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Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Yahoo
Author and wife of Weezer bassist pleads not guilty to charges from LAPD shooting
Los Angeles County prosecutors filed criminal charges Tuesday against Jillian Lauren Shriner, a bestselling author who is married to Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, following an incident last month where she was wounded by police after allegedly shooting at them from her backyard. The author, who publishes under the last name Lauren, appeared in a downtown Los Angeles courthouse, pleading not guilty to felony charges for willful discharge of a firearm in a gross negligent manner and assault of a person with a semiautomatic firearm. Prosecutors are also seeking a firearms sentencing enhancement. She faces up to 19 years in state prison if convicted on counts. Lauren, 51, sported an all-white suit as she stood before the judge to enter her plea. She and her lawyers, Hilary Potashner and Kim Wilkinson, declined to comment after the hearing. Read more: LAPD video shows shooting of author Jillian Lauren in Eagle Rock backyard Lauren was initially booked April 9 on suspicion of attempted murder after a bewildering encounter with the LAPD. That afternoon, officers were searching for three hit-and-run suspects following a crash on the 134 Freeway. According to 911 calls from the area, the suspects were attempting to hide in neighborhood backyards around Eagle Rock. The pursuit led officers to Lauren's property, where a confrontation ensued as she stood in her backyard armed with a handgun. Police body cameras and home surveillance videos appeared to show Lauren raising her gun and pointing it at a fence where officers had taken cover. Police said she refused their commands to drop the weapon and fired at them. The police said they shot back, hitting Lauren in the arm. She fled back into her home, where she remained for about an hour before she was hospitalized and later taken into custody by the Highway Patrol. There are some indications Lauren may have been unable to hear the officers due to a police helicopter hovering above the scene, possibly mistaking them for the hit-and-run suspects. In a video released by the LAPD, a neighbor could be heard telling a 911 dispatcher Lauren was confused about what happened: 'There were three men, and one of them shot her, and the cops are looking for him right now … They have their guns out.' Read more: Judge denies Lil Durk bail in murder-for-hire case, citing rapper's calls from jail The New Jersey native has been named a New York Times Bestselling Author for her books, 'Everything You Ever Wanted' and 'Some Girls: My Life in a Harem' where she recounts her encounters with Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei. Most recently, she published 'Behold the Monster: Facing America's Most Prolific Serial Killer,' a look inside the mind of serial killer Samuel Little. She and Shriner have been married since 2005 and they have two sons together. Lauren's preliminary hearing to determine whether the cases against her will move forward is scheduled for June 18. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
13-05-2025
- Los Angeles Times
Author and wife of Weezer bassist pleads not guilty to charges from LAPD shooting
Los Angeles County prosecutors filed criminal charges Tuesday against Jillian Lauren Shriner, a bestselling author who is married to Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, following an incident last month where she was wounded by police after allegedly shooting at them from her backyard. The author, who publishes under the last name Lauren, appeared in a downtown Los Angeles courthouse, pleading not guilty to felony charges for willful discharge of a firearm in a gross negligent manner and assault of a person with a semiautomatic firearm. Prosecutors are also seeking a firearms sentencing enhancement. She faces up to 19 years in state prison if convicted on counts. Lauren, 51, sported an all-white suit as she stood before the judge to enter her plea. She and her lawyers, Hilary Potashner and Kim Wilkinson, declined to comment after the hearing. Lauren was initially booked April 9 on suspicion of attempted murder after a bewildering encounter with the LAPD. That afternoon, officers were searching for three hit-and-run suspects following a crash on the 134 Freeway. According to 911 calls from the area, the suspects were attempting to hide in neighborhood backyards around Eagle Rock. The pursuit led officers to Lauren's property, where a confrontation ensued as she stood in her backyard armed with a handgun. Police body cameras and home surveillance videos appeared to show Lauren raising her gun and pointing it at a fence where officers had taken cover. Police said she refused their commands to drop the weapon and fired at them. The police said they shot back, hitting Lauren in the arm. She fled back into her home, where she remained for about an hour before she was hospitalized and later taken into custody by the Highway Patrol. There are some indications Lauren may have been unable to hear the officers due to a police helicopter hovering above the scene, possibly mistaking them for the hit-and-run suspects. In a video released by the LAPD, a neighbor could be heard telling a 911 dispatcher Lauren was confused about what happened: 'There were three men, and one of them shot her, and the cops are looking for him right now … They have their guns out.' The New Jersey native has been named a New York Times Bestselling Author for her books, 'Everything You Ever Wanted' and 'Some Girls: My Life in a Harem' where she recounts her encounters with Prince Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei. Most recently, she published 'Behold the Monster: Facing America's Most Prolific Serial Killer,' a look inside the mind of serial killer Samuel Little. She and Shriner have been married since 2005 and they have two sons together. Lauren's preliminary hearing to determine whether the cases against her will move forward is scheduled for June 18.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Yahoo
