Alan Jackson, the lawyer previously representing Nick Reiner, stepped down from the homicide case involving Rob and Michele Reiner, however is opening up extra about his departure.
Jackson appeared on Sirius XM’s “Let’s Speak Off Digicam with Kelly Ripa” on Tuesday, January 13, to reply some burning questions concerning the case and Nick’s destiny. Host Kelly Ripa requested the query on everybody’s minds: Why did Jackson withdraw from the case?
“All people’s obtained that very same looming query, and I’m compelled due to authorized requirements and moral obligations; there’s sure issues I merely cant disclose, Kelly, by way of why there was a change in counsel, why we stepped away and the general public defenders workplace stepped in and I’ll reiterate what I stated within the press convention, which is, my workforce, me personally and my workforce, stay utterly and totally dedicated to Nick’s finest curiosity,” Jackson stated. “We all the time will probably be dedicated to his finest pursuits. I need nothing however the very best for him and I need him to get probably the most strong protection that he probably can get. And I do know he’ll within the fingers of the general public defender’s workplace.”
Earlier within the day, Jackson answered an analogous query on the “Scorching Mics” podcast with Billy Bush about hypothesis surrounding his withdrawal.
“So clearly one thing occurred with my potential and my workforce’s potential to proceed the illustration, however I don’t need you, your viewers, anyone else to start out speculating as to what that is perhaps. I’ve not stated a phrase about it,” he instructed Bush.
Bush additionally particularly requested if his exit was associated to the retainer or cash.
“I imply, you may’t say that. You may’t say that, Billy. You may’t say that one thing occurred with the retainer as a result of I’ve by no means stated that,” Jackson fired again.
Jackson added of the hypothesis, “I get it. However by the identical token, I’m saying that it doesn’t matter at this level. I stated what I stated on the press convention as a result of it’s true. And I imagine it in my coronary heart, and I additionally stated that my workforce and I stay and can stay utterly dedicated to the very best pursuits of Nick Reiner. And that’s additionally true, and that’s not going to alter. However I’m not going to get into the specifics of why it was obligatory for me to withdraw.”
Jackson introduced his departure from Nick’s authorized counsel throughout a courtroom look on Wednesday, January 7.
“Now we have no alternative however to withdraw as counsel and ask to be eliminated,” Jackson stated in courtroom in entrance of Choose Theresa McGonigle.
Nick Reiner’s former lawyer, Alan Jackson, doesn’t imagine his one-time shopper must be convicted of first-degree homicide. “I’m legally and I’m ethically prohibited from explaining all of the explanation why, I do know that’s a query on everybody’s thoughts,” Jackson instructed reporters on Wednesday, January 7, after stepping down from the case. “We count on the general public defender […]
McGonigle then requested Nick, 32, if he was OK with the change in authorized counsel, to which he responded, “Yeah, I comply with that.”
Jackson addressed reporters outdoors the courthouse following his withdrawal from the case.
“As you already know, this morning, I needed to withdraw as Nick Reiner’s counsel,” he stated after the listening to. “Circumstances past our management, however extra importantly, circumstances past Nick’s management, have dictated that, sadly, it’s made it unattainable for us to proceed our illustration of Nick.”
Jackson continued, “I’m legally and I’m ethically prohibited from explaining all of the explanation why, I do know that’s a query on everybody’s thoughts. We count on the general public defender to step in, they’ve already been appointed and really rigorously defend Nick Reiner’s pursuits as he strikes ahead via the system.”
The lawyer stated that he and his workforce “stay deeply dedicated” to Nick and are looking for his “finest pursuits.”
“Actually, we all know, we’re not simply satisfied, we all know that the authorized course of will reveal the true information of the circumstances surrounding Nick’s case,” Jackson stated. “What we’ve discovered, and you may take this to the financial institution, is that, pursuant to the regulation in California, Nick Reiner is just not responsible of homicide.”
Nick Reiner had a newly shaved head whereas showing in courtroom for his arraignment on homicide fees relating to the deaths of fogeys Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner. A courtroom sketch confirmed Nick, 32, sporting a khaki jumpsuit to the Los Angeles arraignment on Wednesday, January 7, together with his fingers remaining cuffed via the listening to. Nick […]
Nick was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree homicide hours after his mother and father, Rob and Michele, had been discovered useless of their Brentwood, California, dwelling on December 14, 2025, with stab wounds. If convicted, he faces life in jail with out parole or the dying penalty.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner decided Rob and Michele died from “a number of sharp power accidents” and dominated their deaths a murder.
Jackson made his first courtroom look as Nick’s lawyer on December 17. Following his January 7 withdrawal, public defender Kimberly Greene took over as Nick’s authorized counsel.
Inexperienced instructed reporters outdoors of the courthouse on January 7 that “it’s not unusual for personal counsel to show over instances” to public defenders. Nonetheless, Tre Lovell, who runs The Lovell Agency, instructed Us Weekly that Jackson’s “withdrawal was a little bit of a shock.”
“Conventionally, attorneys could select to withdraw in legal protection instances for a wide range of causes, which may embody monetary points or hesitations to become involved primarily based on the proof and probabilities of success,” the lawyer instructed Us after the authorized shakeup.
Lovell additionally clarified, “Each defendant has a proper to a public defender. That doesn’t imply that Reiner in some unspecified time in the future can’t get a personal lawyer.”
