Nick Reiner Believes He’s the Victim of a Conspiracy After Parents’ Murder

Nick Reiner is aware of he killed his mother and father, Rob and Michele Reiner, however he would not perceive why he is in jail … sources with direct data inform TMZ.

TMZ has a documentary — “TMZ Investigates The Reiner Murders: What Really Happened” — airing tonight on FOX and dropping Saturday on Hulu. Our sources say Nick is delusional and believes the individuals who put him behind bars are engaged in a “conspiracy” in opposition to him.

Our sources say Nick’s deadly psychological spiral occurred a few month earlier than the murders, when docs modified the meds he was taking for schizoaffective dysfunction — a extreme psychological sickness that causes delusions, hallucinations, and mania. The meds made him more and more harmful and erratic. We’re advised the meds are nonetheless not working correctly.

We know Nick’s group was continuing down a path of pleading him responsible by motive of madness. Fact is … that plea doesn’t require proof {that a} defendant like Nick did not know the distinction between proper and flawed. The key’s whether or not he understood the “character and quality” of his actions. Even if the murders have been premeditated, it is potential for a jury to achieve a verdict of not responsible by motive of madness.