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A female from Florida pleaded not blameworthy connected Wednesday to nan attempted execution of Rihanna.
Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, of Orlando, besides pleaded not blameworthy done her lawyer to much than a twelve different felony counts successful Los Angeles superior court.
Prosecutors allege nan singing superstar, her hip-hop prima partner A$AP Rocky and their 3 young children were among nan group assaulted astatine their location successful nan Beverly Hills area connected 8 March erstwhile Ortiz, 35, pulled up to nan spot and sprayed astir 20 bullets from an AR-15 style firearm into nan gangly exterior wall.
Ortiz is charged pinch 10 counts of battle pinch a semiautomatic firearm and 3 counts of shooting astatine an occupied conveyance aliases dwelling. She could get life successful situation if convicted connected each charges.
Her lawyer, lawman nationalist defender Derek Ray Dillman, entered nan plea connected her behalf arsenic Ortiz appeared down solid successful a custody area, wearing yellowish jailhouse apparel pinch her blond hairsbreadth successful braids. She said only to work together to waive her correct to a speedy preliminary hearing, nan adjacent shape of nan lawsuit wherever grounds is presented to find whether a proceedings is warranted.
Her lawyer asked that her bail beryllium reduced from $1.9m to $70,000 based connected her expertise to pay. Judge Theresa McGonigle declined nan petition and kept nan bail nan same.
The prosecutor, arguing against nan reduction, said Ortiz was a awesome consequence to nan organization and would apt flee.
“This lawsuit involves a dangerous, deliberate shooting into occupied homes,” lawman territory lawyer Alexander Bott said. “This is nan benignant of behaviour that could easy person resulted successful aggregate homicides.”
When Ortiz was arrested hours aft nan shooting, she was unsocial successful her car pinch nan rifle, much rounds and a wig she intended to usage arsenic a disguise, Bott said.
Public records show Ortiz has been a licensed reside pathologist for much than a decade. McGonigle ruled astatine nan authorities lawyer general’s petition that she should beryllium prevented from practicing successful California.
Neither broadside said to reporters extracurricular nan courthouse.
An email to Dillman seeking remark was not instantly answered.
District lawyer Nathan Hochman said erstwhile Ortiz was charged that Rihanna and Rocky were together successful an Airstream trailer astatine nan clip of nan shooting, while her mother, their children and staffers were successful nan main house.
The 3 counts of firing astatine a dwelling were for Rihanna’s house, her trailer, and a neighbor’s house, prosecutors said. The 10 battle counts were for Rihanna and family, 2 staffers and 2 group successful nan neighboring house.
Hochman would not opportunity wherever immoderate of nan bullets landed, talk a motive aliases picture immoderate relationship betwixt Ortiz and Rihanna, saying each were nether investigation. He besides said his agency was investigating societal media posts from Ortiz from nan days starring up to nan gunfire.
A nine-time Grammy Award winner, Rihanna has 14 No 1 hits connected nan Billboard Hot 100, including We Found Love, Work, Umbrella and Disturbia. She founded nan constitution marque Fenty Beauty successful 2017.
She and A$AP Rocky announced nan commencement of their 3rd kid , a woman named Rocki Irish Mayers, successful September.
