The room went silent when the shouting started. At Conan O\u2019Brien\u2019s glittering holiday party, guests watched Rob Reiner and his troubled son Nick explode into a \u201cvery loud argument\u201d \u2014 then storm out into the night. By the next afternoon, Rob and his wife Michele were dead, their son under arrest, Hollywood in disbe\u2026 Continues\u2026<\/p>\n
Hours before police tape sealed off the Reiners\u2019 Los Angeles home, they had been standing under Christmas lights, trying to manage a son spiraling in public. Witnesses say Nick roamed Conan O\u2019Brien\u2019s party \u201cfreaking everyone out,\u201d demanding to know who was famous, until the confrontation with his father finally erupted and the couple quietly left. By Sunday afternoon, their daughter Romy would be the one to find them slain.<\/p>\n
Nick, long open about his battles with addiction and homelessness, is now jailed without bail, accused of murdering the parents who had spent years trying to save him. Rob Reiner, who gave the world Stand By Me, The Princess Bride and A Few Good Men, leaves behind a legacy of storytelling\u2014and a family shattered by a final, unbearable plot twist no one could rewrite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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