The Reiner Murders | The Trial Of Nick Reiner7 Feb

17 Years of Warning Signs Before Rob and Michele Reiner's Murder — Their Son's Roommate Saw It Coming

Danny Spilar shared a room with Nick Reiner in a $60,000-a-month Malibu rehab when they were both 15 years old. According to Danny, Nick would stay up after lights out ranting about how much he hated his parents. He was violent—attacking another teen, getting physical with Danny. And he blamed everything on Rob and Michele's fame.

This wasn't after years of heroin. This was a teenager using only marijuana. The hatred was already the baseline.

When Danny saw the headlines about Rob and Michele Reiner's murders, he says he knew instantly who was responsible. He doesn't believe the insanity defense Nick is reportedly planning. And he thinks jurors won't either—not when they hear what Nick admitted on podcasts about manipulating treatment staff.

This episode combines Danny's firsthand account with a deep examination of Nick Reiner's own words across nearly a decade of interviews. On the Dopey podcast, Nick admitted to throwing a rock through a window specifically to "prove he was crazy" and get drugs from staff. He co-wrote Being Charlie—a film that blamed his father for his failures—and convinced Rob Reiner to direct it. He got his parents to publicly apologize for listening to doctors.

Eighteen rehab stays. Every resource money could buy. Two parents who never stopped trying while patient autonomy laws left them with no legal tools to save their son.

What happens when addiction becomes an identity? When victimhood becomes a lifestyle? When the people trying to save you become the enemy simply because they want you to live?

This isn't about excusing systems or condemning mental illness. It's about examining 17 years of warning signs that everyone saw coming.

For families living this nightmare right now—this one's for you.

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14 Aug 17min

Nick Reiner Kept Walking Out. Lindsay Clancy Kept Asking.

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7 Aug 16min

Nick Reiner Turned Down The Help Lindsay Clancy Chased

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7 Aug 16min

Nick Reiner: The Fight Nobody Stopped In Time

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11 Jul 36min

Is Nick Reiner Really Writing A Book To Hurt His Own Siblings?

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