Despite a report that he was sitting in jail for the last four weeks, former Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland is not incarcerated, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to TheWrap.
The man they have in custody is not him, despite their earlier assertions it was indeed the singer.
Police have positively identified the man as 44-year-old Jason Michael Hurley, according to a press release from the Beverly Hills Police Department. When arrested on July 26, Hurley asserted that he was Weiland. FBI fingerprint results received on Thursday confirmed the man’s true identity. He is now facing an additional charge of furnishing false information to a peace officer.