The girl accused of opening fireplace on Rihanna’s Beverly Hills mansion with a high-powered rifle was dominated competent to face trial on tried homicide prices throughout a weird court docket look in Los Angeles Wednesday.
A lawyer for Ivanna Ortiz, 35, had requested earlier within the day that she endure an extra mental-health test earlier than a decide made the ruling that the trial may proceed.
Ortiz, who pleaded not responsible on March 25 to tried homicide and a slew of different felony prices, was seen Wednesday in shackles and carrying a plastic bag stuffed with snacks throughout a listening to at Clara Shortridge Foltz Felony Justice Middle.
Ortiz’s public defender had requested “an extra inquiry of competence” for his consumer, who sported dyed-blonde hair and an orange jumpsuit in the course of the look.
The request got here after Ortiz entered a grievance about her lawyer earlier than Decide Shannon Okay. Cooley, who in the end dominated there was “not substantial proof of incompetency.”
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When requested by the decide if she agreed to a preliminary listening to on the costs to start July 7, Ortiz replied, “No, I’m not waiving my time.”
Cooley then ordered all events to return to the courtroom at 2 p.m. to resolve on the beginning date.
At Ortiz’s look in March, prosecutor Alexander Bott slammed her for the March 8 assault, saying the taking pictures “may have prompted a number of homicides” and was “calculated and deliberate.”
Los Angeles County District Lawyer Nathan Hochman revealed that each Rihanna and her husband A$AP Rocky had been inside an Airstream trailer on the property on the time that was struck by the gunfire.
He mentioned that Ortiz was discovered with ammunition, a disguise and was caught on digicam, including that she deliberate the assault and fired 20 rounds towards the house with youngsters current utilizing a “high-powered rifle.“
The couple’s three younger youngsters, Rihanna’s mom and two staffers had been inside the principle home on the time, in response to Hochman. Bullets additionally struck a neighbor’s dwelling, the place two folks had been inside.
The taking pictures rattled the usually quiet celeb enclave, an unique neighborhood full of multimillion-dollar estates and tight non-public safety. Rihanna and her household fled the mansion and acquired on a non-public jet leaving LA within the aftermath.
Ortiz, who allegedly drove from Florida in her white Tesla to hold out the assault, posted a string of unhinged movies that appeared to supply a weird motive for the taking pictures.
She claimed the pop megastar was “stealing” from her, was “jealous” of her and was a “witch” with a “satan’s face” in a collection of clips on her YouTube channel.
Her rambling social media posts depicted an obsessed stalker who held a vicious grudge in opposition to the singer for a raft of unusual causes.
In a single she says: “Received Rihanna over there all jealous … as a result of how am I … how am I … as a result of her face is the satan. Rihanna’s face is the satan.
Ortiz was arrested close to a shopping center in close by Sherman Oaks shortly after the noon taking pictures. Investigators later recovered an assault-style rifle from a automobile linked to the suspect, officers mentioned.
Ortiz’s prices embody tried homicide with particular allegations, 10 counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm with particular allegations, and three counts of taking pictures into an inhabited dwelling/automobile.
Her bond was beforehand set at $10.2 million earlier than being lowered to $1.875 million, and a protecting order was put in place for each Rihanna and A$AP Rocky.
Ortiz may face life in jail for her crimes, Hochman mentioned.
