Nick Reiner Seeks Release of $558,000 Trust Money, Arguing Slayer Statute Does Not Apply
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Updated · TheWrap · Sep 19
Nick Reiner Seeks Release of $558,000 Trust Money, Arguing Slayer Statute Does Not Apply
2 articles · Updated · TheWrap · Sep 19
Summary
$558,000 in trust funds became payable to Nick Reiner on his 30th birthday in 2023, his lawyers argued in new court filings seeking access to money now being withheld.
The defense said the California Slayer Statute should not block those funds because a substantial share came from grandfather Carl Reiner, who died naturally in 2020, and because the disputed payout vested before Rob and Michele Reiner were killed.
Trust fiduciaries have cited the statute, which bars inheritance from someone a person killed, while Reiner's lawyers stressed he has not been convicted and needs the money to fund his defense after attorney Alan Jackson withdrew.
Reiner, 32, was indicted last month on two first-degree murder counts with a lying-in-wait allegation in the stabbing deaths of his parents and remains jailed without bail.
Los Angeles prosecutors said this week they will not seek the death penalty; if convicted, Reiner faces life without parole.