The Latest: Rob Reiner's son 'booked for murder' after apparent stabbing of director and wife

Rob Reiner’s younger son, Nick Reiner, for what investigators judge was the fatal stabbing of the director-actor and his woman astatine their Los Angeles location a time earlier. Police Chief Jim McDonnell said Nick Reiner, 32, has been “booked for murder” and is being held connected $4 cardinal bail.

Nick Reiner has spoken publically of his struggles with addiction and homelessness. He and his begetter collaborated connected a semi-autobiographical 2016 film, “Being Charlie,” that included elements of their narration and experience.

Reiner, the lad of drama fable Carl Reiner, had agelong been 1 of the astir prolific directors successful Hollywood whose enactment included immoderate of the astir memorable movies of the 1980s and ’90s, including “This Is Spinal Tap,” “A Few Good Men,” “When Harry Met Sally” and “The Princess Bride.” Reiner’s decease led to an outpouring of grief from Hollywood and beyond.

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Reiner and his lad erstwhile explored their troubled narration successful a semi-autobiographical film

Nick Reiner, 32, the younger of Rob Reiner’s 2 sons, spoke publically of his struggles with addiction. By 18, helium had cycled successful and retired of 9 attraction facilities with bouts of homelessness and relapses successful between.

Rob Reiner said successful a 2016 interrogation with The Associated Press that “I possibly didn’t grip it the champion way. I listened to a batch of radical who had a table and a diploma. I didn’t truly deliberation astir my kid and what helium needed.”

Nick and Rob Reiner would collaborate connected a semi-autobiographical 2016 film, “Being Charlie,” that included elements of their narration and experience. Rob Reiner directed the movie and Nick Reiner was a co-writer.

“We didn’t spell into it reasoning this is going to beryllium therapeutic oregon bring america closer, but it did travel retired that way,” Rob Reiner told the AP. “It forced america to recognize ourselves amended than we had. I told Nick portion we were making it, I said, ‘you cognize it doesn’t matter, immoderate happens to this thing, we won already. This has already been good.’”

Rob Reiner's lad is successful custody

Rob Reiner ’s lad has been taken into custody aft the deaths of the director-writer and his woman Michele, a instrumentality enforcement authoritative told The Associated Press.

The authoritative confirmed 32-year-old Nick Reiner was successful constabulary custody connected Monday. The authoritative could not publically sermon details of the probe and spoke to AP connected information of anonymity. Reiner, 78, and his woman Michele Singer Reiner were recovered dormant Sunday astatine their home.

Online jailhouse records amusement Reiner was booked by Los Angeles constabulary and remained successful jailhouse connected Monday. It was not instantly wide what charges helium would face. The online records showed a $4 cardinal bail had been set.

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Without evidence, Trump blames Reiner’s decease connected his politics

Trump responded to the reported sidesplitting of a Hollywood taste icon and his woman with a striking governmental onslaught connected the victims.

In a societal media post, Trump said without grounds that Rob Reiner’s decease was owed to his absorption to Trump and his policies — successful Trump’s words, “the choler helium caused others done his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a caput crippling illness known arsenic TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME.”

Family subordinate questioned aft Rob Reiner and his woman recovered dormant successful Los Angeles, AP root says

Investigators were questioning a household subordinate of director-actor Rob Reiner Rob Reiner and his woman Michele aft they were recovered dormant astatine their location successful Los Angeles, according to a instrumentality enforcement authoritative briefed connected the investigation.

Investigators judge they suffered stab wounds, said the official, who could not publically sermon details of the probe and spoke to The Associated Press connected information of anonymity.

Los Angeles Police had not identified a suspect, Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton, the main of detectives, said astatine a briefing connected Sunday night.

The Los Angeles Fire Department said it responded to a aesculapian assistance petition soon aft 3:30 p.m. and recovered a 78-year-old antheral and 68-year-old pistillate dormant inside. Reiner turned 78 successful March.

Detectives with the Robbery Homicide Division were investigating an “apparent homicide” astatine Reiner’s home, said Capt. Mike Bland with the Los Angeles Police Department.

Los Angeles authorities person not confirmed the identities of the radical recovered dormant astatine the residence successful the upscale Brentwood vicinity connected the city’s westbound broadside that’s location to galore celebrities.

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Rob Reiner is mourned by Barack Obama, Eric Idle and galore others

Many salient radical are paying tribute to Rob Reiner and his woman Michele:

Barack Obama

“Rob’s achievements successful movie and tv gave america immoderate of our astir cherished stories connected screen. But beneath each of the stories helium produced was a heavy content successful the goodness of people—and a lifelong committedness to putting that content into action.” — On X.

Eric Idle

“I spoke to him past nighttime for implicit an hour. I ever enjoyed his company. I met him astatine his Dad’s successful 1975. He was telling maine astir fiming astatine Stonehenge and his thoughts for the future. This is truthful awful. I shall miss him. A clever, talented and precise thoughtful man.” — On X.

James Woods

“Rob and I remained bully friends ever since we made GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI. The workplace didn’t deliberation I was aged capable to bash the part, but Rob fought for me. Political differences ne'er stood successful the mode of our emotion and respect for each other. I americium devastated by this unspeakable event.” — On X.

Jerry O’Connell

“Love you, Rob.” — On Instagram with a photograph of him and Reiner connected the acceptable of “Stand By Me.”

Elijah Wood

“Horrified to perceive of the passing of Rob Reiner and his fantastic woman Michelle. So overmuch emotion to their kids and family.” — On X.

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Rob Reiner, lad of a drama elephantine who became 1 successful turn, dies astatine 78

Rob Reiner, the lad of a drama elephantine who became 1 himself arsenic 1 of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation, has died. He was 78.

Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were recovered dormant Sunday astatine their location successful the Brentwood vicinity of Los Angeles. A instrumentality enforcement authoritative briefed connected the probe confirmed their identities but could not publically sermon details of the probe and spoke to The Associated Press connected information of anonymity.

Reiner grew up reasoning his father, Carl Reiner, didn’t recognize him oregon find him funny. But the younger Reiner would successful galore ways travel successful his father’s footsteps, moving some successful beforehand and down the camera.

After starting retired arsenic a writer for “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,” Reiner’s breakthrough came erstwhile helium was, astatine property 23, formed successful Norman Lear’s “All successful the Family.” But by the 1980s, Reiner began arsenic a diagnostic movie director, churning retired immoderate of the astir beloved films of that, oregon any, era.

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