LOS ANGELES — A Florida woman accused of driving across the country to fire a rifle at Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s home, hitting a trailer the celebrity couple was inside and a nursery where their kids were, has been indicted by a grand jury on 14 felony counts including attempted murder.The indictment against 36-year-old Ivanna Lisette Ortiz of Orlando was unsealed Wednesday by a judge.Ortiz, appearing in court wearing yellow jail clothes, spoke only to her attorney, who entered a not guilty plea for her.The judge then ordered her held on $2.6 million bail.The move came a day after another judge ruled that Ortiz is mentally competent to stand trial.
The secret grand jury proceedings were held as the woman was undergoing months of psychiatric evaluation, and the case that appeared stalled — possibly permanently — is now on a fast-track to trial.“This is a person who wanted to kill Rihanna,” Deputy District Attorney Alexander Bott said outside court.“Everyone else was collateral damage.”Ortiz was previously charged in March with Rihanna’s attempted murder and more than a dozen other felony charges, and she pleaded not guilty.
No one was injured, but bullets tore through an Airstream trailer that the singing superstar and A$AP Rocky were in at the time.Shots also struck the wall of their nursery where their three small children were with their nanny.The grand jury indictment supersedes the original charges.
And the secret proceedings allow prosecutors to skip California’s preliminary hearing process, where evidence must be presented publicly to see if a trial is merited.The indictment also charges Ortiz with 10 counts of assault with an assault weapon and three counts of shooting at an inhabited dwelling or camper.She could get life in prison if convicted of all counts.For SubscribersFOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump’s new America.gov AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years agoFOR SUBSCRIBERSAt MAHA summit, industry CEOs the movement...