Author and rock star's wife Jillian Shriner shot, arrested by LAPD during manhunt
April 10 (UPI) -- Jillian Shriner suffered a non-life-threating gunshot wound and is charged with attempted murder after allegedly drawing a firearm on Los Angeles Police Tuesday afternoon. Police officers were looking for three suspects in Los Angeles' Eagle Rock neighborhood following a hit-and-run incident on the 134 Freeway and encountered Shriner, 51, in the backyard of a property on the 5300 block of Waldo Place, the Los Angeles Times reported. A suspect was seen running in the neighborhood where Shriner was armed and had fired a shot at a suspect while trying to protect her home around 3:30 p.m. PDT, CBS News reported. The officers found Shriner standing in her home's backyard, and she allegedly pointed a handgun at them. Police ordered her to drop the firearm several times, which she allegedly refused to do, The Hill reported. An officer shot her in the shoulder, and Shriner fled into her residence but exited along with the family's babysitter afterward, was arrested and transported to a local hospital by the Los Angeles Fire Department. She was arrested on a preliminary charge of attempted murder. Police recovered a 9mm pistol from her home. Shriner has an arraignment hearing scheduled on April 30 in Los Angeles Superior Court and was released from police custody Wednesday after posting a $1 million bond, according to her arrest record. The LAPD officers were assisting the California Highway Patrol in the search for three suspects who fled the scene of a three-vehicle crash on the nearby 134 Freeway. Shriner was not involved in the incident, but one of the suspects was reported running through the yards in the neighborhood where Shriner lives with her husband, Scott Shriner. Scott Shriner is the bassist for the rock band Weezer, which is scheduled to perform Saturday at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Police located the hit-and-run suspect nearby. He had stripped down to his boxer shorts and was watering plants while trying to blend in with the neighborhood, police said. The other two hit-and-run suspects were still at large on Thursday. Shriner authored three books under the name Jillian Lauren. One is a 2010 memoir about her experiences while part of the harem for Brunei Prince Jefri Bolkiah and titled, "Some Girls: My Life in a Harem," and another is titled, "Everything You Ever Wanted," which was published in 2015. A third book is titled, "Behold the Monster: Facing America's Most Prolific Serial Killer," which she published in 2023 and is based on her interviews with Samuel Little. Little confessed to murdering 93 people, mostly women, from 1970 to 2005, and the FBI confirmed at least 50 murders. The Shriners were married in 2005 and have two children. Scott Shriner joined the L.A. alt-rock band Weezer in the early 2000s.
Telegraph
10-04-2025
- Telegraph
Rockstar's wife shot in LA after hit-and-run suspect hid next door
A police manhunt through the suburbs of Los Angeles involving a man in his boxer shorts ended with the shooting of a rockstar's wife in her front garden. The chase was triggered by a hit-and-run on a highway, which was filmed from a helicopter by local television networks. A brother and sister who witnessed the crash chased after one of the injured suspects as he climbed over an embankment and raced through the Eagle Rock neighbourhood. The man tried to blend into the neighbourhood by stripping down to his boxers, jumping into the swimming pool of a residential home and innocuously watering garden plants during the hour-and-a-half long pursuit. The chase took an even more unusual turn when officers who had been scrambling to apprehend the suspect on Eagle Vista Drive, found the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner holding a handgun in her front garden next door. Jillian Lauren, 51, was shot in the shoulder by police when she aimed the gun at officers and repeatedly refused orders to drop her weapon. She retreated inside her home but came back outside 30 minutes later with the family babysitter. Both gave themselves up to the police. Aerial photographs from the scene show five LAPD officers aiming their handguns at Lauren lying face down spread-eagled on the road. She was taken into custody on suspicion of attempted murder and treated at hospital for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, LAPD said in a statement. A 9mm handgun was found inside her home by police. She was later arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and is being held on $1 million bail, according to the LA County jail records. Lauren, who also goes by the name Jillian Shriner, was a former member of a Brunei prince's harem. In her 2010 autobiography Some Girls, Lauren described how she was one of several paid young female guests of Prince Jefri Bolkiah, the brother of the Sultan of Brunei, between 1992 and 1995 and earned around £232,000. She later became a bestselling true-crime author following her interviews with Sam Little, the most prolific serial killer in American history. A five-part documentary series based on her work Behold the Monster: Facing America's Most Prolific Serial Killer, was broadcast in 2021. The day before the shooting Lauren posted a photo on Instagram from her book tour in New York. Weezer is a Los Angeles band beloved for their 1994 record unofficially known as the 'Blue Album,' featuring songs including 'Say It Ain't So' and 'Buddy Holly.' Shriner joined the band in the early 2000s. Lauren and Shriner married in 2005, and they have two children. Alana Altmeyer and Guy Binn, the brother and sister who witnessed the crash on the highway, recounted how they chased after the suspect. Mr Binn, who said the suspect had wounds on his head and body. told KTLA news channel: 'I chased him down the side of the freeway, across the freeway, over a couple of fences. 'He had a bag and a sweater. I got his bag. I got his sweater and me being so old, I couldn't keep up with the guy. I chased him to the park, and I lost him.' The suspect from the crash was later seen being handcuffed by officers and led to a car while only wearing a pair of blue-coloured boxers. The two other suspects remain at large.
