Author Shriner Breaks Silence on Police Shooting

Months after a dramatic police standoff, author Jillian Shriner has spoken out about the events that led to her being shot and facing criminal charges. She described the incident as a moment where her "world fell to pieces around me in a heartbeat," asserting her actions were an impulse of self-defense to protect her family. Shriner recounted the experience of being treated for a gunshot wound and subsequently booked on attempted murder charges.

Prosecutors later pursued lesser charges, and Shriner pleaded not guilty. She has since been sentenced to a two-year mental health diversion program, a development she views as a positive step towards addressing mental health openly. Shriner also shared that the intense media attention and the public nature of her divorce from Weezer bassist Scott Shriner have been particularly painful, describing it as watching her life's order being disrupted.

The author, known for her memoir "Some Girls: My Life in a Harem," touched upon her experiences with post-traumatic stress disorder, linking it to past trauma as a victim of sex trafficking and domestic violence. With a court date set for January 9 for a diversion progress report, Shriner is contemplating writing a book about her time as a criminal suspect, seeing it as a potential therapeutic outlet. She and her husband, Scott Shriner, who married in 2005, share two teenage sons and recently announced their divorce, having "grown apart."