The woman arrested for allegedly firing an AR-15-style rifle at Rihanna's Los Angeles home had posted a string of hostile messages about the singer and rapper Drake on Facebook in the weeks leading up to the attack, according to law enforcement sources and social media records reviewed by multiple outlets.
Ivanna Lisette Ortiz, 35, of Orlando, Florida, was booked on suspicion of attempted murder after police say she opened fire on the singer's Beverly Crest mansion on Sunday, 8 March. Her bail has been set at $10,225,000 (£8.1 million). She remains in custody.
Rihanna was inside the property at the time. The LAPD confirmed that her partner, A$AP Rocky, and their three children were also home. No one was injured.
On 23 February, a Facebook account belonging to Ortizposted a messagedirectly tagging Rihanna's Instagram handle, @badgalriri. The post accused the singer of 'sneaking around' and included a false claim that she had AIDS.
Six days earlier, on 17 February, the same account shared an image of Drake - Rihanna's former partner - with a caption claiming the rapper had learned Rihanna had the disease. The post included the hashtag '#champagnepapi,' Drake's well-known social media moniker, according to theOrlando Sentinel.
Ortiz's fixation on the singer extended further back. In a YouTube video uploaded on 4 January titled 'Praying Woman's Journal, Day 39,' she called Rihanna 'a witch' and accused her of wanting to kill her. 'Listen Rihanna, when you die, God is taking me to my future,' she said in the clip, which ran for over an hour and was framed as a prayer session.
Rihanna was not the only celebrity named in Ortiz's posts. In one video, she addressed Cardi B directly. A December post mentioned Kim Kardashian in derogatory terms. Ortiz also filed an emergency court petition in October 2025 to block a Billie Eilish concert at the Kia Center in Orlando, claiming noise-related harm. The case was dismissed.
The shooting took place at approximately 1.20 p.m. on Sunday. According to LAPD dispatch audio reviewed by theLos Angeles Times, at least 10 shots were fired from a white Tesla parked across the street from the property's front gate on Coldwater Canyon Drive.
Multiple rounds struck the exterior of the home and its front gate. Video from the scene showed bullet holes covered with tape on the gate. An LAPD spokesperson confirmed that an assault rifle and seven shell casings were recovered from Ortiz's vehicle.
AnLAPD helicopter tracked the Teslato the Sherman Oaks Galleria shopping centre, roughly eight miles from Rihanna's home. Ortiz was taken into custody about 30 minutes after the initial 911 call.
Source: International Business Times UK
