Woman pleads not guilty to attempted murder of singer Rihanna
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Rihanna, her partner A$AP Rocky and their three young children were inside a trailer outside her Los Angeles home when 20 or so shots were fired at it, allegedly by Florida woman Ivana Lisette Ortiz, who has pleaded not guilty.
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- Ivana Lisette Ortiz pleaded not guilty to attempting to murder Rihanna at her Los Angeles mansion, firing approximately 20 shots.
- Ortiz faces life in prison because of the charges: attempted murder, assault with a semi-automatic firearm and shooting at a dwelling.
- Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, and their children were home when the incident occurred; Ortiz was arrested with a rifle and wig.
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LOS ANGELES - A Florida woman pleaded not guilty on March 25 to the attempted murder of singer Rihanna, after authorities said she fired shots from a semi-automatic weapon at the Grammy-winning musician’s Los Angeles mansion this month.
The woman, Ivana Lisette Ortiz, entered her plea in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Ortiz, from Orlando, Florida, was charged with one count of attempted murder, 10 felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm and three felony counts of shooting at an inhabited dwelling.
Her bail was set at US$1.875 million (S$2.4 million).
Ortiz, 35, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted.
Prosecutors accused Ortiz of driving up to the front of Rihanna’s home in the Beverly Crest neighbourhood on a Sunday afternoon and firing approximately 20 gunshots.
Rihanna, her partner A$AP Rocky and their three young children were inside a trailer on the property at the time, according to prosecutors. No one was struck by gunfire.
“This is the kind of conduct that easily could have resulted in numerous homicides,” Deputy District Attorney Alexander Bott told the court.
Ortiz fled the scene but was arrested a short time later in Los Angeles.
Mr Bott said she was found in a car with a rifle and a wig for a disguise.
Rihanna, singer of We Found Love and Umbrella, has won nine Grammy Awards. REUTERS
Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Alexander Bott speaking in court on March 25.
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