Sakshi Venkatraman
US reporter

We're soon going to hear an update from the police and prosecutors on the murders of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele.

The couple was found dead in their Los Angeles home on Sunday, and their son Nick Reiner, 32, has since been arrested on suspicion of their murder. He is being held without bail.

The BBC's US partner CBS News reports that the couple's bodies were found with multiple stab wounds by their 28-year-old daughter, Romy.

Police haven't yet confirmed many of the details around their manner of death. Today, the case was presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, which will decide about filing charges.

Stick with us as we bring you the latest lines from Los Angeles law enforcement, as well as tributes from Hollywood as they continue to pour in.

You'll be able to watch live by clicking the link at the top of the page when the news conference begins at 13:00 PT (21:00 GMT).

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Actor Kevin Bacon has shared a tearful video message on Instagram mourning Rob Reiner.

The two worked together on A Few Good Men, which Reiner directed and Bacon starred in.

"I was over the moon to get that job," Bacon said, adding that filming the movie was "one of the best experiences I've ever had".

He said Reiner and his wife Michele were "so fun" and that the director ate lunch with them every day. "I've never done that with a director before," he said.

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from the White House

US President Donald Trump has defended his controversial earlier post about Rob Reiner, describing the slain director as "a deranged person".

Specifically, he accused Reiner of being "behind" the Russia "hoax".

"I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all, in any way, shape or form."

In his earlier post, Trump said - without providing any evidence - that Reiner and his wife "reportedly" died "due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction" with "Trump Derangement Syndrome".

The comment was widely condemned, including by prominent Republicans.

Speaking to reporters on Capital Hill Monday, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson called the murders of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele an "unspeakable family tragedy", and "another reminder of just the senseless violence and evil that is so rampant in our society".

“We see evil all around us and during the holiday season, as we enter the holy season, we've begun Hanukkah, we're coming up upon Christmas, we have to appeal to our better angels, and we have to, I think we've got to amplify those voices and those sentiments. So that's my that's my position on it,” Johnson added.

Johnson did not provide comment when asked about President Trump's Truth Social post about the murders.

In the post, Trump said - without providing any evidence - that Reiner and his wife "reportedly" died "due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction" with "Trump Derangement Syndrome".

Nearly 30 years ago, Rob Reiner sat for an interview with the BBC in 1998 when his two sons were aged 6 and 4 and while he and his wife Michele Singet Reiner were expecting their third child.

In the interview, the filmmaker was reflecting on his approach to parenting, saying that is changing his child-rearing approach based on his lived experiences with his sons, because he's "learning about being a parent".

"Hopefully what I'm doing is I'm trying to improve the fabric of society by making an investment early on with children," Reiner said, "So that we will have a reduction in crime and teen pregnancy and drug abuse and child abuse."

Nick Reiner is being held with no bail, a new statement from the LAPD says.

Online jail records previously stated that he was being held on $4m bail.

The LAPD had shared little new information on the nature of the Reiners' murder, but says the case will be presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney for consideration on Tuesday.

Joe Inwood
World news correspondent

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“He was what is known in Hollywood is known as a mensch; just an all-around trustworthy, reliable, wonderful person, and he was.”

That was the first thing Harry Shearer said, when we spoke on the phone a short while ago. He wrote and starred in the comedy classic This is Spinal Tap with Rob Reiner.

He then gave me his reaction when he first heard the news of his friend’s death.

“I didn't believe it. I thought ‘that can’t be true’. Originally, we thought it might have been a break-in, then it got worse and worse, as this story became more personal and more shocking in its details.

They had known each other for decades.

“I have these this memory of sitting around his office and it was just non-stop laughs. Rob was the kind of funny person that didn't fear or resent being around other people who were funny.”

“He seemed like a really good dad, he was a good friend. He was very voluble in his political comments. You could sail along in Hollywood very easily without doing that and it was ballsy of him to put his career and his professional associations on the line for the stuff that he believed in.”

I asked him what he will remember Rob Reiner for.

“Steadfastness as a friend and partner and director. You could rely on him. It's horrible. The longer and the longer story goes on, the worse it gets.”

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Rob Reiner was a lifelong baseball fan whose allegiance to the LA Dodgers started as a teen when his family moved from New York to LA, he told MLB.com in a 2014 interview.

He told MLB.com that baseball "is like life in that we’re alone, yet we’re still part of a team".

“In other sports, you rely, always, on your teammates to help you in whatever it is you do. In baseball, yes, you rely on your teammates, but there are moments when you are alone and no one can help you. That’s very much like life, too."

Reiner's love of the game was instilled in him by his father, director and actor Carl Reiner - and Rob Reiner, in turn, passed on that love to his son Jake, he told People in 2023. The father and son had been to a baseball game in every US city where there is a Major League Baseball team, he told People.

After Reiner's passing, the Dodgers paid tribute to him in a post on X.

"The Dodgers express our deep sorrow and share our condolences over the passing of longtime fan Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele."

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from the White House

As we reported earlier, President Trump took to Truth Social to criticise Reiner, saying - without evidence - that he and his wife "reportedly" died "due to the anger he caused others" with his "Trump Derangement Syndrome".

