Dodgers pay emotional tribute to Rob Reiner as his children Jake and Romy throw out first pitch… while other son Nick awaits murder trial in prison hellhole

The Los Angeles Dodgers paid an emotional tribute to iconic Hollywood director Rob Reiner on Sunday, eight months on from his and his wife Michele’s tragic deaths. 

Before their home game against the Boston Red Sox at Dodger Stadium, the team honored Reiner’s memory on the field, where his children Jake, 35, and Romy, 28, threw out the ceremonial first pitch together.

The tribute held deep significance for the family as Jake, a podcaster and actor, has previously shared how integral the team were to his relationship with his late father. 

In an emotional statement earlier this year, Jake wrote: ‘I’ll never go to Dodger Stadium again without feeling my dad’s presence and hearing his voice.’ 

Meanwhile, the Dodgers also displayed a family picture of Rob, Michele, Jake and Romy together when they previously visited the stadium for a game. 

Sunday’s pre-game ceremony marked one of the few joint public appearances for Jake and Romy since their parents were tragically killed on December 14, 2025.

Rob and Michele, who had been married for 36 years, were found stabbed to death at their $13.5 million Brentwood estate. 

The couple’s third child, Nick, 32, was arrested hours after his parents’ bodies were discovered and subsequently charged with two counts of first-degree murder. 

Nick was reportedly seen arguing fiercely with his parents at Conan O’Brien’s star-studded Christmas party on the evening before the bodies were discovered.

The 32-year-old, who had a history of substance abuse and was also reportedly diagnosed with schizophrenia, is being held in solitary confinement in the specialized medical observation unit at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles.

A source close to the Reiner family recently informed the Daily Mail this month that he has been ‘rapidly deteriorating’ in custody and has become ‘like a babbling child, totally out of it,’ to the extent that ‘his lawyers have a hard time talking to him.’ 

He had no personal visitors other than his lawyers until this Monday, when he was met by someone a source described as ‘a relative’ in the presence of his counsel. 

It was recently revealed that Nick was allegedly subject to disciplinary action for a purported outburst in prison as he awaits trial.

A source has claimed that on April 27, Nick took a shower, got dressed in a fresh uniform and grew ‘very impatient’ while waiting to be brought back to his cell by deputies who were delayed because another inmate apparently overdosed.

‘He was recalcitrant, extremely hostile, creating a verbal disturbance, refusing to follow rules and not listening to any commands,’ the insider alleged to People.

As a result, he was written up and had multiple privileges, including commissary access, phone calls and visitation, rescinded for five days, the source asserted.

Nick’s counsel and the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office have declined the Daily Mail’s requests for comment.

The insider said Nick ‘was yelling, screaming, being disrespectful and shouting many profanities’ while at the shower, having become ‘upset and hostile because no one was coming back right away and he wasn’t attended to.’

According to the source, Nick ‘had finished showering and changed and wanted to return to his cell. When it took too long, he became frustrated and angry.’

He is said to have aimed his vitriol at a sheriff and a sergeant, and it has been claimed three more guards eventually arrived when a deputy requested reinforcements.

The insider maintained, however, that Nick’s disruptive behavior to staff remained verbal and never escalated into a physical conflict.

After a supervising officer reviewed his disciplinary write-up, Nick received a cell visit from a disciplinary officer who informed him of the punishments he had received and the violation he had committed, and who talked to him about his behavior.

According to the source, Nick has generally become acclimatized to prison and the fracas at the showers on April 27 was anomalous.