Suspect Fit For Trial
Judge Rules Rihanna Shooting Suspect Mentally Competent for Trial
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Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 36, was ruled competent to stand trial after psychiatric evaluations, allowing proceedings to resume in the case over a shooting at Rihanna’s Los Angeles-area home. She pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging attempted murder and multiple counts involving assault with a firearm and shooting at occupied or inhabited property. Prosecutors allege Ortiz fired at least 20 rounds toward the residence and a neighboring home on March 8, while Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, their children and others were on the property; no one was injured. The competency ruling addresses Ortiz’s ability to understand the case and assist her lawyer, not her guilt or overall mental health.
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After her arrest, Ortiz reportedly denied intending to kill anyone, telling investigators: “I wasn’t attempting murder.”
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Investigators said bullets struck the Airstream trailer and the exterior wall of a second-floor nursery where Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s children were with their nanny.
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The grand jury indictment replaced the initial criminal complaint and upgraded the assault charges from assault with a semiautomatic firearm to assault with an assault weapon.
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Police arrested Ortiz in a vehicle that reportedly contained a rifle, ammunition and a wig that prosecutors described as a disguise.
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