Hollywood actor Billy Crystal and his spouse had been among the many first individuals to hurry to longtime pal Rob Reiner’s Los Angeles residence after his homicide — the place they noticed the slain our bodies of the legendary director and his spouse, Michele, in keeping with a report.
The Reiners’ daughter Romy, 28, referred to as Crystal — a household good friend since starring within the director’s traditional “When Harry Met Sally” — quickly after alerting police to the horrors of discovering her mother and father inside their Brentwood mansion Sunday afternoon, sources advised TMZ.
Crystal, 77, and his spouse Janice then rushed over to the house — the place they considered the grisly homicide scene and our bodies of their slain mates, the supply stated.
The ‘Analyze This’ actor was later seen emotionally leaving Reiner’s residence, hours after the filmmaker and his 68-year-old spouse had been discovered useless.
Crystal “appeared like he was about to cry” when he left the house, a neighbor stated.
Crystal starred in Reiner’s 1989 romantic comedy “When Harry Met Sally” and remained shut mates with the director all through their careers. The pair additionally collaborated on movies equivalent to “This Is Spinal Faucet” and “The Princess Bride.”
The {couples} son, Nick Reiner, is accused of sliting his mother and father throats throughout a heated argument with their son Nick Reiner.
He was detained by authorities on Sunday evening and charged hours later with killing his mother and father.
The 32-year-old ne’er-do-well son, who has a historical past of battling drug habit and psychological well being struggles, was reportedly positioned on suicide watch after his arrest.
He’s being held with out bail on the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles.
Sources advised The Submit that they noticed Nick, Rob, and Michele Reiner within the midst of a “very loud argument” at Conan O’Brien’s Christmas get together on Saturday.
They speculated the struggle could have been about Nick Reiner’s refusal to bear one other spherical at a drug rehabilitation facility.
