Nick Reiner seen in court in first appearance since arrest for parents’ violent murder: Live updates

Nick Reiner gave his parents an eerie warning about his erratic behavior nearly a decade before he was charged with their murder.

During a 2016 interview to promote Being Charlie, the film he worked on with his father Rob Reiner, Nick told Access Hollywood, ‘I get crazy. You don’t want to set me off.’

He also described himself as ’emotional’ and a ‘nutcase’ during the interview.

However, when asked whether he worried that his son’s behavior would impact his reputation, Rob Reiner brushed off the concern.

‘That never crossed my mind. I mean, you know, he’s my son. I love him. It doesn’t matter. He’s more important than anything that could happen to me,’ he said.

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.

New photos obtained by the Daily Mail have revealed the hotel room Nick Reiner allegedly left covered in blood following his parents’ horrific murder.

Rob Reiner‘s son checked into room 207 at The Pierside Santa Monica around 4am on Sunday.

It is a $400-a-night boutique hotel about 1,000ft away from the world-famous Santa Monica Pier, and a five minute walk to the LA Metro line that goes directly to the Exposition park area where Nick was eventually arrested by cops.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced on Tuesday that the office is charging Nick Reiner with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of his parents.

‘These charges will be two counts of first-degree murder with the special circumstance of multiple murders,’ Hochman said.

‘He also faces a special allegation that he personally used a dangerous weapon, that being a knife.

‘These charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty.’

Hochman continued by saying officials would take the ‘thoughts and desires of the family into consideration,’ when pursuing the death penalty against Reiner, however, no decision had been made yet whether prosecutors will seek it.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Nick Reiner will make his first court appearance after he gets medical clearance.

‘He is going through medical clearance, something that everybody who gets arrested and gets held in a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department jail goes through,’ Hochman said at Tuesday’s press conference.

‘Once he is medically cleared, he will be brought to court to be arraigned on these charges. At that point, he will enter a plea of guilty or not guilty.’

Earlier on Tuesday, Nick’s lawyer Alan Jackson said his client had not been medically cleared to be transferred from the jail to the courthouse, but did not disclose any further details about his condition or the case.

Police said that there was no indication that Nick was under the influence of drugs at the time of his arrest.

Reiner allegedly had complicated history with substance abuse and mental health issues prior to his arrest and had been living in a guest house on his parent’s property.

Watch: Alan Jackson tells reporters Nick Reiner was not medically cleared on Tuesday

Rob Reiner’s close friend Billy Crystal has broken his silence to pay tribute to the famed director and his wife Michele following their brutal murders.

The When Harry Met Sally star was seen with his wife Janice outside the Reiners LA mansion on Sunday after being called to the home by the couple’s daughter Romy who found her parents’ bodies.

Crystal joined with other notable comedy legends and stars in a statement shared to the Associated Press on Tuesday evening.

The friends and colleagues who included Albert Brooks, Larry David, Martin Short and director Barry Levinson, among others, praised Reiner, 78, as ‘a great comic actor’ and a master story teller’.

‘There is no other director who has his range.’

Footage has shown Nick Reiner calmly buying a drink at a gas station just moments before he was arrested for the murder of his parents.

The screenwriter, wearing a black cap and a red backpack, is seen queuing up and purchasing the drink before cops apprehended him over the killings of filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner.

Police have arrested Nick Reiner in connection with the death of his parents, director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer.

The 32-year-old, the couple’s youngest son, was detained Sunday night before being booked for felony murder Monday morning. He is being held on a $4 million bail bond, Los Angeles Sheriff’s records show.

Hollywood actor and director Reiner, 78, and his wife, who was 70, were found slain in their $13.5 million home with fatal knife wounds, including slashes to their throats, according to sources.

Nick Robinson, who played a version of Nick Reiner in the semi-autobiographical movie Being Charlie, has broken his silence following Rob and Michele Reiner’s murder.

‘RIP Rob Reiner. He showed me so much kindness and grace as a young actor,’ Robinson, 30, wrote on his Instagram Stories on Monday.

‘An incredible artist with such a capacity for empathy and warmth,’ he added.

Robinson included several photos of Rob within his tribute post.

Nick Reiner’s star defense lawyer, Alan Jackson, arrived at Los Angeles Superior Court.

The hearing is scheduled for 11.30am ET/8.30am PT.

Rob Reiner’s family members came together on Tuesday to share their grief over the iconic filmmaker and his wife’s murders over the weekend.

Lucas Reiner, the brother of the late Rob, was pictured greeting other members of the extended family after inviting them over to his home in Los Angeles in photos shot by the Daily Mail.

The grieving relatives hugged each other closely on the same day that Rob’s son Nick Reiner was charged with two counts of murder for allegedly slaying his parents.

The release of Rob Reiner’s final film Spinal Tap at Stonehenge: The Final Finale has reportedly been paused following his tragic death.

According to Variety, production company Bleecker Street who acquired US distribution rights to the concert film have now put its release on hold.

With a source telling the publication that the decision was made until ‘the best path forward is decided with those closest to Rob and his family.’