TROUBLEMAKER

Weezer Bassist’s Wife Learns Fate After Opening Fire at Police

Author Jillian Lauren, 52, stood in her backyard and opened fire on police.

Jillian Lauren, the bestselling author and wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, has avoided jail following a bizarre April shootout with police after they trespassed on her property in California while pursuing a hit-and-run suspect. Footage of the incident showed Lauren, 52, standing in her backyard and racking her gun at officers, before opening fire after ignoring their demands to stand down, resulting in a gun battle in which she was shot in the arm and initially charged with attempted murder. Lauren was ultimately charged with firing a gun with gross negligence and was spared a jail sentence on the condition she enter into a two-year mental health program. Under the terms of the agreement, she must refrain from drugs and alcohol and is banned from owning firearms. “We think this was the right resolution,” Lauren’s lawyer told Rolling Stone following the verdict, and said they were “very pleased” with the opportunity to have the case dismissed.