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Weiland: Stoned Temple Pilot?
So much for Scott Weiland turning things around...
In what's beginning to sound like a broken record, the Stone Temple Pilots pilot--who seemed to be getting his life back on track in recent months and just signed on to front the Guns N' Roses-fueled band called Reloaded--was busted again for alleged drug possession. This time around, the arrest, which occurred over the weekend, followed a routine traffic stop in Burbank, California.
According to Lieutenant John Dilibert of the Burbank Police Department, officers pulled Weiland over shortly before midnight on Saturday for driving without his lights on, and then they noticed the alleged illicit stash in his vehicle.
"He and another lady were arrested for suspicion of possession of illegal drugs. Officers were driving around in the neighborhood and made a traffic stop and a subsequent search turned up suspected drugs," Dilibert said.
Weiland was charged with possessing heroin and cocaine.
The troubled singer was taken into custody and released around 5:30 a.m., Sunday morning after posting a $10,000 bond.
The arrest is the latest in a sad string for the sobriety-challenged rocker. After the smashing success of STP's sophomore disc, Purple, in 1995, Weiland was arrested for possession of cocaine and heroin. That run-in with the law brought him numerous stints in rehab. After watching the rocker relapse repeatedly, Weiland's STP bandmates walked, forming their own group, Talk Show.
After going solo with the release of his underwhelming 12 Bar Blues in 1998, Weiland was nabbed by undercover cops in New York City for trying to buy $100 worth of heroin on the Lower East Side. He eventually pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor drug charge and was sentenced to another mandatory drug-treatment program and counseling.
But a year later, in July of 1999, he overdosed on heroin--his third probation violation--and subsequently spent a year in the Los Angeles County Jail.
After getting out, a newly sober Weiland reunited with STP to score a radio-friendly hit with "Sour Girl." The band then hit the road in support of 2001's Shangri-La Dee Da when--during a concert stop in Vegas--Weiland was busted again, for hitting his then-wife, Mary. After pleading guilty to domestic battery in a deal worked out with prosecutors, he narrowly averted jailtime and was sentenced to counseling.
Citing irreconcilable differences, Mary Weiland filed for divorce last fall. The couple have two young children.
While his personal life is in shambles, Weiland has been on the rebound professionally, announcing last week that he had been tapped by former members of Guns N' Roses to lead their new project, Reloaded.
Weiland and the ex-Gunners have an original song, "Set Me Free," on the soon-to-be-released Hulk soundtrack and plan to release a full-length album next February.
Reps for STP's label, Atlantic Records, could not be immediately reached for comment on the latest arrest.
Weiland is due to be arraigned on June 2.
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