What Nick Reiner’s Lawyers Filed About Rob and Michele’s Trust

Rob and Michele Reiner set up a trust for their son Nick when he was born. They chose terms that were supposed to protect him for life — half the money at thirty, the rest at thirty-five, with language their own attorneys described as leaving no room for interpretation. Now Nick sits in a Los Angeles jail, charged with both their deaths, and his lawyers have filed a 136-page petition demanding every dollar in that trust to fund his defense. He has pleaded not guilty.

For the community that loved Rob’s work and followed this family’s story, this is one of the hardest developments yet. The petition says Nick was owed his first distribution more than two years before the killings — and never received it. His team argues the money is lawfully his regardless of the charges, invoking the same principle most people believe in until they see it tested: you are innocent until proven otherwise. They want the funds to rehire attorney Alan Jackson, who left when the money collapsed and has stated he’s prepared to come back.

Defense attorney and former felony prosecutor Eric Faddis walks through what this filing means for everyone connected to this case. He examines the trustee who resigned citing concerns about Nick’s judgment, the new trustee stepping in — Jodi Montgomery, known nationally for her role in Britney Spears’ conservatorship — and the legal tools available to Jake and Romy Reiner, who already withdrew their support for funding Nick’s defense. Faddis explains California’s slayer statute, the reported freeze on the larger Reiner family trusts, and the scenario that haunts the family: the money released, spent entirely on defense, and then a conviction. He answers the question no one wants to ask aloud — can any of it come back?

Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/

Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/

Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod

X Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod

This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

#NickReiner #RobReiner #ReinerCase #MicheleReiner #TrustFund #EricFaddis #JakeReiner #RomyReiner #TrueCrime #HiddenKillers