Nick Reiner attends the Los Angeles Premiere of ''Spinal Tap II: The End Continues'' at The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on September 9.
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When Nick Reiner was photographed alongside his family at the Los Angeles premiere of his father’s comedy musical, Spinal Tap II, in September, he wasn’t smiling.

In a shocking development, 32-year-old Nick Reiner has been arrested and identified as the individual responsible for the tragic deaths of his parents, according to a statement by the Los Angeles police on Monday. Currently, Reiner is being held without the option for bail and faces two charges of murder.

Nick Reiner attends the Los Angeles Premiere of ''Spinal Tap II: The End Continues'' at The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on September 9.
Nick Reiner attends the Los Angeles Premiere of ”Spinal Tap II: The End Continues” at The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles on September 9.(MediaPunch via Getty Images)

Reiner previously shared insights into the tumultuous period leading up to his arrest during a conversation with podcast hosts. He recounted a particularly explosive incident that occurred while he was confined to his parents’ guest house, which escalated into a heated confrontation.

“I completely lost control after binging on stimulants—probably cocaine along with something else,” Reiner confessed. “I was awake for days, and it drove me to start destroying everything in the guest house, beginning with the TV and moving on to the lamp. Pretty much everything in there was demolished,” he explained.

This destructive episode, Reiner admitted, was a catalyst for another attempt at rehabilitation.

Nick Reiner’s struggles with addiction were previously depicted in the 2015 film Being Charlie, which he co-wrote. The film, drawing from his own experiences, was brought to life under the direction of his father, further highlighting the personal battles that have long shadowed Reiner’s life.

In 2015, Nick Reiner co-wrote the film Being Charlie, a movie loosely inspired by his experiences with addiction and directed by his father.

During the promotional tour for the film, Nick Reiner often appeared alongside his father to discuss how he used his own experiences to inform the film.

“That made me who I am now, having to deal with that stuff,” he told People magazine in 2016.

During a joint appearance on AOL’s speaker series, Build, Reiner said he went through “a lot of dark years” as he fought through addiction.

But, he said he learnt to use comedy as a way of coping with some of his experiences in rehab, and later, he channelled it into the film.

Rehab is “tragic and all but the people that are there are not going to want you to throw them a pity party. They’re going to want you to laugh at the situation and make light of it,” he said.

During the same interview, Rob Reiner called the project “the most personal thing I’ve ever done” and talked about working with his son.

“You don’t set out to have a cathartic experience or be therapeutic in some way,” the elder Reiner said.

“The fact that we were dealing with things that Nick had gone through and how I had related to it and how his mother had related to it … it forced me to have to see more clearly and understand more deeply what Nick had gone through and I think it forced him to see things that I had experienced during this process.”

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