death penalty in the killing of parents Rob and Michele Reiner, DA says

LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against Nick Reiner, charged with murder in the killings of his parents Rob and Michelle Reiner, after consulting with the victims’ loved ones, officials said Tuesday.

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman said he and senior prosecutors in his office considered aggravating and mitigating factors and family wishes in the case before coming to his conclusion.

“After a careful and thorough review of all these factors, the district attorney’s office will not be seeking the death penalty in this case,” Hochman told reporters outside a downtown courthouse. “That means that the maximum sentence that Mr. Reiner will be looking at is life without the possibility of parole.”

The DA didn’t disclose what punishment the family had sought, though the victims were both well known death penalty abolitionists.

“We did speak with Nick Reiner’s siblings (and) they made their views very clear,” Hochman said. “We took their views into consideration in ultimately deciding not to seek the death penalty.”

The 33-year-old Reiner is accused of murdering his father, celebrated director and actor Rob Reiner, and mother, photographer and producer Michele Singer Reiner, nine months ago.

The younger Reiner has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder stemming from the December 2025 fatal stabbings of his parents inside their L.A. home.

A massage therapist had come to the Reiner family home for a scheduled appointment, but no one answered the door on Dec. 14.

The therapist contacted the couple’s daughter and Brentwood neighbor, Romy Reiner, and she came to her parents’ house to find her father’s bloodied body. First responders rushed to the house and found both slain parents inside.

Nick Reiner was arrested later that evening after police spotted him strolling near the University of Southern California, about 13 miles from the crime scene.

Madeline Morrison reported from Los Angeles and David K. Li from New York City.