Who is Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s wife Jillian Lauren, and why was she arrested? The NYT bestselling author was a call girl for Brunei’s Prince Jefri Bolkiah and stands accused of attempted murder
Lauren – who wrote Behold the Monster: Confronting America’s Most Prolific Serial Killer – was shot by police in LA this week, before being arrested and released on a US$1 million bond
Weezer bassist Scott Shriner’s wife Jillian Lauren has been shot by police in Los Angeles, then arrested for attempted murder, according to TMZ.
On Tuesday afternoon, police were responding to a hit-and-run in the city when three unidentified suspects fled the scene on foot. One of the suspects was discovered in the back garden of a home next to Shriner’s house, and Lauren came out with a gun in her hand. When officers told her to drop her weapon she reportedly ignored multiple commands. She was shot in the shoulder and ran back into the house, before surrendering 30 minutes later.
The 51-year-old, who underwent cancer treatment just weeks prior, has since been released on a US$1 million bond, notes The Independent.
Here’s what we know about Jillian Lauren, Shriner’s wife.
Jillian Lauren is a writer
Lauren, who spent her earlier years in Livingston, New Jersey, and studied acting at NYU, is a New York Times bestselling author.
Her books include Behold the Monster, a nonfiction work in which she confronts one of America’s most prolific serial killers, Samuel Little, and “lift[s] up the voices of his victims for the first time”. She also wrote two bestselling memoirs, Everything You Ever Wanted and Some Girls: My Life in a Harem, as well as a novel called Pretty.
She was a call girl for Jefri Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei
