A Florida woman accused of opening fire on Rihanna’s Beverly Hills mansion while the singer and her family were inside has been indicted on several charges, including attempted murder.
Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 36, also faces 10 counts of assault with an assault weapon and three counts of shooting at an inhabited dwelling or camper, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. The indictment was unsealed after being returned on June 18.
‘Every person deserves to feel safe in and around their home,’ District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said in a statement. ‘Shooting at an occupied home is a serious, violent crime that is both reckless and dangerous.’
Ortiz, who is from Orlando, Florida, pleaded not guilty. Her bail was set at $2.65 million, and she is scheduled to return to court for a hearing on October 29.
If convicted, Ortiz could face up to life in prison.
The Daily Mail has contacted representatives of the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office for further comment.
The Florida woman accused of shooting into Rihanna’s Beverly Hills mansion earlier this year has been indicted on multiple charges, including attempted murder. The singer, 38, is pictured Tuesday in Paris
Prosecutors allege that Ortiz drove to Rihanna’s Southern California home on the afternoon of March 8 and fired ‘an assault weapon multiple times at the house.’
Rihanna, 38, was at the property with her partner, A$AP Rocky, 37, their three children—four-year-old RZA Athelston, three-year-old Riot Rose and one-year-old Rocki Irish—and ‘several other people,’ prosecutors said.
No one was struck by the gunfire. Hochman said ‘it is pure luck and not a matter of restraint that no one was killed or injured.’
Prosecutors said authorities later arrested Ortiz in Sherman Oaks, California.
During a hearing in April, prosecutor Alexander Bott alleged that Ortiz had gone to the singer’s home carrying ‘a loaded weapon, ammunition and a wig as a disguise.’
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Bott said the incident ‘could easily have resulted in multiple homicides…of adults and children.’
In legal documents reviewed by The Daily Mail, Rihanna said she had received death threats on social media before, although most had not reached a serious level.
‘She has referred several stalkers for restraining orders and threat management through her security team over the years but no recent event came to mind that may be associated with the current incident.’
Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 36, pleaded not guilty to the charges, and her bail was set at $2.65 million
Authorities reportedly found bullet holes across several areas of the property after the shooting
The outlet reported that bullet holes were found in multiple parts of the property, including an exterior gate, a fence, a patio, a wall beside a nursery room and the windshield of an Airstream trailer.
According to legal documents, Rihanna and A$AP Rocky were inside the trailer when the shooting occurred, while their children were in the nursery.
Ortiz later lost her license to practice speech-language pathology. She was found mentally competent to stand trial after four months of evaluation on Tuesday, according to The Los Angeles Times.
Ortiz had previously been arrested in connection with suspicion of domestic violence and battery in 2023, according to the outlet.
Two years prior, she had been taken into custody in connection with suspicion of careless driving. She was also linked to a 2013 bankruptcy.
Ortiz had previously mentioned Rihanna in multiple social media posts, including a February posting in which she wrote to the singer, ‘Say something to me directly instead of sneaking around.’
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