‘RHOA’ Phaedra Parks Nick Reiner’s Public Defender Needs to Lock In!!!
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“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Phaedra Parks — who is also a lawyer — put her legal analyst hat on for us … weighing in on just what is going on in Nick Reiner‘s murder trialin Los Angeles.
So far, Jackson’s withdrawal hasn’t been fully explained, but Phaedra offered a plausible explanation when we caught her at LAX Friday.
Phaedra pointed out … “It’s unfortunate that he has to get a public defender, but obviously more than likely the trust was covering his legal fees, so I don’t know if there’s a conflict of interest for the victims to pay for the alleged assailant’s defense.”
While Greene comes with 19 years of experience, public defenders tend to be overloaded with cases, potentially putting her at a disadvantage.
As you know … Nick is charged with two counts of felony murder for allegedly stabbing his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, to death … and he could face the death penalty.
With Jackson out, the deck may be stacked against Greene and Nick, but Phaedra said Nick still deserves a fair trial.
Phaedra told us, “[Greene] is gonna have to read night and day, get her witnesses lined up and try to the best job she can.”
According to Phaedra, “It’s going to depend on the experts. A case is only as good as its facts.”
Brittany Furlan on Ronnie Radke He’s Unhinged and Obsessed With Me!!!
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Brittany Furlan says Ronnie Radke just won’t leave her alone — blasting him as “unhinged and obsessed” — and is seeking court-ordered protection from him … while denying she ever got catfished.
Brittany just beelined it to court and filed for a temporary restraining order against the Falling In Reverse frontman … saying he’s been harassing her online ever since last year’s “secret relationship” that crumbled.
In new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Brittany says she was definitely communicating with Ronnie on Snapchat last year during a difficult time in her marriage to Tommy Lee, and they sent each other explicit pictures and videos and made plans to meet up.
Ronnie’s claimed Brittany was chatting with a catfish … but she says all of the comms were legit and could not have been A.I.-generated “due to the explicit nature of the content.”
Brittany says Ronnie begged her to leave Tommy for him and they made plans to meet up in May … she says Ronnie told her to go to his former address and she claims she showed up and got stood up … and that’s when he allegedly started intentionally humiliating and manipulating her.
BF says she told Tommy what happened and he confronted Ronnie online … but she says Ronnie then started spreading a false narrative that she was getting catfished.
Brittany says Ronnie then began annoying, harassing, and mocking her on social media … and tried to humiliate her in a music video with “a hideous body double.”
She says she wanted nothing more than to be left alone, but says Ronnie started leaving “cruel” comments on her IG from a burner account. She says she told the person behind the account she knew it was Ronnie, and the person responded, “Miss you madly,” and included a photo of her from their old Snapchat convo, which she says reinforced her conviction that it was Ronnie all along and not a catfish.
Brittany says she tried to ignore all of Ronnie’s mocking content until last week, when someone made a video about how she was allegedly catfished. She says Ronnie posted three videos on IG berating her, calling her a liar, and “intending for his fans to attack me.”
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As we first reported … Ronnie filed for a temporary restraining order against Brittany last week, but it got denied … and in her TRO request, she says Ronnie’s TRO request was “frivolous.” Ronnie also filed a lawsuit over the weekend against his alleged online impersonators.
Brittany says Ronnie harassed and berated her and Tommy on a livestream and called Tommy a loser on IG … and she says she reported the harassment to Instagram and got Ronnie’s account disabled.
She says Ronnie “is unhinged and obsessed with me” and is simply asking to be left alone by Ronnie so she “may live in peace.”
Brittany wants the court to order Ronnie to stay at least 100 yards away from her, her home, and her car … a judge has yet to rule.
Dr. Drew On Nick Reiner GLP-1s Could Have Prevented Murders
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Nick Reiner‘s weight gain set him on a murderous path, but it didn’t have to be that way … just ask Dr. Drew.
The good doc joined us on “TMZ Live” Monday and told us Nick likely would have benefited from being prescribed weight-loss drugs to counteract a common side effect of the anti-psychotic drugs he was taking.
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As we uncovered in our new documentary, “The Reiner Murders: What Really Happened,” Nick’s unravelling that resulted in the murders of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, is directly connected to his gaining weight.
Nick was stable on a cocktail of drugs until a month before the murders, when he complained to doctors about weight gain. His meds were changed, and sources say the new mix sent him into an erratic, dangerous state. We’re told he had a complete break from reality at the time of the murders.
Dr. Drew says psychiatrists, particularly younger ones, are now prescribing patients GLP-1 drugs — like Ozempic and Mounjaro — as a way to counterbalance side effects from the other pills … though he says it’s a delicate balance.
In Nick’s case, Dr. Drew says GLP-1 drugs may have helped … and who knows where Nick, Rob, and Michele would be if the meds were never changed.
Lots to chew on here … catch the full interview on “TMZ Live” and check out our latest TMZ doc … now streaming on Hulu.
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