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Accused Rihanna shooter’s attempted murder case takes bizarre turn as lawyer requests mental-health check

Nypost · · 593 words · By Jeremy Louwerse
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Accused Rihanna shooter’s attempted murder case takes bizarre turn as lawyer requests mental-health check The woman accused of opening fire on Rihanna’s Beverly Hills mansion with a high-powered rifle was ruled competent to stand trial on attempted murder…

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What happened

Accused Rihanna shooter’s attempted murder case takes bizarre turn as lawyer requests mental-health check The woman accused of opening fire on Rihanna’s Beverly Hills mansion with a high-powered rifle was ruled competent to stand trial on attempted murder…

Why it matters

A lawyer for Ivanna Ortiz, 35, had requested earlier in the day that she undergo an additional mental-health check before a judge made the ruling that the trial could proceed.

Common ground

Ortiz, who pleaded not guilty on March 25 to attempted murder and a slew of other felony charges, was seen Wednesday in shackles and carrying a plastic bag filled with snacks during a hearing at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center.

Perspective signals

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/13/us-news/accused-rihanna-shooter-ivanna-ortizs-atte…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 17 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “a protective order was put in place for both Rihanna and A$AP Rocky.”
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Claim 2: “He said that Ortiz was found with ammunition, a disguise and was caught on camera, adding that she planned the attack and fired 20 rounds toward the home with children present using a “high-powered rifle.“”
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Multiple sources confirm Ortiz used an AR-15-style rifle, fired approximately 20 rounds, and was found with ammunition and a disguise.
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web search NEUTRAL — He said Ortiz was found in a vehicle with a rifle, ammunition and a disguise. Accused shooter of Rihanna's home pleads not guilty.Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 35, pleaded not guilty in the shooting case wher…
https://www.foxla.com/news/rihanna-home-shooting-suspect-arr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Prosecutors allege that Ortiz drove from Orlando, Florida, to California and carried out a premeditated attack on March 8. According to authorities, she arrived at the $13.8 million Beverly Hills prop…
https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/celebrities/2026/03/25/69…
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web search NEUTRAL — Alleged shooter Ivanna Ortiz fired at Rihanna’s home using an AR-15-style weapon similar to this one. The Washington Post via Getty Images. The billionaire musician lives in her $14 million mansion wi…
https://nypost.com/2026/03/09/us-news/woman-accused-of-shoot…
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Claim 3: “Her bond was previously set at $10.2 million before being reduced to $1.875 million”
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Claim 4: “Investigators later recovered an assault-style rifle from a vehicle linked to the suspect”
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Claim 5: “The woman accused of opening fire on Rihanna’s Beverly Hills mansion with a high-powered rifle was ruled competent to stand trial on attempted murder charges during a bizarre court appearance in Los Angeles Wednesday.”
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While multiple sources confirm Ivanna Ortiz was charged with attempted murder and appeared in court, the specific detail that she was 'ruled competent to stand trial' during a 'bizarre court appearance' is not explicitly corroborated across the provided search results. The results focus on her pleading not guilty.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Argentina women's national field hockey squad records are the results for women's international field hockey competitions. The sport is controlled by the Argentine Hockey Confederation, the govern…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_women's_national_fie…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cro is an American animated television series produced by the Children's Television Workshop (now known as Sesame Workshop) and Film Roman. It was partially funded by the National Science Foundation. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cro_(TV_series)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — L.A. Comic Con is a three-day multi-genre convention held annually in downtown Los Angeles, California. L.A. Comic Con is one of the largest independent conventions in the United States and encompasse…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Comic_Con
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Claim 6: “Ortiz, who pleaded not guilty on March 25 to attempted murder and a slew of other felony charges”
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Multiple sources confirm Ivanna Ortiz pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and other felony charges (14 counts total). While the specific date 'March 25' isn't explicitly in every snippet, the plea and the charges are widely reported.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Con esa misma mirada is a Mexican television series produced by Argos Televisión for TelevisaUnivision. It is based on the 1993 Colombian telenovela Señora Isabel, created by Bernardo Romero Pereiro. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_esa_misma_mirada
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — High Fidelity is an American romantic comedy television series developed by Veronica West and Sarah Kucserka for Hulu. Based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Nick Hornby and its 2000 film adaptat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Fidelity_(TV_series)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of American films released in 2025. Following the box office section, this list is organized chronologically, providing information on release dates, production companies, directors, an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_films_of_2025
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Claim 7: “Ortiz’s public defender had requested “an additional inquiry of competence””
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The evidence confirms she has a public defender (Derek Dillman), but the specific request for an 'additional inquiry of competence' is not explicitly corroborated in the provided snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ivanna Ortiz Arrested Over Florida Domestic Battery. The report states that Doe and Ortiz had arranged via text message for him to drop their child off at her residence. The exchange deteriorated when…
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/6-photos-ivanna-ortiz-rihanna-shoo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ivanna Ortiz: What We Know About The Woman Accused Of Shooting At Rihanna’s Beverly Hills Home. Published. 4 days ago.
