Nick Reiner, who is accused of killing his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and producer Michelle Singer Reiner, is asking a California court to release money from a trust fund they established for him so he can pay legal expenses and cover basic necessities while jailed awaiting trial.In a probate petition filed Monday and obtained by People magazine, Reiner, 32, seeks access to more than $1.5 million held in a trust created by his parents. Reiner argues he should have received half of the trust when he turned 30 and that the trustee has improperly withheld funds. The request comes as Reiner faces two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the December 2025 deaths of his parents at their Brentwood home. He has pleaded not guilty and remains jailed without bail while prosecutors continue to weigh whether to seek the death penalty. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for September.
According to the reported petition, the trust was established separately from his parents’ estate and was intended solely for his benefit. Reiner contends that the trust’s distributions are mandatory rather than discretionary and that concerns raised by trustee Paul Kanin about his ability to manage the money are unsupported.
