A month after he allegedly slayed his parents in their $13.5 million home in Brentwood, the National Enquirer has reported shocking new information about Nick Reiner.
Nick Reiner hated his parents
Nick, who at press time had yet to enter a plea and was being held without bail at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown Los Angeles, reportedly suffers from schizoaffective disorder and changed his medication (due to unwanted weight gain) a month before the brutal double murders.
“Once that happened, he went completely off the rails,” an insider close to the case tells the Enquirer.
Schizoaffective disorder is a chronic mental health condition with symptoms of both schizophrenia (psychosis) and a mood disorder, such as bipolar disorder or depression.
Antipsychotics and mood stabilizers might be used to treat the disorder. It is more difficult to treat if the patient has substance abuse issues.
At the time of the slayings, it’s unclear whether Nick, who has been to rehab at least 18 times and once referred to himself as a “nutcase” — was back on drugs.
Some sources feel that Nick, snapped as he’d relapsed and wasn’t on the correct medication, and he slaughtered his parents in a meth-fueled rage.
“Nick is totally detached from reality,” says the insider. “He can’t seem to process or comprehend what he’s done.”
High-profile attorney Alan Jackson, who formally withdrew as counsel for Nick on Jan. 7, declared his former client “is not guilty of murder” under California law.
Danny Svilar, a Wyoming restaurateur who says he shared a room with Nick at a luxury $60,000-per-month Malibu rehab facility when they were both 15, told Daily Mail, “As soon as I saw that Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, were murdered, I knew exactly who it was.”
“I would hate to see Nick try to plead this guilty or not guilty by insanity, when in reality he told me how much he f**king hated his parents, especially his father.”
