DA: Shooting at Rihanna's Home Was Attempted Murder

A Florida woman accused of firing gunshots at Rihanna's home in Los Angeles was charged Tuesday with one count of attempted murder and other felony offenses, including 10 counts of assault on a person with a semiautomatic firearm. The district attorney's office said Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 35, was charged in the shooting Sunday afternoon outside the superstar's gated home in the Beverly Hills area. No one was hurt and it was not clear if the Grammy award-winning performer was home at the time of the gunshots, the AP reports.

Court records show Ortiz also was charged with three counts of shooting at an inhabited vehicle or dwelling. All 14 counts are felonies, and she was brought for a scheduled arraignment before Judge Theresa McGonigle on Tuesday afternoon in Super Court of Los Angeles County. Deputy Public Defender Jamarcus Bradford, Ortiz's attorney, at first entered a plea of not guilty on her behalf, but then withdrew it in favor of postponing arraignment until March 25. She was ordered held on $1.8 million bail.

• The judge issued a protective order for Ortiz to stay away from Robin Fenty and Rakim Mayers–-the legal names of Rihanna and her partner A$AP Rocky–-and their home. McGonigle also said Ortiz is not allowed to possess any firearms or ammunition along with several other conditions.
• Earlier Tuesday, Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell told media gathered for a news conference on a different subject that 10 people were at home when shots were fired. He identified the house as Rihanna's, but he did not say whether she or A$AP Rocky or their three children were home at the time.

• McDonnell said investigators believe Ortiz drove to the area from Florida, but it's not clear when. Public records show her most recent address was in Orlando and that she has been a licensed speech pathologist for more than a decade. Her arrest record includes a 2023 arrest on suspicion of domestic violence and battery.
• Ortiz was arrested Sunday afternoon after the shooting and a weapon was recovered, police said. They have not said whether she has any known connection to Rihanna.
• KABC broadcast video that appeared to show five bullet holes in the home's front gate. The news station obtained police dispatch audio that says 10 shots were fired.
• Ortiz has a history of mental health struggles and made disturbing remarks about Rihanna in YouTube videos posted in January, comparing her face to the devil and apparently accusing the superstar of trying to kill her, TMZ reports.