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What was Scott Weiland's Net Worth?

Scott Weiland was an American musician who had a net worth of $2 million at the time of his death. At the time of Scott Weiland's death in 2015, his estate included $2 million in assets. In early 2016, his ex-wife Mary filed documents to be named the executor. Later that year, Scott's widow Jamie filed a claim against the estate, saying that per their prenuptial agreement, Weiland had agreed to deposit $2,000 into an account for Jamie every month. According to Jamie, Scott had made just two deposits in the account, so she wanted $64,406 from his estate; a judge denied her claim in 2019. In 2018, the California State Tax Franchise Board filed a lien for nearly $250,000 against the estate, and a judge ordered the estate to pay Scott's children $4,000 per month. The following year, the IRS followed suit, filing a federal tax lien against the estate on the grounds that he failed to pay federal income tax from 2012 to 2014. In mid-2019, it was reported that Scott's estate has accrued more than $1 million in royalties in the years since his tragic death.

Scott Weiland was best known for his work with the Grammy-winning rock band Stone Temple Pilots. He also had a five-year career with the supergroup Velvet Revolver (which also featured Slash,Duff McKagan,Matt Sorum, and Dave Kushner) and a solo career. Scott released six studio albums with Stone Temple Pilots, two with Velvet Revolver, and one with Art of Anarchy as well as five solo albums. He also launched a clothing line, Weiland, for English Laundry in 2009, and he published his autobiography, "Not Dead & Not for Sale" (co-written with David Ritzby), in 2011.

Scott famously struggled with drug addiction, and sadly, his vices caught up with him in December 2015 when he was found dead on his tour bus at the age of 48.

Early Life

Scott Weiland was born ScottRichard Klineon October 27, 1967, in San Jose, California. His parents, Sharon and Kent, got divorced when Scott was young, and he was legally adopted by his stepfather, David Weiland, at the age of 5. The family moved to Bainbridge Township, Ohio, and Weiland studied at Kenston High School. They returned to California when Scott was 14, and he attended Huntington Beach's Edison High School and Orange County's Orange Coast College. In the late 1980s, he worked as a layout artist at the "Los Angeles Daily Journal," but he quit around 1991 to pursue a music career. In Weiland's autobiography, he revealed that he had been raped by a high school senior when he was12 years old. He stated that he had been afraid to tell anyone what happened and that he repressed the memory until he went to therapy while he was in rehab. Scott had a younger brother, Michael, who died of a drug overdose in 2007.

Career

Weiland met Robert DeLeo at a Black Flag concert in 1986, and they formed a band with David Allin and Corey Hicock, who had been Scott's friends since childhood. DeLeo's brother, Dean, andEric Kretzlater replaced Allin and Hicock, and the group chose the name Stone Temple Pilots because they liked the initials "STP." They released their debut album, "Core," in 1992, and the 8x Platinum album featured the hit singles "Plush," "Creep," "Sex Type Thing," and "Wicked Garden." The band went on to release five more albums before Weiland's death: "Purple" (1994), "Tiny Music… Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop" (1996), "No. 4" (1999), "Shangri-La Dee Da" (2001), and "Stone Temple Pilots" (2010). "Purple," "Tiny Music…," and "No. 4" all went Platinum or higher, and the singles "Vasoline," "Interstate Love Song," "Big Bang Baby," "Trippin' on a Hole in a Paper Heart," and "Lady Picture Show" topped the "Billboard" Mainstream Rock chart.

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