Teacher Who Spent Time With Rob & Michele Reiner’s Son Nick Provides Insight Into His Interaction With Parents

A teacher who worked with Rob and Michele Reiner and their children is giving the public a deeper understanding of Nick Reiner’s relationship with his parents, as he is currently facing murder charges in their deaths.

Alanna Zabel, an instructor and wellness expert who gave the Reiner’s private yoga lessons in the early 2000s, spoke with PEOPLE, saying that Nick’s struggles were “beyond any of us,” while describing Rob and Michele as “incredibly passionate, all-in parents doing their best.” Specifically, she called Michele a  “very, very passionate” mother,” who “lived for those kids… She was just very gracious and lovely.”

Zabel added that Nick “‘was notorious’ for making sessions attended with his mother difficult.”

“We never could get through one single yoga session without Nicky barging in and having an intense issue or meltdown, and it would really break up the flow of a yoga class,” she stated, adding that Nick’s childhood struggles were “a perfect storm.”

“One of those things where, as hard as they tried to manage it, get help, address it, it’s just beyond any of us to be able to diffuse,” Zabel said.

Latest Report Shines A Light Into Nick Reiner’s Current State

TMZ reports that Nick is “not been able to process” his actions fully.

“A source with direct knowledge tells TMZ … Nick is not reeling in grief. Rather, he’s “in a fog”  … in no small part due to his medical condition and the meds he’s taking,” the outlet wrote. “Our source goes on to characterize Nick as “calm,” “cognizant,” and “dazed” — adding Nick isn’t even close to processing what happened.”

He is currently being held in solitary confinement and on safety watch, according to PEOPLE, adding that he is required to wear a blue suicide-prevention smock at all times. He is not allowed to talk with anyone other than his lawyers and authorized jail personnel, and can only leave his cell for court appearances or medical reasons.

“This is important so that no one compromises this high-profile case, and so that no civilian or inmate can ask him questions, such as why he killed his parents,” a police source told the outlet.

Nick Reiner Receiver Medical Help Before The Tragic Killing of his Parents

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According to TMZ, Nick was diagnosed with schizophrenia just weeks before his parents’ murder and was taking medication that was making him “erratic and dangerous.”

“Two sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Nick was under the care of a psychiatrist for mental illness,” the outlet added. “We’re told in the month before the murders, Nick’s behavior had gotten ‘alarming.’”

TMZ went on to add that Nick “received care at a Los Angeles-based rehab facility that specializes in mental illness and substance abuse,” and “3 to 4 weeks before the murders, doctors changed his meds, and he became even more erratic.” Doctors continued to try and adjust his medication, but “it wasn’t working.”

“One source told TMZ … once the meds were changed, “Nick was out of his head,” they added. “Our sources also say Nick’s substance abuse was worsening the schizophrenia.

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