Weezer bassists wife Jillian Shriner pleads not guilty to firing at cops before they shot her during bizarre LA standoff

Jillian Shriner, the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, pleaded not guilty this week to two felony charges after she allegedly shot at police officers outside her lavish Los Angeles home.The 51-year-old faces charges of willful discharge of a firearm in a grossly negligent manner and assault with a semiautomatic firearm, ABC 7 reported.She had been originally charged with attempted murder after a bizarre April 8 standoff in which she allegedly grabbed a pistol and confronted a group of cops in her yard, who shot her in the shoulder.The officers had been chasing a trio of hit-and-run suspects who crashed their car and fled into the Shriners’ secluded LA neighborhood.Police bodycam footage revealed that officers identified themselves and ordered Shriner to drop her weapon multiple times before shots rang out.Prosecutors allege she leveled her gun at officers and fired off a shot before the cops opened fire. She was treated for a non-life-threatening injury and released from custody after posting a $1 million bail.Scott and Jillian Shriner married in 2005 and have two adopted children.In addition to being a rock star’s wife, Shriner is an author of several best-selling nonfiction books under her maiden name, Jillian Lauren.Her works include “Some Girls: My Life in a Harem,” about her stint in the entourage of Prince Jefri Bolkiah, the Sultan of Brunei’s brother, and “Behold the Monster,” a biography of serial killer Samuel Little....

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