Reiner seeks parental trust to finance defense as LA murder case advances

Nick Reiner’s lawyers asked a Los Angeles court to access a roughly $1.5 million trust set up by his parents to fund his legal defense in the murder case against them; a trustee previously blocked distributions, arguing the funds remain property of the trust, and Judge Ruben Garcia scheduled an October 23 hearing on the issue, with a September 15 court date also looming for the criminal case and Reiner facing a new lying-in-wait charge as the defense argues time to prepare is running out.