https://www.joburgetc.com/news/ivanna-ortiz-rihanna-beverly-…
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web search NEUTRAL — During the brief arraignment, Ortiz - wearing Los Angeles County Jail attire - remained expressionless as proceedings unfolded behind a glass partition. Her attorney, public defender Derek Dillman, re…
https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/celebrities/2026/03/25/69…
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Claim 8: “She claimed the pop megastar was “stealing” from her, was “jealous” of her and was a “witch” with a “devil’s face” in a series of clips on her YouTube channel.”
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Claim 9: “The couple’s three young kids, Rihanna’s mother and two staffers were inside the main house at the time”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific location of the children, mother, and staffers during the attack.
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Claim 10: “Ortiz, who allegedly drove from Florida in her white Tesla to carry out the attack”
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Claim 11: “Judge Shannon K. Cooley... ultimately ruled there was “not substantial evidence of incompetency.””
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The search results for 'Judge Shannon K. Cooley' returned irrelevant results regarding FCC data and general judicial titles, providing no evidence of a ruling on Ivanna Ortiz's competency.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Various sanctions against Russia and its affiliates have been imposed by major economic and political powers in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including the United States, the member sta…
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web search NEUTRAL — The court also concluded that there were enough differences between the original data breach rules and the 2024 data breach rules that the two sets of rules were not substantially the same. The immedi…
https://www.cooley.com/news/insight/2025/2025-08-20-court-of…
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web search NEUTRAL — Judges who sit in the Court of Appeal (Lords Justices of Appeal) are Privy Councillors. They are known officially as Lord Justices. They should be addressed as followsInsolvency and Companies Court Ju…
https://www.judiciary.uk/guidance-and-resources/what-do-i-ca…
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Claim 12: “A lawyer for Ivanna Ortiz, 35, had requested earlier in the day that she undergo an additional mental-health check”
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Multiple independent sources confirm Ivanna Ortiz is 35 years old. However, the specific request for an additional mental-health check is not explicitly detailed in the snippets, though her legal proceedings are mentioned.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Argentina women's national field hockey squad records are the results for women's international field hockey competitions. The sport is controlled by the Argentine Hockey Confederation, the govern…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_women's_national_fie…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iván Rodríguez Torres (born November 27, 1971), nicknamed "Pudge" and "I-Rod", is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball catcher who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iván_Rodríguez
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Miss Tourism World is an annual international beauty pageant with two distinct organizations, one established in Great Britain in 1991 and another founded in China in 2009. The current titleholder of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Tourism_World
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Claim 13: “Ortiz’s charges include attempted murder with special allegations, 10 counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm with special allegations, and three counts of shooting into an inhabited dwelling/vehicle.”
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Claim 14: “Bullets also struck a neighbor’s home, where two people were inside.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding bullets striking a neighbor's home.
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Claim 15: “Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman revealed that both Rihanna and her husband A$AP Rocky were inside an Airstream trailer on the property at the time that was struck by the gunfire.”
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Multiple sources confirm that Rihanna and A$AP Rocky were inside a trailer that was struck by gunfire and that DA Nathan Hochman discussed this.
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web search NEUTRAL — Gunfire hits trailer with Rihanna, A$AP Rocky inside. During a press conference following Ortiz’s arraignment, Hochman described how close the couple came to potential harm.
https://news.meaww.com/rihanna-and-a-ap-rocky-narrowly-escap…
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web search NEUTRAL — The singers discussed their stalkers and their experience inside a trailer struck by gunfire, according to a police report. A woman has been charged with attempted murder.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/arts/music/rihanna-asap-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, and their three children, fled to find safety.MEGA. The rapper told police he awoke to Rihanna telling him, "They shooting at us." The couple then scrambled to safety, running int…
https://www.aol.com/articles/theyre-shooting-us-rihanna-deta…
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Claim 16: “prosecutor Alexander Bott slammed her for the March 8 attack”
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Multiple sources confirm the attack occurred on March 8.
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Instructure, the US education technology company behind the Canvas learning platform, has confirmed a major data breach affecting its cloud-hosted environment. Ex…
https://research.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/T…
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web search NEUTRAL — The 2025 State of Attack Path Management report is SpecterOps’s inaugural attempt to highlight one of the biggest growing problems that we see facing the security community: Identity Security.
https://specterops.io/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/07/Sta…
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web search NEUTRAL — As AI accelerates discovery, exploitation and lateral movement, the attack surface continues to expand, making cyberwarfare harder to detect, harder to contain and harder to recover from. Against this…
https://media.armis.com/rp-state-of-cyberwarfare-2026-en.pdf
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Claim 17: “Ortiz was arrested near a shopping mall in nearby Sherman Oaks shortly after the midday shooting.”
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