I'm Revertiglass and you're listening to my true crime report.

Today, January 7th, 2006, Alan Jackson removed himself as a lawyer for Nick Reiner, the son and accused murderer of Michelle Singer Reiner and his famed,

his mother and his famed movie director father, Rob Reiner. Let's take a listen. We're going to go a little

bit backwards. So we're going to take a listen to Alan Jackson. Let's listen to him resign.

Now, press conference after the hearing.

Good morning. As you know, my name is Alan Jackson. This morning, I had to withdraw as Nick Reiner's counsel.

Circumstances beyond our control, but more importantly, circumstances beyond Nick's control have dictated that sadly it's made it impossible for us to continue our representation of Nick.

I'm legally and I'm ethically prohibited. possible for us to continue our representation of Nick.

I'm legally and I'm ethically prohibited from explaining all the reasons why.

I know that's a question on everybody's mind.

We expect the public defender to step in.

They've already been appointed and very capably protect Nick Reiner's interests as he moves forward through the system.

But be clear, be very, very clear about this. My team and I remain deeply, deeply committed

to Nick Reiner and to his best interests.

In fact, we know, we're not just convinced, we know that the legal process will reveal the true facts of the circumstances surrounding this case, Nick's case.

You know, a lot's been printed of late over the last three weeks. A lot has been printed.

Printed about Nick, printed about his family, printed about the circumstances.

Speculation is in print.

On December, most of which I've leaked to the press.

15th in the early morning hours, I was in New York at the time and I got a call.

Me and my team, we dropped everything.

And for the last three weeks, we have devoted literally every waking hour to protecting

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