BEVERLY HILLS—On Wednesday, September 30, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced that Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 36, of Orlando, Florida, was indicted for attempting to kill musician Rihanna after she fired a semiautomatic rifle at the singer’s Beverly Crest home earlier this year.
An indictment was unsealed charging Ortiz with one count of attempted murder, 10 felony counts of assault with an assault weapon, and three felony counts of shooting at an inhabited dwelling or camper.
She pleaded not guilty and is set to return on October 29 for a pretrial hearing in Department 112 of the Foltz Criminal Justice Center. Bail was set at $2.65 million. The indictment was returned on June 18.
On March 8, at about 1:20 p.m., Ortiz is accused of driving up to the front of a home belonging to Rihanna in the 9500 block of Heather Road and firing an assault weapon multiple times at the house. Rihanna, her boyfriend, A$AP Rocky, their children and several other people were on the musician’s property as well as in an adjacent home, but no one was struck by gunfire.
The Los Angeles Police Department announced on Monday, March 9 that Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 35, was arrested and has been booked with attempted murder. Her bail was set at $10.2 million. Ortiz drove to Rihanna’s home located in Beverly Hills in a White Tesla. A motive for the shooting has not been disclosed to the public.
Ortiz was later arrested in Sherman Oaks by authorities in a parking lot. If convicted as charged, Ortiz faces up to life in state prison.
In March 2023, Rihanna had a fan travel from South Carolina to her home in Beverly Hills hoping to meet her. In 2018, Eduardo Leon was arrested after he allegedly broke into the Grammy winner’s Hollywood Hills home and waited for over 12 hours. Leon, 27, at the time, hopped a fence, entered the singer’s home, and stayed overnight.
Rihanna is a singer who has earned 9 Grammy Awards and is known for her hits, “S.O.S.,” “Umbrella,” “Take a Bow,” “Rude Boy” and “Only Girl (in the World).” She has sold over 250 million records worldwide. She has appeared in the films “Battleship,” “Ocean’s 8” and performed voice work in the latest animated “Smurfs” film in 2025.
Case 26CJCF03759 is being prosecuted by Alexander Bott of the Major Crimes Division and remains under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Robbery-Homicide Division.
The charges filed in this case against Ortiz are allegations. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
