Los Angeles, 17 December (H.S.): Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman formally indicted Nick Reiner, 32, on Tuesday with two counts of first-degree murder carrying multiple-murder special circumstances, plus a deadly weapon allegation for deploying a knife in the fatal stabbings of his renowned parents, director Rob Reiner, 78, and producer Michele Singer Reiner.

The couple's corpses, riddled with stab wounds, surfaced Sunday in their Brentwood manse after daughter Romy's grim discovery, prompting Nick's swift arrest hours later sans bail at Twin Towers jail; arraignment deferred to Wednesday owing to medical impediments, counsel Alan Jackson—architect of Harvey Weinstein's LA defense and Karen Read's Massachusetts bid—eschewing elaboration as motive eludes disclosure amid Nick's storied substance odyssey.

Rob Reiner, heir to comedy titan Carl Reiner and auteur of When Harry Met Sally..., The Princess Bride, and Misery, forged 36 years with Michele—whom he wooed on that rom-com set—bolstering liberal bastions as Democratic megadonors; their September Spinal Tap II red carpet reunited kin, belying Nick's rehab relapses and the duo's semi-autobiographical 2016 opus Being Charlie.

Tributes cascade from Oscar laureate Kathy Bates and Bill Clinton, while President Trump impugned Rob's anti-administration fervor sans evidence.

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