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LOS ANGELES — Rob Reiner’s son Nick was notorious for being violent, and those around him “instantly knew’’ he was the one who allegedly murdered his parents, friends and neighbors told The Post on Monday.
“This is not the first time their son has been violent,’’ a longtime neighbor of the victims said of Nick, 32, who is charged with fatally slitting the throats of his parents in their Los Angeles mansion.
“I know of another incident a few years back with Nick, but I won’t say more than that. I just never thought it would ever get to this point,’’ the source said.
“I know they wanted him to get help, go to rehab, but he wanted to get help while at home — he did not want to get treatment at a facility,’’ the neighbor said of the long-drug-addled son.
“And I know they have argued about that for years. Nick has had demons for the longest.
“It is such a nightmare,’’ the source said. “The whole thing is a tragedy.’’
A former classmate of Nick’s told The Post that the suspect has “always been troubled’’ and that she “instantly knew it was him’’ when she heard the news.
A second resident added, “I wasn’t surprised’’ to learn Nick was charged with killing his famed Hollywood actor, 78, and director dad and wife Michele, 68.
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