True crime reporter Roberta Glass returns to Divulgence for an in-depth discussion of the disturbing case against Nick Reiner, who is accused of murdering his parents, legendary filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner.
With the case moving toward trial, Roberta joins us to examine what we know so far, the evidence against Nick Reiner, his history of drug use and repeated stays in rehabilitation, reports about his behaviour before and after the murders, and the complicated family dynamics that could become enormously important once the case reaches a courtroom.
We also discuss the emerging questions surrounding Nick Reiner's mental health, the extraordinarily high legal standard required for an insanity defense, and why Roberta believes the defense may ultimately attempt to transform the case from a straightforward double-murder prosecution into something much more complicated.
Could this become another Menendez brothers-style courtroom battle, with the accused portraying himself as the victim and his murdered parents put on trial alongside him? Roberta explains why she believes that possibility shouldn't be underestimated.
We also examine Nick's relationship with his siblings Jake and Romy Reiner, Jake's recent public interview about the case, the dispute surrounding Nick's legal representation and access to family money, the possibility of attorney Alan Jackson returning to the defense, and what role Rob Reiner's sister could play as the case develops.
More broadly, the conversation explores one of Roberta's primary areas of research: what she calls "innocence fraud"—the process through which convicted or accused killers can become the sympathetic figures in their own stories while their victims gradually disappear from the public narrative.
Along the way, we discuss the Menendez brothers and OJ Simpson similarities, criminal psychology, rehabilitation, the role of expert witnesses in high-profile murder cases, media coverage of defendants and victims, and why Roberta believes the Nick Reiner case could eventually become one of the most explosive celebrity trials in America.
PLUS: Near the end of the conversation, Roberta shares a fascinating story from her own past about briefly working inside P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records office—and the strange experience she still doesn't quite know how to explain.
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