
September 30th, 2026
A Florida woman who is accused of driving across the country to fire a rifle at Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's home — hitting a trailer the celebrity couple was inside and a nursery where their kids were — has been indicted by a grand jury on 14 felony counts, including attempted murder.
The indictment brought against 36-year-old Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, a resident of Orlando, was unsealed on Wednesday by a judge of Los Angeles County.
Appearing in court attired in yellow jail garments, Ortiz addressed only her attorney, who entered a plea of not guilty on her behalf.
The judge subsequently ordered that she be held on bail set at $2.6 million.
The move came a day after another judge ruled that Ortiz is mentally competent to stand trial.
The secret grand jury proceedings were held as Ortiz was undergoing months of psychiatric evaluation.
The jurors returned their indictment June 18, but it was kept under wraps for three months until the judge ruled on her competency.
Now, a case that appeared stalled — possibly permanently — is on a fast track to trial.
No injuries were reported in the March 8 shooting.
Authorities allege that Ortiz drove a Tesla up to the gates of the Beverly Hills-area property belonging to the singing superstar and her rap star partner A$AP Rocky, pointed an AR-15 style rifle out the window, and discharged at least 20 rounds toward the property and the neighboring house.
"This is an individual who harbored the intent to kill Rihanna," Deputy District Attorney Alexander Bott stated outside court.
"Everyone else was merely collateral damage."
According to a police report, bullets tore through the Airstream trailer.
Shots also struck the wall of their home's nursery, where their three small children were with their nanny.
Rihanna's mother and several staffers were also present in the home, and authorities say she also fired shots toward a neighbor's house.
Deputy Public Defender Derek Dillman, Ortiz's attorney, did not speak to reporters outside the courtroom, and a message seeking comment from the public defender's office on the indictment was not immediately answered.
Other than her not guilty pleas, her lawyers have not publicly addressed the charges, saying only that they would work to defend her rights.
Investigators stated that, on the day of her arrest, Ortiz had told them: “I wasn’t attempting murder.”
Ortiz had been charged in March with the attempted murder of Rihanna, as well as over a dozen other felony charges.
The new indictment replaces those charges, which a judge dismissed on Wednesday.
The secret grand jury proceedings let prosecutors avoid California's preliminary hearing process, in which evidence must be presented publicly to decide whether a trial is justified.
The indictment also charges Ortiz with ten counts of assault with an assault weapon — one for each person on the two properties — and three counts of shooting at an inhabited dwelling or camper.
It names the couple's three children, Rza, Riot and Rocki, all under age 5, as victims.
The assault weapon counts carry a stiffer sentence than the original charges of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
Were she to be convicted on all counts, she could face life imprisonment.
Reports on the psychiatric evaluations that paused the case shortly after it began have been sealed, and the details of her mental state were not publicly discussed.
Prosecutors have not mentioned a motive or cited any connection between Rihanna and Ortiz, a longtime licensed speech pathologist with no prior criminal record.
A nine-time Grammy Award laureate, Rihanna has amassed 14 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, among them “We Found Love,” “Work,” “Umbrella” and “Disturbia.”
September 30th, 2026

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