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Nick Reiner Became Homicidal After Schizoaffective Meds Were Changed
Nick Reiner
Evidence Schizoaffective Drugs Made Him Homicidal
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Nick Reiner‘s mental breakdown in the weeks leading up to the murders of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, is directly tied to a head-scratching decision by doctors to change the meds he was taking for his mental illness … sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ.
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TMZ has a new documentary — “TMZ Investigates: The Reiner Murders: What Really Happened” — airing Friday at 8 PM ET on FOX. We explain in the doc, Nick was diagnosed around 2020 with schizoaffective disorder … a condition that manifests itself with schizophrenia symptoms — including delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking — and mood disorder symptoms — including mania and severe depression.
Our sources say a month before the murders, Nick was stable on his meds for schizoaffective disorder … we’re told the meds were working just fine. For some reason, his doctors decided to change the meds. Our sources would not say why doctors made that decision … only that we would be shocked to learn the reason, which we’re told makes no sense.
We’re told the change in meds sent Nick into a spiral. He became agitated, erratic, and increasingly dangerous. Our sources say Rob and Michele were alarmed at what they were seeing, but didn’t know what to do.
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Our sources say by the time of the murders, Nick had a complete break from reality. We’re told doctors did not attempt to place Nick under a psychiatric hold while they tried to adjust the meds and stabilize him.
This, we’re told, may be the heart of Nick’s defense — that doctors sent Nick on a path that made him legally insane. Under California law … a defendant does not have to show he didn’t know the difference between right and wrong to use the insanity defense … only that he didn’t understand the nature and quality of his act.
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“TMZ Investigates The Reiner Murders: What Really Happened” … airs Friday night on FOX at 8 PM ET.
Here’s a new angle of the ICE shooting in Minnesota … and it’s intense. Fox has obtained the cell phone video by the officer who shot Renee Nicole Good.
The video shows ICE agents approaching the Honda Pilot Good was driving on a Minneapolis street Wednesday morning, as her wife gives the feds a hard time, tensions flaring, with neighbors gathering nearby to record the scene.
ICE agents tell Renee to get out of the car, and then she appears to reverse, then put her vehicle in drive and move forward as gunshots ring out. Profanity can be heard directly after the shots are fired, just before the Pilot crashes into a parked car on the street.
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Video from another angle shows ICE officers getting out of a large SUV in front of Good’s Honda Pilot, and you can see the shooter circling Good’s vehicle, which appears to line up with this latest footage.
Before the shooting, you hear Renee’s wife, Becca Good, state she’s a U.S. citizen and a veteran … and you see neighbors standing on the sidewalk watching everything play out.
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DHS says Renee was trying to run over the ICE agents when he shot her Wednesday morning … though local officials have disputed that claim.
The shooting has sparked protests in Minneapolis and other cities across the country.
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1:44 PM PT — Ronnie Radke has responded to Nev‘s take on the debacle … and as you can imagine, Ronnie went scorched earth on Nev.
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Nev Schulman says he hasn’t launched into any kind of formal investigation … but he’s inclined to believe Brittany Furlan over Ronnie Radke when it comes to all this catfishing drama.
The former “Catfish” host sat down for a conversation on “The TMZ Podcast” with Charlie Neff and Charlie Cotton … and they asked him what his take on all the drama is.
Remember … Brittany claims she and her husband, Tommy Lee, nearly split because she was talking to Ronnie online — but Ronnie insists Brittany was being catfished. He’s since filed a restraining order against her.
Ronnie said he’d be happy if Nev jumped in to help clear his name … though he may want to think again since it seems Nev’s not totally convinced he can trust the guy.
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Take a listen … Nev says he knows Brittany and WWE star Saraya — AKA Paige, Ronnie’s ex-girlfriend — and he thinks they’re genuinely trustworthy people … while he’s heard Ronnie tells lies.
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Schulman says he’s not trying to judge the guy — revealing he’s been untruthful in some of his own relationships in the past — but he’s just not sure he can take Ronnie at his word.
Again, Nev hasn’t seen any of the evidence — and our hosts point out there’s no smoking gun connecting Ronnie to the online catfish … but, if asked to make a snap judgment, Nev admits he believes in siding with women.
You can listen to this conversation and much more on “The TMZ Podcast,” streaming now wherever you listen to podcasts.
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