Judge rules alleged shooter at Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s home is fit to stand trial
At least 20 shots were fired at Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s home in March (Getty Images)
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, accused of firing at least 20 shots at Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s home in March, is mentally competent to stand trial.
Ortiz, 36, has pleaded not guilty to trying to murder Rihanna, along with more than a dozen other felony charges stemming from the alleged shooting. Judge Maria Cavalluzzi made the ruling at a brief hearing on Tuesday (29 September) after psychiatric evaluations. Court documents containing details of those evaluations have been sealed.
What is Ivanna Lisette Ortiz accused of doing?
Police and prosecutors allege that on 8 March Ortiz arrived in a Tesla at the Beverly Hills-area property, pointed an AR-15 style rifle out of the window and fired at least 20 bullets towards the home and a neighbouring house.
No one was injured. Bullets tore through an Airstream trailer that Rihanna and A$AP Rocky were in at the time, and shots struck the wall of a nursery their children were in. Investigators said they found bullet holes in the trailer and on the exterior wall of the home’s second-floor nursery, where three kids were with their nanny.
Investigators said Ortiz denied trying to kill anyone after her arrest later that day, telling them: “I wasn’t attempting murder.”
Ortiz is charged with 10 counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and three counts of shooting at an occupied vehicle or dwelling.
What happens next in the Rihanna shooting trial?
The decision means the criminal case can resume after being paused. Ortiz was ordered to report for a hearing on Wednesday as the case returns to the regular criminal court process.
