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What Nick Reiner’s Lawyer Declared About Coming Back — the Moment the Trust Money Lands
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- Jun 21, 2026
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Summary
Alan Jackson walked away from the Nick Reiner murder defense when the money collapsed. His firm has now filed a declaration in a Los Angeles probate case stating they are “ready, willing, and able” to return — the moment more than $1.5 million is released from the trust Rob and Michele Reiner built for their son as a baby. The loyalty of the most high-profile defense attorney this case has seen is, by his own filing, conditional on the check clearing. Eric Faddis has been a felony prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney. He understands exactly what Jackson’s declaration means inside the legal fight and what it signals to the court about how this money will be spent. The 136-page probate petition argues the trust’s language is unambiguous: half was due on Nick’s thirtieth birthday, twenty-seven months before his parents were killed. The petition calls the distribution “mandatory and unconditional.” Nick has pleaded not guilty. Under the presumption of innocence, the petition argues, the money is lawfully his until a jury decides otherwise. Faddis takes both sides apart. The trustee who reportedly questioned Nick’s judgment before stepping down. Jodi Montgomery — who managed Britney Spears’ conservatorship — stepping in as the new fiduciary and reportedly requesting to visit Nick in jail. The slayer statute’s real mechanics versus the version the public assumes. And the scenario that haunts the Reiner family: the money released, spent on defense, and then a conviction — with no path to claw it back. The conversation also covers the Murdaugh retrial’s newly assigned judge and the questions her reported history with defense counsel raises. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/ Want to comment and watch this pod…