BREAKING: Nick Reiner Was Under Court-Ordered Conservatorship Before Parents' Murder—Here's Why It Ended
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Tony Brueski
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🗓️ 20 January 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Major new developments in the Nick Reiner case. The New York Times has confirmed that Rob and Michele Reiner's son was placed under an LPS mental health conservatorship in 2020—California's most extreme intervention for severely mentally ill adults. A judge found him "gravely disabled." Licensed fiduciary Steven Baer was appointed to make treatment decisions on his behalf. Nick could be forced to take medication and placed in a locked psychiatric facility against his will.
The conservatorship lasted one year. It ended in 2021. It was never renewed.
On True Crime Today, we explain exactly what an LPS conservatorship allows, why families cannot initiate these proceedings on their own, and the legal provision that may have made renewal impossible: under California law, if someone is providing for a mentally ill person's basic needs, that person may not qualify as "gravely disabled."
The Reiners were housing Nick. Feeding him. Caring for him. And that very act of love may have disqualified him from continued involuntary treatment.
We also examine the reported medication change approximately one month before the December 14th killings. Sources say Nick's previous medication was working but caused weight gain. The new medication allegedly made him agitated, erratic, and triggered what one source called a "complete break from reality."
Former defense attorney Alan Jackson said Nick is "not guilty of murder" under California law. This conservatorship history will be the foundation of that defense. Nick Reiner's arraignment is scheduled for February 23rd.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske. Here now, Tony Brucey. We're continuing to learn more and more about what the Reiner's did with Nick while they were alive. The steps they took to try and contain the madness. And we're going to go through what we've learned about the conservatorship. |
| 0:23.0 | And it's going to be an interesting lesson in just what these do and what they don't do. |
| 0:27.7 | And what you have to do to keep them active. |
| 0:31.0 | And is it worth it? |
| 0:33.2 | In practice, do they do anything near what on paper it looks like? |
| 0:40.8 | Because the Reiner's did something most families of severely mentally ill adults cannot do. |
| 0:45.3 | They got a court to take away their son's autonomy for a period of time. |
| 0:51.5 | A judge signed off. |
| 0:53.0 | A licensed fiduciary was appointed for one year. |
| 0:58.0 | That's important. One year. |
| 1:00.3 | For one year, Nick Reiner was under an LPS conservatorship. |
| 1:03.8 | The most restrictive mental health intervention California law allows. |
| 1:08.2 | The state of California looked at Nick Reiner and said, |
| 1:10.4 | This man cannot care for himself. |
| 1:11.9 | This man needs someone else to make decisions for him. This man can be forced to take medication |
| 1:17.0 | against his will and placed in a locked psychiatric facility if a doctor says it's necessary. |
| 1:24.5 | And four years later, Rob and Michelle Reiner are dead. |
| 1:28.5 | So, what happened? |
| 1:35.1 | We're going to get into all of that. |
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