Scott Shriner of Weezer and his wife Jillian Lauren have navigated marriage, adoption, cancer, and legal troubles over two decades together
Weezer bassist Scott Shriner and his wife, true crime author Jillian Lauren, have had their fair share of ups and downs while living in Los Angeles with their two kids.
Prior to their marriage, Lauren, worked as a call girl for Prince Jefri Bolkiah of the Brunei royal family, writing about her experience in her 2010 memoir “Some Girls: My Life in a Harem.” Shriner, meanwhile, joined Weezer in 2001 after spending time in the marines and touring with Vanilla Ice’s backing band.
The pair tied the knot in 2005. Two decades later in March 2025, Lauren revealed she had been diagnosed with an undisclosed for of cancer. One month later, she was arrested on an attempted murder charge after allegedly firing a handgun at a Los Angeles Police Department officer. She was released on $1million bond.
“On April 8, 2025, around 3:25 p.m., the California Highway Patrol requested a backup locating three misdemeanor hit-and-run suspects, who fled into a residential neighborhood,” a Wednesday, April 9, press release reads. “As the officers were in the rear yard of that residence, they observed a female, later identified as 51-year-old Jillian Shriner, in the yard of a neighboring residence armed with a handgun.
