After Nick Reiner entered his first drug treatment program around age 15, his turbulent life veered between rehab and homelessness, sobriety efforts and relapse.
At times, it appeared as if he had achieved more stability in adulthood. But any semblance of equilibrium was shattered when Reiner’s parents, Hollywood director Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 70, were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home on Sunday.
Nick Reiner, 32, was arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held without bail.
For many years, Rob Reiner, creator of beloved movies such as When Harry Met Sally … and The Princess Bride, was contending with a child in crisis. The family struggle was largely kept private when Nick Reiner was young, but as an adult he openly discussed his battles with heroin and cocaine in interviews and podcasts. He once estimated he had been in drug treatment 18 times during his teenage years.
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