Nick Reiner renews demand for trust fund ahead of murder trial in parents' deaths

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Set us as preferred As he awaits trial in connection with the brutal slaying of his parents, Nick Reiner is waging war in probate court to wrest control of more than half a million dollars from the trust fund they left him.The troubled Hollywood scion is charged with killing his father, celebrated director Rob Reiner, and his mother, storied producer Michele Reiner, who were found stabbed to death Dec.

14 in the bedroom of their Brentwood mansion.In a brief declaration last week, Reiner reiterated a demand for $558,000 he says he is owed from his trust fund — money the trust’s managers say they can’t disburse, in part because he’s awaiting trial on murder charges related to the deaths of the trustmakers.

“Nick’s sense of urgency is real, but it did not arise in a vacuum,” lawyers for the former manager of the trust wrote Thursday in a lengthy response to Reiner’s demand.“It arises from the deaths of his parents, the very settlors of the Trust at issue, and Nick is presently accused of causing those deaths.” Science & Medicine Nick Reiner’s drug addiction and mental illness may look recognizable to many families struggling with similar challenges.In a declaration filed the next day, Reiner hit back at claims he’d told his mother he wanted the cash left in place, doubling down on his insistence the money was illegally withheld and should be handed over immediately, with interest.

“I did not give my consent to any Trustee of my Trust to withhold, defer, or retain my Age-30 Distribution indefinitely,” Reiner said.“I did not ask or authorize my mother to give such consent on my behalf, and I do not recall signing or being asked to sign any document giving that consent.” The trust fund fight began in June, when Reiner first petitioned for the money in probate court.

In his filings, he accused ...