A deal has been struck between lawyers for Nick Reiner and the trust allowing a mediator to decide whether he can access funds set aside for him by his parents. The mediation could open the door for him to rehire Alan Jackson, who has represented Harvey Weinstein and Karen Read, among others, and withdrew from the case because of Reiner’s financial constraints.

“A criminal defendant has a constitutional right to use money that is lawfully his own to be defended by the lawyer he chooses,” Reiner’s lawyer, Anita Wu, said in a statement. “These issues need to get resolved as quickly as possible.”

Reiner has been held in custody without bail since pleading not guilty to the murders in February. He was initially charged with two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances relating to multiple homicides, meaning the maximum sentence he faces is life without parole.…