A woman has been charged with attempted murder after a weekend shooting at Rihanna’s LA home
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The Florida woman accused of firing shots at Rihanna’s Los Angeles home was charged Tuesday with one count of attempted murder, including 10 counts of assault with an automatic rifle.
District Attorney Nathan Hochman said the singer, her partner A$AP Rocky, their three young children and her mother were all in the area at the time.
The district attorney’s office said Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 35, was charged with shooting Sunday afternoon outside the gate of the star’s Beverly Hills home. No one was injured.
Court records show Ortiz has also been charged with 10 counts of assault with an automatic weapon and three counts of shooting into a vehicle or residential property. All 14 charges are felonies. He appeared before Judge Theresa McGonigle Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Deputy public defender Jamarcus Bradford, Ortiz’s attorney, initially pleaded guilty, but withdrew it to postpone the trial until March 25. He was ordered held on $1.8 million US bail. Ortiz was wearing green prison clothes with her blond hair braided and spoke to her attorney through a glass divider.
10 people were home at the time of the shooting
A judge issued a protective order barring Ortiz from staying with Robin Fenty and Rakim Mayers — the legal names of Rihanna and her partner A$AP Rocky, respectively — and their home. McGonigle also said Ortiz is not allowed to possess guns or ammunition, along with several other conditions.
Earlier on Tuesday, Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell told reporters at a separate news conference that 10 people were at Rihanna’s home when the shooting occurred. He said investigators believe Ortiz drove to the area from Florida, but it’s unclear when.
Public records show his most recent address is in Orlando and that he has been a licensed speech pathologist for more than a decade.
Ortiz was arrested Sunday afternoon after the shooting, and a weapon was recovered, police said. They haven’t said if he has any celebrity connections to Rihanna.
Voicemails and other messages left by The Associated Press, including an email to the public defender’s office, were not immediately returned Tuesday.
The AP also sent emails seeking comment from Rihanna’s publicist and manager.
KABC-TV aired video that appeared to show five bullet holes in the front door of the home. The news station received a call from the police that 10 shots were fired.
A nine-time Grammy Award winner, Rihanna has 14 No. 1 singles. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, incl we found Love, Work, An umbrella again Disturbia. She founded the makeup brand Fenty Beauty in 2017.
She and A$AP Rocky announced the birth of their third child, a girl named Rocki Irish Mayers, in September 2025.