Reiner was a lifelong Democrat and frequent critic of Trump's.

Trump's comments were swiftly condemned by lawmakers from both sides of the US political spectrum - including some Republicans.

Among those to criticise Trump's comments was Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene - a once staunch defender of the president who has recently become a critic.

"This is a family tragedy, not about politics or political enemies," she wrote on X, adding it should be "met with empathy".

Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie, another Republican who often criticises Trump, said the president's post was "inappropriate and disrespectful".

"I guess my elected GOP colleagues, the VP, and White House staff will just ignore it because they’re afraid? I challenge anyone to defend it," he added.

On X, a debate is under way about Trump's comments, with many arguing that it stood in stark contrast to Reiner's remarks earlier this year that Charlie Kirk's murder was an "absolute horror" and "beyond belief".

Former President Joe Biden has joined the ranks of politicians and celebrities paying tribute to Rob Reiner and his wife Michele.

"Jill and I send our deepest condolences to everyone whose lives were touched by Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner’s extraordinary contributions. We take solace in knowing their work will live on for generations to come," Biden wrote on X.

Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found in their Brentwood, Los Angeles home with multiple stab wounds, sources told the BBC's US partner CBS News.

Their 28-year-old daughter Romy was the one who found the couple on Sunday, CBS reports.

Their cause of death has not officially been released.

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Rob Reiner's romance with his wife Michele changed the ending of one of his most famous films, "When Harry Met Sally".

"Originally, Harry and Sally didn’t get together. But then I met Michele and I thought: OK, I see how this works," he told the Guardian in 2018.

Reiner met Michele through the movie's director of photography, who invited her to set one day.

The director told the Guardian that he had planned to call actress Michelle Pfeiffer for a date when his colleague protested.

"You're not going to call her, you're going to marry my friend Michele Singer,” Reiner recalled his friend saying.

Before their deaths, the two were married for 36 years.

Romy Reiner, Rob and Michele Reiner's youngest daughter, was the one that found the bodies of her parents, multiple sources confirmed to the BBC's US media partner CBS News.

Nick Reiner has been "booked for murder" after his parents Rob and Michele Reiner were found dead in their home, the Los Angeles Police Department just confirmed to reporters during an unrelated news conference.

Police say he is a suspect in this case and is being held on a $4 million bail.

Beyond that, authorities say they can't share any other details, including about executing a search warrant at the home.

Here's what we know about the timeline of events connected to the deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer.

• Around 15:38 local time (23:38 GMT) on Sunday, the LA Fire Department was called for medical aid to the couple's home
• When the LAFD and LAPD arrived at the home, they determined that there were two dead inside, who were later reported to be Rob Reiner and his wife
• At 21:15 local time on Sunday, Nick Reiner was arrested
• At 5:04 local time on Monday, Nick Reiner was booked into an LAPD jail

Regan Morris
Reporting from Los Angeles

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It’s a circus on this residential street - the crime scene tape is gone, media are gathered and two Twitch streamers are causing chaos - one wearing a Burger King crown yelling "no one watches TV!".

The other one is parked in a black Tesla blasting music.

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Nick Reiner, 32, is the middle son of the family. Rob Reiner and Michele Singer share three children together.

He has worked as a screenwriter, most notably having co-written the screenplay for the 2016 film "Being Charlie", which his father directed.

The film, about a drug-addicted teenager, was loosely based on his own addiction struggles, he told People at the time of its release.

Rob Reiner and Michele Singer's son, Nick, is in custody.

The LASD Inmate Information Center says the 32-year-old is being held for a felony-level crime. It says he was arrested at 21:15 local time on Sunday, and booked at 05:04 on Monday.

The agency involved is listed as LAPD-gang activity and his location is listed as LAPD jail division.

Nick Reiner, the son of Rob Reiner, has been arrested and is in custody on $4m (£2.9m) bail, according to the LASD Inmate Center records.

The 32-year-old was arrested on Sunday, and taken to jail on Monday.

Trump's comments about Reiner are shockingpublished at 15:30 GMT 15 December 2025

15:30 GMT 15 December 2025

Anthony Zurcher
North America correspondent

Donald Trump has made his share of derogatory and callous statements about his critics and political adversaries over the course of his 10 years in the national political spotlight. He has reached a point where comments that would once be headline-generating controversies if uttered by an American leader now barely register a ripple.

Trump’s Truth Social post attributing Rob Reiner’s death to his "Trump derangement syndrome" – suggesting that the famous Hollywood director and actor’s political views somehow contributed to his possible murder – is still startling, given the lack of evidence so far from police.

Trump’s statement comes in the wake of efforts by his own administration – and some conservatives – to punish anyone on the left who suggested the assassination of Charlie Kirk was deserved or a consequence of his at times divisive political views.

Trump, whose approval numbers have dropped substantially in recent months, is in danger of being out of step with a public that may expect – or hope for – expressions of empathy or grace from their president, even when a tragedy involves an outspoken critic.

At least today, they will get neither.