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.”
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Neither Shriner nor Lauren addressed the arrest at the time.
Keep scrolling for the couple’s complete relationship timeline, spanning two decades and counting.
2005
Shriner and Lauren married in Hawaii in 2005.
2009
The couple adopted son Tariku Moon from Ethiopia. Lauren later opened up about her fertility struggles in a 2015 post for her Motherhood Later blog, explaining how it led her and Shriner to adoption.
“On paper, I might not be considered the best candidate for motherhood,” she wrote. “My husband Scott and I had a long and circuitous road to parenting, including the whole painful infertility thing. We eventually found the right path for us and adopted our son [Tariku] from Ethiopia.”
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2016
Shriner and Lauren adopted Jovanni “Jovi” Starshine, growing their family to four.
“I’ve been holding on to dozens of pictures these last 8 months and now that it’s all final Jovi can go ahead and break the Internet. 💣☠⚙⚡️” Shriner wrote via Instagram at the time.
“We believed in you from the minute we looked into the depths your sparkling, huge eyes,” Lauren wrote to Jovi on his “gotcha” day. “My heart still kvells every time I see them peeking up from behind the couch, where you like to hide and wait for us to find you. There is nothing in this world as wildly sweet as watching those eyes open when you wake.”
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March 2025
Lauren revealed in March 2025 that she has been battling cancer, posting a photo of herself via Instagram lying in a hospital bed while smiling and giving a thumbs-up sign. She did not disclose what kind of cancer she was fighting.
“Yes, I have a little bit of the C word y’all. I know a lot of us do,” she wrote. “I’m here to thank the incredible oncology team here, who pulled me through a complicated operation without a hitch. I am always so grateful for every second of the compassionate, and excellent medical care I receive in my life. Thank you to all the remarkable health care workers, who take our lives in your hands. And let’s all breathe.”
April 2025
Police arrived at Shriner and Lauren’s home in response to a misdemeanor hit and run on April 8. Upon arrival, they found Lauren armed with a handgun in a neighbor’s yard. She allegedly refused to drop her weapon when LAPD officers ordered her to, and received a “non-life-threatening gunshot wound” at a local hospital, according to an LAPD statement. She was charged with felony attempted murder before being released on a $1 million bond. She is scheduled to appear in court on April 30, 2025.
The couple did not address the incident at the time and Us Weekly has reached out for comment.
December 2025
Jillian filed for divorce from her musician husband on December 2, per documents obtained by Us at the time. She cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.
The docs also showed that she sought joint custody of the pair’s children. No separation date was listed in the filing.
