LIVE: FBI Expert on How the Reiners Lost Threat Perception & Why the Conservatorship Protected No One
Published: January 25, 2026
Duration: 49:40
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...