Influencer charged in sugar daddy rip-offs is denied diversion; judge questions her truthfulness

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Set us as preferred A Los Angeles Superior Court judge denied a request for a Los Angeles influencer charged with stealing luxury items from wealthy older men she met on dating apps to be diverted into mental health treatment.Adva Lavie’s attorneys sought a diversion program, arguing she was a victim of physical and sexual abuse, had been sex trafficked and had extensive post-traumatic stress disorder, as the 29-year-old faces a slew of felony charges for an alleged dating app burglary scheme involving wealthy men and a young woman.After reviewing extensive mental health examinations of Lavie by defense experts, Judge Diego H.

Edber questioned her truthfulness.The judge said the reports state “each of these men provided a large amount of drugs and alcohol.

This is just not true.” The judge said the defense psychologist and doctor relied on Lavie’s accounts, but there was little documentation to support her mental health claims and back her allegations of abuse and violence.Edber said the court found her mental state played no role in the alleged crimes and denied her bail, noting she discussed on a jail call fleeing to her native Israel.

California The real estate developer who ran for governor before stepping down in November was arrested in Los Angeles County on Tuesday, records show.The judge’s ruling comes as authorities charged her onetime lover, billionaire Stephen Cloobeck, with tampering with a witness in the case.Lavie bragged on a jailhouse call to her ex-husband that if she got out, she would make sure her recent fiancé, Cloobeck, was “addicted to her p—.”Lavie — who authorities say also goes by the names Mia Ventura, Shoshana and Shana — was arrested earlier this year and is accused of luring wealthy older men and younger women into dates before robbing, stealing from and extorting t...