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Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

10 Sealed Subpoenas: What Alan Jackson Found Before Walking Away From Nick Reiner

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

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🗓️ 17 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Alan Jackson spent three weeks on the Nick Reiner case. Every waking hour, according to his own account. His team issued ten subpoenas — all now sealed by the court. Then he walked into a Los Angeles courtroom and told the judge he had "no choice" but to withdraw. Whatever he discovered, whatever those subpoenas revealed, he says he's legally prohibited from discussing.

But Jackson did say one thing on the courthouse steps: Nick Reiner is "not guilty of murder" under California law. That's not a legal ruling. That's a preview of the insanity defense he was building before he left.

Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene inherited the case with approximately thirty seconds of introduction time before the hearing. She told reporters she'd had no prior contact with the Reiner family. The LA County Public Defender's Office has a strong capital case record — between 2006 and 2015, only one of their clients received a death sentence out of thirty capital appeals. But Greene is walking into a case mid-construction, with sealed subpoenas she may or may not be able to access.

Rob and Michele Reiner spent nearly two decades trying to help their son. Eighteen rehab programs. Seventy thousand dollars a month in treatment. A guest house on the family property. When Nick was arrested for allegedly stabbing them to death, the resources that had always protected him became a question mark.

Nick's arraignment is February 23rd. No plea entered. No bail. Alan Jackson knows something. He just can't tell anyone what it is.

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0:00.0

This is the big breakdown.

0:02.2

A long look back at some of the biggest stories we're covering for you at the Hidden

0:05.9

Killers podcast and True Crime Today.

0:09.5

This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Brewski, Stacey Cole, and Todd Michaels.

0:19.2

Just the other day, Alan Jackson walked into a courtroom as Nick Reiner's attorney,

0:23.5

and he walked out as his former attorney.

0:27.0

Telling reporters, he had no choice but to withdraw due to circumstances,

0:31.4

quote, beyond Nick's control.

0:34.4

Then he said something striking.

0:35.9

Pursuing to the laws of California, Nick Reiner is not

0:39.1

guilty of murder. Print that. As he's very dramatic. Three weeks of investigation, a team that worked

0:46.8

every waking hour, and now he's gone, replaced by public defender Kimberly Green, who had 30 seconds

0:53.9

to meet Nick before the hearing.

0:55.5

Sources tell deadline that money is the likely reason for the withdrawal to help us understand

1:00.7

what happens and why it matters going forward. We're joined by attorney and former prosecutor

1:06.9

Eric Fattis. Eric, welcome and happy New year. Let's start with the mechanics of this.

1:12.5

Jackson told the judge that he had no choice but to withdraw, citing circumstances, beyond

1:19.0

Nick's control. We all are making our assumptions here on what that means, but from your

1:24.5

experience, as a former prosecutor, what are the most common reasons a high

1:29.5

profile defense attorney withdraws from a murder case and what is that phrase typically signal

1:36.2

there are a number of possible interpretations a number of reasons why a defense attorney

1:40.5

may withdraw number one is money like you, that there's got to be funding

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