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17. Note that he said....

Reply to wcmagumba (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 7, 2026, 08:11 PM

Jan 7

.... "under CA law," which I take to indicate some niche legal strategy. It is also incumbent on an attorney to always maintain his clients innocence in public, and especially so when "dumping" him. He has to disabuse the notion he is dumping him because he is guilty.

So he probably used some obscure and unlikely legal strategy as an excuse to avoid creating prejudice against his client.

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Attorney for Rob Reiner's son resigns but says his client is not guilty of murder under state law [View all] FakeNoose Jan 7 OP

Money issue maybe? cstanleytech Jan 7 #1

Yep. Looks like family will not pay his legal bills. Irish_Dem Jan 7 #4

He realized there would be no payday. N/T tonekat Jan 7 #18

His parents had always bailed him out. But the siblings won't do it. Irish_Dem Jan 7 #19

Yup. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jan 8 #23

That was my immediate thought as well. yardwork Jan 8 #24

kind of seems like it Kali Jan 7 #6

You think a high-profile attorney that would want it for his badge award to represent such a client. cstanleytech Jan 7 #9

pretty sure he doesn't need that Kali Jan 7 #14

Yes. Makes me think the killer is very high maintenance and difficult? Irish_Dem Jan 7 #20

Of course it's money. Demobrat Jan 7 #13

Reiner stabbed his elderly parents to death with a knife...seems kinda murdery to me... wcmagumba Jan 7 #2

Probably alluding to an insanity defense Blues Heron Jan 7 #12

Note that he said.... reACTIONary Jan 7 #17

Drug addicts cannot use Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity as a defense. Irish_Dem Jan 7 #3

Anyone can try such a defense but proving it is the problem and I don't see that happening here. cstanleytech Jan 7 #5

He is a known drug addict and most likely had drugs in his system when arrested. Irish_Dem Jan 7 #8

Oh I agree but it will still be interesting what the court says. cstanleytech Jan 7 #10

The court usually asks for psych evals. Irish_Dem Jan 7 #11

Circumstances beyond our control, beyond his control RockRaven Jan 7 #7

Sounds like it to me ... maybe Nick can't inherit his dad's money and he can't raise any money on his own FakeNoose Jan 7 #15

Old (& bad) joke alert... GJGCA Jan 7 #16

TRANSLATION: "My client can't afford high-profile lawyer fees Rocknation Jan 7 #21

Maybe Jackson wants to pursue 'a not guilty by reason of insanity' defense and N. Reiner doesn't want that. LudwigPastorius Jan 8 #22