The Brief Nick Reiner has filed a Los Angeles County court petition to force the release of at least $1.5 million from an individual trust established by his late parents. He argues that the mandatory payouts-originally scheduled for his 30th and 35th birthdays-are being legally withheld by a trustee without justification. He says he needs the funds immediately to secure high-profile private counsel for his defense against charges that he murdered his parents.



Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of late Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner and producer Michele Singer Reiner, is seeking the immediate release of funds from an individual trust established by his parents.

According to a petition filed by his civil attorneys on Monday, the money is urgently needed to fund his legal defense against charges that he killed them.

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Nick Reiner is currently jailed and facing two counts of murder with special circumstances following the December 14 stabbing deaths of his parents at their home in Brentwood.

He has pleaded not guilty.

According to the newly filed court petition, Rob and Michele Reiner established smaller individual trusts for Nick and his siblings in 1993, separate from the primary Reiner family estate.

The trust documents left  unambiguous instructions  that Nick was to receive half of his fund upon turning 30 and the remaining balance at age 35.

The filing alleges that Nick never received his age-30 payout and that the trustee, attorney Paul R. Kanin, has used  a shifting series of excuses and justifications  to withhold the funds since taking over management in February.

These reasons reportedly included subjective concerns regarding Nick's competence, which his attorneys argue have no legal bearing on a mandatory distribution.

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The petition states that the individual trust contains at least $1.5 million in assets, though Kanin has reportedly refused to provide an exact valuation.

Nick Reiner is seeking both the overdue age-30 funds and the immediate release of his age-35 funds to pay for high-profile defense attorney Alan Jackson. Jackson initial

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