Nick Reiner's attorneys argue in new probate court filings that administrators of his childhood trust fund are violating his constitutional right to counsel by withholding $558,000 he says was owed to him three years ago. Reiner, who has pleaded not guilty to a grand jury indictment charging him with killing his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner […] The post Nick Reiner claims trust fund holdup strips his right to pick his own defense lawyer appeared first on American Almanac .
Nick Reiner's attorneys argue in new probate court filings that administrators of his childhood trust fund are violating his constitutional right to counsel by withholding $558,000 he says was owed to him three years ago. Reiner, who has pleaded not guilty to a grand jury indictment charging him with killing his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner, inside the family's Brentwood home last December, is now fighting on two legal fronts, one in criminal court, the other in Los Angeles probate court, where the money sits just out of reach. His probate attorney, Anita Wu, filed a new brief on September 17 invoking a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court opinion that held a criminal defendant has the right to be represented by an attorney "whom…Open
The judge overseeing Nick Reiner's hearing that requested the use of his trust fund to cover his legal fees has been scheduled for a final decision on another date. Reiner is accused of killing his parents, actor-director Rob Reiner and producer Michele Singer Reiner. NewsNation's Courtney Friel has the latest. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Nichole Berlie. Weekdays starting at 12p/11C. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
Tenisha Warner, widow of actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, has filed a legal petition against the late star's mother over an estate plan drafted decades before the couple ever met, a move she says was forced by a looming statute of limitations and a year of failed private negotiations. The dispute centers on the 1996 Warner Family […] The post Malcolm-Jamal Warner's widow files legal petition against his mother over outdated estate trust appeared first on American Almanac .
Tenisha Warner, widow of actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, has filed a legal petition against the late star's mother over an estate plan drafted decades before the couple ever met, a move she says was forced by a looming statute of limitations and a year of failed private negotiations. The dispute centers on the 1996 Warner Family Trust, which Malcolm-Jamal Warner created when he was 26 years old, unmarried, and had no children. Under that trust, 70 percent of the actor's assets go to his mother, Pamela Warner, who serves as trustee. Another 15 percent goes to his late father, Robert Warner Jr., and the remaining 15 percent to his half-sister, Collage. Neither his wife nor his nine-year-old daughter, MacKenzie, is named. Malcolm-Jamal Warner,…Open
Nick Reiner was entitled to half the trust when he turned 30 and should receive the rest when he turns 35, according to the petition, which states that the distributions are "mandatory and unconditional."
