Woman accused of shooting at Rihanna’s house deemed mentally fit to stand trial

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The woman charged with shooting at Rihanna’s home has been deemed mentally fit to stand trial. Florida-based Ivanna Lisette Ortiz is accused of firing a semiautomatic rifle at the singer’s Los Angeles mansion at 13:15 local time on March 8, when she and her partner A$AP Rocky were at home. Nobody was injured. She recently pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and police said at the time, Ortiz had also been charged with 10 counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and three counts of shooting at an inhabited vehicle or dwelling. Yesterday (September 29), she was deemed mentally competent by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maria Cavalluzzi, after a competency evaluation delayed the case for more than four months, reports the Los Angeles Times. Case documents with Ortiz’s psychiatric evaluations were also reportedly marked as confidential and sealed. The three shooting charges all related to Rihanna’s house, her trailer, which she was inside at the time, and her neighbour’s property. The assault charges cover Rihanna, her family, two members of staff, and two people in the neighbouring house. A criminal complaint previously listed Robyn Fenty (Rihanna) and Rakim May...

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