Scott Weiland’s widow sheds mild on his loss of life: “He did not overdose”

Jamie Wachtel Weiland, the widow of late Stone Temple Pilots singer Scott Weiland, has insisted he “didn’t overdose on medicine”.

In 2015, it was reported that Weiland had died after taking a “poisonous combine of medicine” – a declare his widow Jamie refuted in a latest look on the Urge for food for Distortion podcast.

“I really feel like when he died, everyone was sort of like: ‘That’s tragic, however in fact he overdosed, which – he didn’t fucking overdose,” she stated on the podcast. “I attempted to get that time throughout. He didn’t.”

She went on to elucidate that the late Velvet Revolver singer did have medicine in his system when he died, so the coroner dominated it an unintended overdose.

“However the reality is, Scott died as a result of the principle artery in his left ventricle was 95 per cent blocked,” she continued. “That got here from 10 years of heroin use, that got here from a whole grownup lifetime of chain smoking. His coronary heart stopped.

“Did he have hint quantities of medicine in his system? He did. Did I do know he was utilizing? No, I didn’t, as a result of he lied to me, as a result of I had caught him earlier than, and it could at all times be this enormous battle and I’d be livid at him.”

On the time of his loss of life, Weiland was stated to be beneath intense stress whereas on the street with The Wildabouts, and reviews emerged that he had confronted each monetary and private struggles.

The latter included rumours that he was estranged from his kids and had simply realized each of his mother and father had been identified with most cancers, resulting in accusations of self-medication. Jamie maintains that on the time of his loss of life, Scott was “not utilizing heroin”.

Within the time since his loss of life, she has confronted criticism from followers, notably after making a £45,000 declare towards his property in 2016. She addressed the claims within the latest interview, saying: “Individuals can say regardless of the fuck they need about issues that I did or didn’t do.”

She continued: “The reality was I did just about all of the heavy lifting myself with him. I used to be alone with him, making an attempt to maintain him protected and preserve him calm, and get him to the best medical doctors – and get him on stage, get him to rehearsals. It was simply me.

“I used to be the gatekeeper for the whole lot. And that was actually, actually fucking exhausting. So once we discuss concerning the feedback that individuals make about me, about Scott, about our marriage, I principally wish to inform everyone to go fuck off, [because] they weren’t there. They didn’t know.”

Scott Weiland’s son Noah has beforehand opened up about comparisons to his father, saying: “Individuals wish to see me be a statistic so dangerous,” following his struggles with dependancy, which led to him being fired from his band, Suspect208.