Nick Reiner has filed a court petition seeking access to a 1.5 million dollar trust fund to finance his defense against double murder charges for the deaths of his parents.The trustee, Paul Kanin, has refused to release the funds, forcing the defendant to rely on a public defender after his private counsel withdrew from the case.The District Attorney has not yet ruled out seeking the death penalty as the case moves toward a critical pretrial hearing scheduled for September.This legal dispute follows the stabbing deaths of
Rob Reiner and
Michele Singer Reiner at their residence, an incident that has drawn significant attention.