Nick Reiner seen in court in first appearance since arrest

Nick Reiner made a brief court appearance on Wednesday and was spotted wearing jeans and an anti-suicide vest without a shirt.

He did not enter a plea, and his arraignment was pushed to January 7.

Nick’s attorney, Alan Jackson, asked the judge for a continuance, saying he ‘needed more time’ to prepare his case.

When the judge asked blank-faced Nick ‘If he agreed that his arraignment should be continued, he answered, ‘Yes, you honor.’

The 32-year-old has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner.

Prosecutors added special circumstances of multiple murders and use of a dangerous weapon, a knife, meaning, if he is convicted, Nick could face life in prison without the possibility of parole or even the death penalty.

Nick Reiner was captured in a courtroom sketch on Wednesday after a judge ordered no photographs of him to be taken.

The 32-year-old wore an anti-suicide vest and appeared blank-faced during the hearing.

His lawyer, Alan Jackson, objected to photos and video being taken of Nick at Wednesday’s hearing.

He told the judge, ‘There is an issue of ID.’

Rob Reiner and his son, Nick, discussed how traditional rehab did not work in a 2015 interview with the Los Angeles Times promoting their film, Being Charlie.

‘The program works for some people, but it can’t work for everybody,’ Rob said.

‘When Nick would tell us that it wasn’t working for him, we wouldn’t listen. We were desperate, and because the people had diplomas on their wall, we listened to them when we should have been listening to our son.’

Nick’s mother, Michele, added, ‘we were so influenced by these people. They would tell us he’s a liar, that he was trying to manipulate us. And we believed them.’

Nick said it was not rehab that got him sober at the time, but a practical realization.

‘I got sick of it. I got sick of doing that. I come from a nice family, I’m not supposed to be out there on the streets and in homeless shelters doing all these things,’ he said.

Dramatic new footage shows the moment cops swooped on Nick Reiner and arrested him for the brutal murders of his Hollywood legend father Rob Reiner and mother Michele.

Video exclusively obtained by the Daily Mail shows how police cars with flashing lights descended on a busy intersection in downtown Los Angeles about 15 miles from the Reiner family’s $13.5million home in Brentwood.

Nick was seen walking slowly down the road before raising his arms in surrender as he was circled by cops, the surveillance tape from a nearby service station shows.

In a resurfaced interview on NPR’s Fresh Air from September, Rob Reiner said that Nick, 32, was doing ‘great’ and had been drug-free for ‘over six years.’

Reiner’s interview was part of his promotional tour for the release of his film Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, a sequel to his 1984 feature directorial debut, the cult classic rock mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap.

Despite Reiner’s rosy estimation of his son’s sobriety, Nick was arrested on Monday for allegedly stabbing to death his father and his mother, Michele Singer Reiner.

Nick Reiner, who is accused of murdering his parents Rob and Michele Reiner, retained top defense attorney Alan Jackson.

Jackson is one of the nation’s most sought-after criminal defense lawyers, having a success rate of 96 percent, according to his firm’s website.

He made headlines for representing Karen Read in her Massachusetts murder trial over the death of her Boston cop boyfriend, as well as Malibu rich kid Fraser Bohm, 23, who is accused of killing four sorority sisters in a high-speed crash.

Jackson’s former clients include Kevin Spacey and Harvey Weinstein.

Jake and Romy Reiner issued a statement on their parents’ deaths as their brother, Nick Reiner, made his first court appearance since being charged with their double murders.

‘Words cannot even begin to describe the unimaginable pain we are experiencing every moment of the day,’ the statement said.

‘The horrific and devastating loss of our parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, is something that no one should ever experience. They weren’t just our parents; they were our best friends.

‘We now ask for respect and privacy, for speculation to be tempered with compassion and humanity, and for our parents to be remembered for the incredible lives they lived and the love they gave.’

Pictured: Jake and Romy Reiner with their parents

Alan Jackson objected to photos and video being taken of Nick Reiner at Wednesday’s hearing.

He told the judge, ‘There is an issue of ID.’

The judge ruled that no shots of Reiner could be taken, only pictures and video of the crowded courtroom.

Nick Reiner’s lawyer, Alan Jackson, gave a brief statement outside the courthouse.

‘This is a devastating tragedy that has befallen the Reiner family,’ Jackson said.

‘There are very, very complex and serious issues that are associated with this case. These need to be thoroughly and very carefully dealt with.

‘We ask that throughout this process you allow the system to move forward in the way that it was designed to move forward, not with a rush to judgment.’

During Nick Reiner’s brief court appearance on Wednesday, a judge ordered him to be held without bail until his arraignment hearing.

When asked if he was willing to waive his right to a speedy arraignment, Nick answered, ‘Yes, your honor,’ CNN reported.

His arraignment hearing has been scheduled for January 7.

Nick Reiner was spotted by reporters at the Los Angeles courthouse, where he is due to appear before a judge after being charged with the double murder of his parents.

The hearing was scheduled to begin at 11.30am ET/8.30am PT, but appears to have been delayed.

Nick has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the killings of his Hollywood legend father, Rob Reiner, and photographer mother, Michelle Singer Reiner.

Prosecutors added special circumstances of multiple murders and use of a dangerous weapon, a knife, meaning, if he is convicted, Nick could face life in prison without the possibility of parole or even the death penalty.

Nick is being represented by renowned defense attorney Alan Jackson. He was arrested on Sunday and is being held without bail.

Jackson was pictured arriving at court this morning.

Nick Reiner, who is accused of murdering his parents Rob and Michele Reiner, was placed under suicide watch at the Los Angeles jail facility he’s being kept in after he was taken into custody on Monday.

The 32-year-old has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and has no bail in connection with Sunday’s killing of the couple, officials said.

Nick ‘is under supervision of the jail mental evaluation team’ at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, a law enforcement insider confirmed to Daily Mail Monday.

Nick was being housed as of Monday evening in the area for inmates who have ‘suicidal ideation,’ the insider said.