Rob Reiner’s Son Nick Arrested And Booked By Police; $4 Million Bail Set

Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner, was arrested late Sunday and booked in the early morning hours of Monday in connection with the death of his parents.

“This is proceeding as a murder investigation. We’re putting together a timeline,” a law enforcement source told Deadline this morning. (UPDATE, 9:49 am: LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell confirmed at a unrelated press conference this morning that the Robbery Homicide division are running point and the younger Reiner has been “booked for murder.” The Chief added: “The information at this stage is still limited.”)

The Oscar-nominated Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead yesterday afternoon in their Brentwood home; both bodies were discovered with multiple stab wounds, according to law enforcement sources.

Police had been investigating the crime throughout the night, but other than confirming they had been interviewing family members had few details to provide in an evening press conference Sunday and didn’t even confirm the victims’ names.

According to Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department records, the younger Reiner was booked at 5:04 a.m. PT this morning. Bail has been set at $4 million. The Los Angeles Police Department had no comment on the arrest, but will likely be providing an update on the investigation later this morning, we’re told.

Once the LAPD has completed its case, the department will hand the matter over the LA County District Attorney’s office for consideration for prosecution.

Nick Reiner, 32, is one of Rob and Michele Reiner’s three children. He also has an adopted half-sister from his father’s previous marriage to Penny Marshall. The younger Reiner has been open about his struggles with addiction. The 2015 film Being Charlie, co-written by Nick and directed by his father Rob, was loosely based on Nick’s experience with addiction.

According to sources, Nick had recently moved back into his parents’ home.

The Los Angeles Fire Department received an urgent call of an “incident” at the Reiner home, located on the 200 block of South Chadbourne Avenue, at about 3:38 p.m. PT Sunday. Authorities described the situation as a “family incident.”

Well-placed sources told Deadline that authorities were summoned by one of the Reiner children, believed to be daughter Romy Reiner, who lives in the neighborhood, and another individual. it was the actually the other person who made the 911 call.

Last night, the family confirmed the death, saying, “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner. We are heartbroken by this sudden loss, and we ask for privacy during this unbelievably difficult time.”

Reiner, who rose to fame playing Archie Bunker’s son-in-law on All In the Family, became a prolific director and producer, with helming credits including This is Spinal Tap, Stand by Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men (for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture), The American President and Flipped among others.