One of Rob Reiner's sons has been arrested in connection with the death of the director and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner.
Nick Reiner, 32, is being held by the LA County Sheriff's Department on a $4 million bond.
The Los Angeles Times said a family member was being interviewed “in connection with the deaths”, and later, quoting jail records, the newspaper reported that Nick Reiner had been taken into custody at the Los Angeles County jail on suspicion of murder.
He was arrested on Monday morning, according to records posted to the LA County jail's inmate information centre, seen by The National.
Los Angeles Police Department deputy chief Alan Hamilton asked for patience as the inquiry gets under way. “We are going to try to speak to every family member that we can to get to the facts of this investigation,” he said.
Late on Sunday, LA Fire Department officials said they had responded to a medical aid request earlier in the day and found a man, 78, and a woman, 68, dead at home in their mansion. They described the deaths as “an apparent homicide”, with the victims having wounds consistent with those of a stabbing.
Reiner, 78, was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors. His work includes some of the most memorable films of the 1980s and 90s, including This is Spinal Tap, A Few Good Men, When Harry Met Sally and The Princess Bride.
His role as Mike "Meathead" Stivic in the 1970s TV classic All in the Family, alongside Carol O’Connor’s Archie Bunker, catapulted him to fame.
The upmarket Brentwood neighbourhood where he lived is home to many celebrities.
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Rob Reiner and his wife Michele at the 46th Kennedy Centre Honors gala in 2023. AFP -
Rob Reiner at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Getty Images -
He directed When Harry Met Sally (1989), starring Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal. AFP -
Reiner and wife Michele Singer with their children, from left, Nicholas, Romy and Jake, in 2014. Getty Images -
Reiner, pictured in 2019, was a director of several successful Hollywood films that spanned many different genres. Getty Images -
Reiner directed Shock and Awe (1997), starring James Marsden and Woody Harrelson. Photo: Front Row Filmed Entertainment -
Rob and Michele Singer at the premiere of his film, Shock and Awe, at the 2017 Dubai International Film Festival. Getty Images -
Reiner directed A Few Good Men (1992), starring Tom Cruise, Demi Moore and Kevin Bacon. AFP -
Reiner played alongside Tom Hanks as an actor in Sleepless in Seattle (1993). AFP -
Jake Reiner, Romy Reiner, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards in January 2024. AFP
The son of comedy great Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner married photographer Michele Singer in 1989. The couple met while he was directing When Harry Met Sally, and had three children together.
Ms Singer took Donald Trump’s photo for the cover of his book The Art of the Deal but Reiner was an outspoken critic of the US President.
Mr Trump said on Truth Social that Reiner and his wife were killed “due to the anger he caused others”.
“He was known for having driven people crazy by his raging obsession" with the US leader, he wrote.
When asked about the anger that had built up throughout the day in reaction to his social media post, Mr Trump persisted.
"I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form," he said.
Reiner was married to actor-director Penny Marshall from 1971 to 1981. He adopted her daughter, Tracy Reiner. Carl Reiner died in 2020 at the age of 98, and Marshall died in 2018.
