Mediator to decide whether Nick Reiner's trust fund can pay for defense in murder case
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Set us as preferred A mediator will decide whether Nick Reiner can use money set aside by his parents to defend himself when he stands trial for their murders.Lawyers for Reiner and the trust told a judge Friday morning they have reached an agreement for “global mediation” that will begin in mid-December.
A judge would still have to approve the terms of any settlement.Reiner, 32, has said he wants $558,000 that the trust was supposed to disburse in 2023 so he can rehire prominent criminal defense attorney Alan Jackson to defend him against charges he killed Rob and Michele Reiner in the family’s Brentwood home last December.Jackson withdrew as Reiner’s counsel due to the financial issue and was replaced by L.A.
County Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene.California Nick Reiner is asking a judge to give him access to a trust fund to pay for his legal defense on charges that he killed his parents.
The executor of the trust has argued Reiner is barred from accessing the funds by law.Authorities say Reiner stabbed his parents to death in their Brentwood home last December.A motive in the killing has not been made public.
Reiner was indicted on murder charges earlier this year and faces life without the possibility of parole if convicted at trial.Los Angeles County Dist.
Atty.Nathan Hochman said last month he will not pursue the death penalty in the Reiner case.
Representatives for the trust have argued Reiner is barred from accessing the fund due to California’s so-called Slayer Statute, which blocks convicted killers from profiting from their crimes in various ways, including through inheritance claims.Reiner’s legal team has argued the statute doesn’t apply because he hasn’t been convicted.The money he is seeking was also covered by a disbursement he was supposed to be given on his 30th birthday, in Septe...