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When Rob Reiner's son Nick opened up about drug addiction, 'Spent nights on the street’
Nick Reiner, accused of involvement in the deaths of his parents Rob and Michele Reiner, previously opened up about his battle with substance abuse issues.
Nick Reiner, who has been accused of killing his parents Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, previously opened up about his battle with substance abuse issues. The famous couple were found dead inside their Brentwood home on Sunday, December 14, with multiple sources telling People that they were killed by their son Nick. Authorities have yet to confirm this information.
While an official cause of death has not been released, TMZ cited sources to confirm that the couple sustained “lacerations consistent with a knife.”
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Around 3:30 pm, LAFD paramedics were reportedly called to the home on Chadbourne Avenue. LAPD officers were soon dispatched to the home for a report of an, "ambulance death investigation," a phrase used when officers are called by firefighters to the discovery of a death.
Nick Reiner’s battle with substance abuse issues
Nick, Rob and Michele’s second son, had opened up about his battle with substance abuse issues in the past, which started in his teens. He entered rehab for the first time around his 15th birthday, according to Parade. He had already done over a dozen stays in rehabilitation facilities by 2016.
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“I was homeless in Maine. I was homeless in New Jersey. I was homeless in Texas,” Nick recalled in 2016, according to People. “I spent nights on the street. I spent weeks on the street. It was not fun.”
Nick claimed that his homelessness was a result of choosing not to return to rehab. “If I wanted to do it my way and not go to the programs they were suggesting, then I had to be homeless,” he said.
