Rihanna is probably going nonetheless shaken following the terrifying incident earlier this month when a lady fired a number of rounds into her residence.
The suspect, who continues to stay in custody, formally entered her plea within the case throughout a current courtroom look.
Ivanna Ortiz Formally Enters Not Responsible Plea In Rihanna’s Residence Taking pictures
In line with PEOPLE, on Wednesday, March 25, throughout an look at Los Angeles Superior Courtroom, Ivanna Ortiz pled not responsible to a bunch of prices related to her allegedly taking pictures at Rihanna’s residence on March 8 whereas the famous person and her three kids have been inside.
Among the many prices in opposition to her, essentially the most severe is tried homicide, as Ortiz is accused of brandishing an AR-15 rifle and firing off 10 rounds at Rihanna’s residence.
Along with tried homicide, Ortiz is dealing with 13 different felony counts, together with 10 of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and three of taking pictures at an inhabited dwelling or camper.
After initially being held on $10 million bail, that quantity was lowered to the present sum of $1.875 million. If convicted, Ortiz may obtain a sentence of life in jail.
Ortiz Advised Estranged Husband To ‘Resign’ Rihanna Weeks Earlier than Taking pictures
Per TMZ, in courtroom paperwork in Ortiz’s case, her estranged husband, Jed Valdez Sangalang, shared an e-mail he acquired from Ortiz on January 26, through which she instructed him to “surrender” the Fenty Magnificence founder.
“I would like you to surrender Rihanna and confess that I’m higher than her,” Ortiz’s e-mail learn. “Let it’s performed. You gotta let me know in order that door will be closed.”
Following the information of the taking pictures and Ortiz’s arrest, Sangalang has now requested the courtroom for full custody of the previous couple’s youngster and in addition the designated rights for sole decision-making.
The Suspect Has A Prolonged And Weird On-line Historical past Of Attacking Rihanna
In line with the New York Post, Ortiz’s social media posts concentrating on Rihanna have been uncovered after she fired a number of photographs on the singer’s residence, together with the latest publish on February 23.
“@badgalriri — Are you there? Trigger I used to be ready in your AIDS 5-head self to say one thing to me instantly as an alternative of sneaking round such as you’re speaking to me the place I’m not at,” Ortiz wrote on Fb.
A publish on February 17 from Ortiz additionally talked about the false claims of Rihanna having AIDS and included Drake within the rant.
Moreover, on January 5 through her YouTube channel, Ortiz held a Praying Lady’s Journal and used it to rebuke Rihanna’s affect. Within the video, Ortiz repeatedly described Rihanna as “corny” and “silly,” implying that there was religious warfare and that folks wanted to keep away from the singer’s adverse affect.
Ortiz additionally bizarrely accused Rihanna of making an attempt to kill her.
“Pay attention, Rihanna, while you die, God is taking me to my future,” she mentioned. “You need to kill me? Shut the f-ck up. Okay, shut the f-ck up. Yeah, she’s a witch. She’s a witch. I’m a watchman. She’s a witch.”
Ivanna Ortiz Has Documented Historical past Of Psychological Sickness
Hal Roen, the lawyer of Ortiz’s estranged husband, shared that she was beforehand positioned on an involuntary psychiatric maintain, in line with TMZ. Roen additionally revealed that Ortiz was “Baker Acted” in Florida, which means she was held in opposition to her will underneath state legislation.
Roen instructed the outlet that Ortiz is “articulate” and “very plausible” regardless of her psychological well being points. “When you sit down together with her, she’s very convincing. However she does weird issues,” he mentioned.
A Florida decide additionally cited Ortiz’s psychological state in April 2024 throughout a custody battle with ex Sangalang. The courtroom paperwork obtained by the outlet acknowledged that the authorized umpire awarded Sangalang full bodily custody of his youngster with Ortiz.
Regardless of her makes an attempt in courtroom to disclaim the allegations, the decide highlighted the “regarding testimony” about Ortiz’s psychological well being and stripped her of all contact together with her youngster.
Ortiz was barred from having any in-person, telephone, video, textual content, e-mail, or third-party communication together with her youngster till additional order from the courtroom.
She was additionally beforehand arrested for home violence, leading to probation.
Rihanna Left Her Los Angeles Residence After The Taking pictures And Has Not Returned
A day after the taking pictures at her residence, Rihanna was photographed touring in a line of black SUVs to the personal aviation terminal at Van Nuys Airport on Monday, March 10, in line with Daily Mail.
The Fenty Magnificence founder and Grammy winner was then mentioned to board a small twin-engine jet to fly out of Los Angeles.
