A Los Angeles judge recently blocked the County’s Medical Examiner’s Office from releasing autopsy reports on late actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, as reported by RadarOnline.com.
Rob Reiner and Michele’s autopsy reports blocked
The ME’s office announced in a Monday, December 29th, press release that they had received “a court order, initiated by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), to place a security hold on” the autopsy cases of the Reiners, who were found slaughtered in their beds on December 14th. Their troubled son, Nick, has been charged with their murders.
The office noted that “While the cause and manner of death were previously released on these cases, due to the court order, the information is no longer available. No other case information or records, including the Medical Examiner report, can be released or posted on the website until further notice.”
The Medical Examiner had revealed that “multiple sharp force injuries” were the cause of the Reiners’ deaths, and the information has now been pulled from their website.
The office noted that it “understands the public’s interest in these cases and remains committed to transparency when possible,” and that more information will be made available “once the court order is lifted.” It referred all further inquiries about the Reiners’ deaths to the LAPD.
The move came as quite a surprise since the ME revealed the causes of death 12 days earlier on December 17th.
The day prior, Nick was charged with a couple of counts of first-degree murder “with a special circumstance of multiple murders and use of a deadly weapon” by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
The unemployed onetime screenwriter faces life in prison without the possibility of parole if convicted, and the death penalty has not been taken off the table as a punishment option.
