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Nick Reiner Took His Own Trustees To Court From A Jail Cell
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- Jun 12, 2026
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Summary
The newest Nick Reiner trial development is a 136-page probate petition filed from custody — naming both his outgoing and incoming trustees and demanding the release of more than $1.5 million held in the trust his parents established at his birth. In this extended episode, defense attorney and former felony prosecutor Eric Faddis conducts a complete legal examination of the dispute, from the filing's strongest claims to the family's most viable countermeasures. On the merits: the petition characterizes the trust's distributions as "mandatory and unconditional" — half payable at age thirty, a threshold Nick Reiner crossed more than two years before Rob and Michele Reiner were killed, with no payment made per the filing. Faddis evaluates that language under California trust law, the petition's invocation of the presumption of innocence — Nick has pleaded not guilty to both first-degree murder counts — the counsel-of-choice argument anchored to attorney Alan Jackson's declared readiness to resume the defense, and the reported procedural pathway by which an unopposed petition could be granted without hearing. On the opposition: trustee Paul Kanin's resignation following stated concerns about Nick's decision-making capacity, the appointment of successor Jodi Montgomery — formerly Britney Spears' conservator — and her requested custodial meeting, the operation of the slayer statute prior to any verdict, the reported freeze of the larger Reiner family trusts, the formal opposition available to Jake and Romy Reiner, and the recoverability of funds spent on defense should a conviction follow. The episode concludes with the Alex Murdaugh retrial's new presiding judge, Debra McCaslin: her reported professional history with lead defense counsel Dick Harpootlian, the disqualificati…