Florida woman indicted for attempted murder in shooting at Rihanna’s home
The indictment against Ivanna Lisette Ortiz charges her with one count of attempted murder and 10 felony counts of assault with an assault weapon.
A Florida woman, Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 36, has been indicted for attempting to kill singer Rihanna, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office. The indictment, unsealed on Wednesday, alleges that Ortiz fired a semiautomatic rifle at the singer's Beverly Crest home earlier this year while Rihanna, her partner A$AP Rocky, her mother, and their three children were inside the residence.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman emphasized the seriousness of the crime, stating that "every person deserves to feel safe in and around their home." Ortiz appeared in court wearing yellow jail clothes and spoke only to her lawyer, who entered a not guilty plea on her behalf. She was ordered held on $2.6 million bail and is set to return to court on October 29 for a pretrial hearing.
If convicted, Ortiz faces up to life in state prison. This incident is not Ortiz's first legal trouble; in 2018, a man broke into Rihanna's home while she was away, spending 12 hours inside before being discovered by her assistant. He pleaded no contest to stalking and was ordered to stay away from Rihanna for 10 years, receiving five years of formal probation and 90 days of GPS monitoring.
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