Nick Reiner was on edge during his latest court appearance as he faces life in prison for allegedly murdering his famous parents.
Reiner, 33, rocked back and forth in his seat and appeared to be antsy as he sat in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday, according to Page Six.
The alleged murderer was wearing handcuffs, but they were not connected to each other, the outlet, which was in the courtroom, said. He also appeared more alert than usual, the outlet noted.
Reiner was in court as he waits to hear if a judge will keep the grand jury indictment transcript sealed or if the document will be made public, ABC 7 reported.
The 33-year-old also debuted a new look with shorter hair and prominent sideburns, Page Six reported.
Reiner is accused of murdering his parents, Rob Reiner, a film director, and Michele Singer Reiner, a photographer, in their Brentwood home on December 14. They died within minutes of being attacked, their death certificates said.
He was arrested within hours of the murders and charged two days later.
On Wednesday, Reiner was not all alone in the courtroom, as at least two female fans were in the gallery, Page Six noted. None of his family members were present.
Nick Reiner (pictured in February) was on edge during his latest court appearance. He rocked back and forth and appeared more antsy than usual, Page Six reported
Reiner is accused of murdering his parents, Rob Reiner, a film director, and Michele Singer Reiner, a photographer, in their Brentwood home on December 14
The hearing was an extension of the one held on October 7, and the judge again extended it until January 13 next year.
The judge said Reiner had been 'indicted unbeknownst to his counsel,' and deemed it appropriate to give his legal team more time, as public access to the transcripts was not as important as protecting his rights, according to Page Six.
Reiner's older siblings, Jake Reiner, 35, and Romy Reiner, 28, have requested the transcripts remain sealed, the outlet said.
Reiner has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and has pleaded not guilty.
He is expected to go to trial in 2027.
Prosecutors have said they will not seek the death penalty against Reiner, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia prior to his parents' deaths. He faces life without parole.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said the county is ready to take the case to trial.
'At any point in which the defense is ready to proceed, the people are ready to proceed,' he said, according to ABC 7.
Reiner is in court to see if the judge will unseal the grand jury transcript. His siblings Jake and Romy Reiner have asked for it to be remained sealed
Reiner has been battling to gain access to a trust worth roughly $1.6 million to pay for legal fees, insisting the funds legally belong to him as he prepares to stand trial over the killings.
The trustee responsible for the account cites California's Slayer Statute as one of the reasons the money has been withheld from Reiner, which can prevent someone who unlawfully kills another person from financially benefiting from that death.
But in court documents obtained by The Daily Mail in September, lawyers for Reiner claim the statute does not apply in this particular case and that much of the funds in the trust were actually left to him by his grandfather, Hollywood legend Carl Reiner, and not his parents.
'The Slayer Statute prevents a killer from receiving a benefit created by the killing. It takes away what a person receives because someone died; it does not divest a person of his pre-existing property,' the documents explain.
It later adds: 'A substantial portion of the funds currently held in Nick’s Trust did not even come from Nick’s parents – it was money that Nick’s grandfather, Carl Reiner, left to Nick in his estate plan, with similar distributions to his other grandchildren.
'This includes at least $325,017.49, which was transferred into the Trust account at JPMorgan Chase Bank on December 24, 2024. The Successor Trustee’s counsel has informed Petitioner that, in addition to that sum, other distributions to Nick from his grandfather may have similarly been deposited into accounts held by this Trust.'
In the filings, Nick's lawyers also claimed that their client cannot even use his fortune to buy basic items from the commissary.
Prosecutors said they will not seek the death penalty. Reiner faces life in prison without parole
'In the meantime, Nick still has not been able to access even $5 from his trust to buy basic subsistence items from the jail commissary,' his attorneys wrote.
The complaint comes amid a bitter family divide over the fortune Rob and Michele established for their son when he was an infant.
Sources previously told the Daily Mail that Nick's siblings Jake and Romy are united in refusing to help him turn his inheritance into a war chest to fight charges that he brutally murdered their parents.