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Nick Reiner, accused of murdering his parents—filmmaker Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner—has petitioned a Los Angeles court to release trust funds to cover his legal defence, claiming trustees have wrongfully denied him access.
Nick Reiner, son of acclaimed film director Rob Reiner, is asking courts to release US$1.5 million from a family trust to pay for his legal defence in a case where he is accused of murdering his parents.
Police in Hokkaido have indicted a 33-year-old zoo employee after he confessed to strangling his wife and incinerating her body. The victim went missing in late March, with investigators discovering burned remains in the facility's incinerator.