Nick Reiner asks for access to money held in a trust, but fiduciaries deny his request, according to court-related reports. The funds, reportedly about $1.5 million, are described as intended to cover legal costs and personal expenses.
The denial is linked to California’s “slayer statute,” which can bar a person from benefiting from an inheritance or related trust assets if they are found responsible for a qualifying homicide. Both outlets say the trust administrators rely on that rule after Reiner is charged with murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner.
Reiner is awaiting trial. The reports describe that if he is ultimately found disqualified under the statute, the trust assets would pass to his siblings rather than to him. The sources differ mainly in emphasis—one highlights his appeal for access and the planned use of the money, while the other focuses on the legal basis cited in court documents—but they agree on the thrust of the dispute: his charged status triggers the statute’s effect on trust access.
