A high-powered lawyer for Nick Reiner, who is charged with murdering his Hollywood director father Rob Reiner and mother Michele, has withdrawn from the case.
It emerged that Alan Jackson would no longer represent Nick Reiner during a court hearing, though the attorney said afterwards that he believed his now-former client was innocent.
Mr Reiner, 32, did not enter a plea to charges of first-degree murder of his parents during a brief appearance at Los Angeles Superior Court.
The Reiners were found dead with stab wounds on 14 December in the bedroom of their home in Brentwood, Los Angeles.
Mr Jackson said outside court after Wednesday's hearing that he had left the case.
