Creed frontman Scott Stapp says he's broke and homeless

In the '90s, Scott Stapp was one of the biggest rock stars in the world, as the frontman for Creed. Now, though, the WithArms Wide Open singer says he's broke and homeless, living in a Holiday Inn.

In a 16-minute video posted to Facebook Wednesday morning, Stapp, 41, says his problems started several weeks ago, when he initiated an audit of his record company and his personal finances.

"There are people that have taken advantage of me and stolen money from me," he says, "and they're trying to discredit me, slander me."

Stapp released a solo album called Proof of Life in 2013, with Christian radio stations playing singles Slow Suicide and Dying to Live. He had scheduled a two-and-a-half-week November tour but canceled it in October, citing health concerns.

Earlier this month, he was the subject of an Internet death hoax. Rumors that he had relapsed into drinking and drug use are not true, he says, claiming that he is "sober as can be."

When those rumors popped up, he says he began getting weekly blood and urine tests, "just in case somebody tried to call me on the carpet on it, I could prove it."

Stapp says the IRS has frozen his accounts and that someone changed the online passwords to his bank accounts, then transferred out all his money.

"There's been a couple weeks where I had to sleep in my truck," he says. "I had no money, not even for gas or food. … I went two days without eating, 'cause I had no money, and ended up in an emergency room.

Neither Stapp's label, Wind-Up Records, nor a Michigan management firm called Wild Justice Music, which lists him as a client, immediately returned a request for comment.

Creed has sold more than 25 million albums in the U.S., including more than 11 million copies of 1999 release Human Clay. With Arms Wide Open, which had lyrics Stapp penned about the birth of his son, won the 2001 Grammy for best rock song.