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- Lawyer Alan Jackson spoke extremely of Rob Reiner’s 1992 authorized drama A Few Good Males, earlier than representing his son, Nick Reiner
- The 32-year-old is accused of murdering his mother and father, Rob and Michele Singer Reiner
- Jackson instructed Vainness Honest he was a fan of the Tom Cruise-starring basic in July
Lengthy earlier than Alan Jackson signed on to signify Nick Reiner for the homicide of his mother and father, the Texas-raised lawyer was a fan of Rob Reiner’s work.
On the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 16, Jackson confirmed to reporters that the 32-year-old — who’s formally charged with the murders of the 78-year-old movie director and his 70-year-old partner, Michele Singer Reiner — can be his consumer.
Nevertheless, months earlier than the Dec. 14 slaying, Jackson instructed Vainness Honest he appeared to one in every of Rob’s films particularly when it got here to his profession as a protection lawyer.
“I’ve seen it so many occasions and it provides me such a lift,” Jackson mentioned in July of the 1992 authorized drama, A Few Good Males.
Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon and Cuba Gooding Jr. have been among the many all-star forged. The film adopted a army lawyer defending two U.S. Marines charged with killing a fellow Marine on the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. It was nominated for the Finest Image Oscar, the one Oscar nomination of Rob’s profession.
On the time of the interview, Jackson, a Pepperdine College Faculty of Legislation graduate, had simply earned a authorized victory with Karen Learn’s homicide acquittal in June.
Jackson beforehand represented Kevin Spacey in his Massachusetts groping case, which was dismissed when the actor’s accuser dropped their civil grievance.
The Werksman Jackson & Quinn LLP companion was additionally on the crew that defended Harvey Weinstein in his California felony trial. Weinstein was convicted on rape costs and sentenced to 16 years in jail.
Now, Jackson will signify Nick after his mom and father have been discovered lifeless of their Brentwood, Los Angeles residence by their 28-year-old daughter, Romy.
Nick is being held with out bail on the Males’s Central Jail in L.A. after police arrested him close to the College of Southern California campus.
The night earlier than their deaths, Nick and Rob obtained right into a heated argument at a vacation get together hosted by Conan O’Brien on Saturday, Dec. 13.
“Nick was freaking everybody out, appearing loopy, stored asking individuals in the event that they have been well-known,” a supply instructed ipromiseyoumedia.
Rob and Michele then reportedly left the get together after the argument, in accordance with TMZ.
The late couple’s center little one beforehand spoke about his struggles with dependancy, telling ipromiseyoumedia in 2016 that the behavior led him to stay a life on the streets.
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On the time, Nick instructed ipromiseyoumedia his life out and in of shelters got here after he refused to return to rehab: “If I needed to do it my approach and never go to the applications they have been suggesting, then I needed to be homeless.”
Along with A Few Good Males, Rob was additionally recognized for his position as Mike on the Norman Lear sitcom All within the Household, in addition to directing This Is Spinal Faucet (1984), Stand By Me and The Princess Bride (1987), amongst different movies.
