Nick Reiner Faces Major Setback In Parents’ Murder Trial

August 17, 2026 1:06 PM ET Nick Reiner was denied access to the $1.5 million trust fund his parents left behind for him, and will not be able to use those funds for his defense. Court documents indicated that Jodi Pais Montgomery, a fiduciary overseeing the fund established by the Reiners for their son, opposed Reiner’s request for access to the money, citing California’s “slayer statute,” the California law that prevents individuals from inheriting money from people they “feloniously and intentionally” kill, according to The New York Times.Reiner was indicted for the stabbing deaths of his parents, director Rob Reiner, and his wife, Michele. Montgomery’s lawyer, Lauriann Wright, issued a statement saying, “California has enacted no exception permitting a killer’s inheritance to be used fo