Nick Reiner’s former attorney, Alan Jackson, finally comes clean about why he suddenly quit murder case

Nick Reiner’s former attorney, Alan Jackson, revealed he quit the murder case because he wasn’t paid the amount he was promised.

In a declaration filed Monday with Reiner’s new petition that is demanding access to his $1.5 million trust fund, Jackson claimed he’s ready to defend the accused murderer again if funding becomes available, according to TMZ.

Jackson explained he was initially asked to join the criminal case on the day the 32-year-old was arrested for the murders of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, in December 2025.

“Although we were away from California and no funds had yet been paid, I immediately began evaluating and responding to the situation,” Jackson stated in his filing.

The high-powered attorney claimed he “participated in conferences with the family representative” to plan out Nick’s defense plan in the case.

Jackson alleged Nick’s siblings, Jake and Romy Reiner, were involved in the communications and “agreed verbally to act as third-party payors” for Nick’s defense.

After Jackson was told by the Reiner family representative and family members “that the agreed-upon funds would be promptly paid,” he and his firm began spending money on the case, he claimed.

But Jackson said he was told in late December that “none of the anticipated third-party funding would be provided,” so he decided to quit the case.

Jackson insisted he wouldn’t have “diverted these firm resources, interrupted existing professional commitments, or directed my firm to undertake the extensive work” if he knew he wouldn’t get the funding he was promised.

However, Jackson said he told Nick’s trustee he wants back on the case and is willing to consider alternatives to the original fee plan to make it happen.

When Jackson appeared on Billy Bush’s “Hot Mic” podcast in January, he refused to outright say why he withdrew from the case after he “dropped everything” to defend Nick.

“Obviously, something happened with my ability, and my team’s ability, to continue the representation, but I don’t want you, your audience or anybody else to start speculating as to what that might be. I have not said a word about it,” Jackson told Bush.

Jackson also insisted at the time, “Once I’m done, I’m done. I’ve withdrawn.”

In Nick’s new petition, the nepo baby — who is represented by public defender Kimberly Greene — said he needs his trust fund in part to hire Jackson again.

Nick’s late parents, according to the petition, established a trust for their younger son to be distributed to Nick when he turned 30 and the remainder of the trust when he turned 35.

The 32-year-old allegedly has not yet received the money he should’ve received at age 30 and hasn’t been informed of the total amount of the trust, the petition said.

Page Six has reached out to Nick’s lawyer for comment, but has not yet heard back.

Nick — who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia — was arrested last December after Rob and Michele were found stabbed to death in their Brentwood, California, home. Rob was 78 and Michele was 70.

He pleaded not guilty to the double killings in February after being charged with two counts of first-degree murder.

Nick is facing a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty.

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