They called police in 2019. They put him under conservatorship in 2020. By December 2025, they were sleeping in the same house with someone sources say was in the middle of a psychiatric crisis. What happened to Rob and Michele Reiner's ability to perceive threat? Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke—who spent 21 years at the Bureau including serving as Chief of the Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program—joins us live to analyze twenty years of family dynamics.

Dreeke explains how trust gets exploited through reciprocity, vulnerability, and shared identity—plus the devastating weight of parental guilt. The Reiners had tried tough love. It hadn't worked. They blamed themselves. Rob was publicly saying by the end that they should have listened to Nick instead of the professionals. Nick co-wrote "Being Charlie" with his father—a movie about their own relationship. That's extraordinary narrative control. What does that level of influence over the family story tell you about who actually held power?

But the system failed catastrophically too. Nick was under court-ordered conservatorship in 2020. A judge found him gravely disabled. A licensed fiduciary controlled his treatment. He could be forced into a locked psychiatric facility against his will. On paper, that's the system working. In reality, California's conservatorship expires after one year with no follow-up. Families can't petition for renewal. The state doesn't even track outcomes.

Here's the statistic that should terrify everyone: 83% of conserved patients remain stable while under conservatorship. After termination? Only 43% stay stable. That's a 57% relapse rate. Nick's conservatorship ended in 2021. For four years, no one was watching. When sources say he had a "complete break from reality" in late 2024—there was no legal mechanism for intervention. Could anyone have broken through to the Reiners? What would they have needed to hear?

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