{"id":2203226,"date":"2025-12-17T19:52:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2203226"},"modified":"2025-12-17T19:52:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T19:52:20","slug":"live-updates-rob-and-michele-reiners-son-makes-first-court-appearance-after-being-charged-with-their-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/live-updates-rob-and-michele-reiners-son-makes-first-court-appearance-after-being-charged-with-their-murders\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Rob and Michele Reiner\u2019s son makes first court appearance after being charged with their murders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmjaauj4000043b6p82h1vsgi@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2251775782.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.667\" data-original-height=\"2001\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2251775782.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmja6dp6l00023b6p3icambvg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Los Angeles-based attorney <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/12\/17\/us\/nick-reiner-lawyer-alan-jackson-hnk\">Alan Jackson<\/a> \u2014 who has taken on a number of famous clients in his work as a defense attorney \u2014 is representing Nick Reiner, who was charged in the murder of his parents.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjaakviy001a3b6ppj3qghst@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A former Los Angeles prosecutor who <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2012\/11\/06\/jackie-lacey-defeats-alan-jackson-in-la-county-district-attorney-race\/\" target=\"_blank\">unsuccessfully ran<\/a> to be district attorney in 2012, Jackson has since focused on defending a number of controversial clients.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjaakviy001b3b6p11y3tf5c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            His most recent success in court came in defense of Karen Read, who in June was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/06\/19\/us\/retrial-karen-read-what-happened\">acquitted<\/a> of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in the death of her boyfriend, John O\u2019Keefe, in 2022. Jackson <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/11\/18\/us\/karen-read-massachusetts-police-lawsuit\">argued<\/a> investigators exhibited \u201cblatant bias\u201d that tainted the case.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjaakviy001c3b6pgymy2m8h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The verdict resulted in a feature profile in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/culture\/story\/karen-read-trial-alan-jackson\" target=\"_blank\">Vanity Fair<\/a> for Jackson, and his firm\u2019s website maintains a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/werksmanjackson.com\/karen-read-trial.html\" target=\"_blank\">section<\/a> dedicated to press coverage of the case.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjaakviy001d3b6pprt00mpa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Jackson represented Kevin Spacey in a 2019 sexual assault case in Massachusetts. The charge was dropped by prosecutors \u201cdue to the unavailability of the complaining witness,\u201d a court filing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/07\/17\/us\/kevin-spacey-charge-dropped\">said<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjaakviy001e3b6ppj7pv848@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In Hollywood, Jackson is best known for defending Harvey Weinstein against rape and sexual assault charges, ending in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/02\/23\/entertainment\/harvey-weinstein-sentencing-los-angeles\">conviction<\/a> and a 16-year sentence. Jackson argued some accusers had been involved in a \u201ctransactional relationship\u201d with Weinstein.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjaakviy001f3b6pcs7z4x39@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            When it comes to his new client, Jackson declined yesterday to tell reporters how he became associated with the case or who would be paying his fees.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmjaakviy001g3b6pjbjwqp46@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI can\u2019t comment,\u201d said Jackson.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmja7vvg8000d3b6p0c0axq76@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>celebrity.land\u2019s Norma Galeana contributed to this post. <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles-based attorney Alan Jackson \u2014 who has taken on a number of famous clients in his work as a defense attorney \u2014 is representing Nick Reiner, who was charged in the murder of his parents. 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