Story perspectives
Judge Garcia Schedules Hearing on Reiner’s $1.5M Trust Access
8/18/2026
1 of 1
Story summary
- Nick Reiner’s counsel asked U.S. District Judge Ruben Garcia to allow access to the $1.5 million trust.
- The state’s slayer statute bars a killer from inheriting, preventing release of the trust.
- Trustees have drawn $200,000 for legal fees.
- Judge Garcia scheduled a hearing for October 23.
- Reiner seeks a private criminal-defense lawyer and faces life imprisonment or the death penalty.
