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Following the death of his parents, Nick Reiner has made a shocking demand while awaiting trial for the alleged killing of both Rob and Michele Reiner.
The 33-year-old has controversially asked for a cut of his $1.6 million trust fund to buy jail snacks as he waits for his next court appearance.
Rob, a renowned Hollywood director, and Michele, a photographer, were found at their Brentwood mansion in Los Angeles with their throats cut on December 14, 2025.
Nick was arrested later that day, though it has now been decided that if he is found guilty of their murders, he will not face the death penalty.
His lawyers are now fighting to get a $558,000 lump sum from a trust his parents set up for Nick, according to PEOPLE.
The lawyers say he has received “not even $5 for the jail commissary” while awaiting trial, as per two new legal filings.
Nick has been in custody since December 2025 at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in LA, fighting to gain access to a family trust fund in his name, dated December 2, 1993.
The filings were made in LA County Superior Court on September 17, as attorneys hit back at objections from successor trustee Jodi Pais Montgomery and former trustee Paul R. Kanin.
Nick's attorneys, Anita P. Wu and Geoffrey A. Neri wrote: “In the meantime, Nick still has not been able to access even $5 from his trust to buy basic subsistence items from the jail commissary.”
“Since then, Nick has been unable to access money that is lawfully his own — to re-engage criminal defense counsel, or even for basic subsistence items from the jail commissary,” they said of his delayed access to the fund.
There is an Age-30 Distribution in the trust, meaning it was meant to be paid when Nick turned 30 on September 14, 2023.
His lawyers say that $558,000 should have been payable that day, before his parents died and before he was charged with any crimes.
“The Slayer Statute, the sole remaining basis for withholding this money, takes away what a person receives as a result of someone’s death,” the filing reads, referencing the statute which can prevent a person from benefiting from a death they unlawfully caused.
“It does not implicate money that became Nick’s years earlier.”
A hearing for the claims has been set for October 23.
The decision was made following his parents' and siblings' anti-capital punishment views, as Prosecutor Nathan Hochman said that things were 'very clear' after a discussion with his siblings.
“Rob & Michele’s family, despite everything, do not want Nick to get the death penalty, as they insist this horrific incident was the byproduct of a mental health crisis,” a source told the publication.
Nick was indicted by a grand jury on August 12 with new murder charges, replacing the initial ones filed against him in 2025.
Nick, who has a history of mental illness and substance abuse, has maintained his innocence throughout the proceedings.
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