The death of Rob and Michele Reiner, . Many, dozens of actors, directors, politicians… have had words to express their affection for the marriage formed by the director and the photographer. However, until now those who had not spoken were his children.
This Wednesday, three days after learning of the event, the Reiner family has finally spoken. Jack and Romy, the eldest son and youngest daughter of the couple, wanted to send a note to various media outlets such as and , where they are “grateful” and ask, of course, for “respect and privacy.” Precisely, in addition, Romy was the one who found the bodies of her parents in the family home.
Rob and Michele Reiner met while he was filming what became one of the most beloved and appreciated romantic comedies. In fact, apparently it was Michele who encouraged him to change the ending of the film, which was going to be much sadder, to give it a bright closing. They married a few months later, in May 1989, and had three children: Jake, now 34, Nick, 32, and Romy, 28.
The director had already been married before, to the actress and whose daughter, Tracy, he adopted. She was the only one who had spoken so far. On Monday, he spoke very briefly to NBC News and said: “I come from the best family that ever lived. I don’t know what to say. I’m in shock”.
Precisely this Wednesday, the middle of the three appeared in court. He has done it very briefly, there are no images of him. Neither has he pleaded guilty or innocent.
Reiner Jr. appeared with handcuffs on, wearing a blue sleeveless vest, behind the glass of the courtroom and accompanied by his lawyer, Alan Jackson, who also defended Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey, among others. Jackson has declined to enter a plea on his client’s behalf. The hearing will continue on January 7 with the reading of charges.
A day earlier, on Tuesday, the Attorney General of the District of Los Angeles, Nathan Hochman, gave a massive press conference where he announced that it was aggravated, since there were multiple murders. . According to Hochman, Reiner’s sentence “has a special charge for using a dangerous and deadly weapon, a knife.” The charges carry the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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