Rihanna Shooting Suspect Must Attend Mental Health Hearing

Ivanna Ortiz, the woman accused of shooting at Rihanna’s Beverly Hills home, is heading to mental health court.

Her L.A. Courts case record now indicates she must attend a Competency Hearing on June 2 at 8:30 a.m.

The record cites Penal Code 1368, which is brought into play when "a doubt arises in the mind of the judge as to the mental competence of the defendant."

It also means "the court shall recess the proceedings for as long as may be reasonably necessary to permit counsel to confer with the defendant and to form an opinion as to the mental competence of the defendant at that point in time.”

Page Six reports Ortiz’s lawyer “expressed doubt” about her competence on Tuesday during a hearing.

The paper adds that Judge Shannon K. Cooley, who is overseeing the case, was presented with information that caused her to move Ortiz’s proceedings to mental health court.

Last week, Ortiz requested a new attorney to represent her after her lawyer raised concerns about her mental capacity.

Despite her request, her lawyer asked for a welfare check, especially "an additional inquiry of competence” for his client, who appeared in shackles while sporting an orange jumpsuit. 

The judge ruled that there was "not substantial evidence of incompetency” to delay the trial. 

When the judge asked Ortiz if she agreed to preliminary hearing for July 7, she responded, "No, I’m not waiving my time.”

In March, Ortiz pleaded not guilty after she was charged with one count of attempted murder, 10 counts of assault with a semiautomatic, and three counts of shooting an inhabited dwelling or camper.

Earlier that month, the D.A.’s office released a press release on the shooting.

The D.A.’s office stated, "On March 8, at about 1:20 p.m., Ortiz is accused of driving up to the front of a home belonging to Rihanna... and firing a semiautomatic weapon multiple times at the house. There were people on the musician’s property as well as an adjacent house, but no one was struck by gunfire."

Additional court docs, obtained by The New York Times, revealed more details about what went down.

According to the docs, Rihanna pushed her boyfriend A$AP Rocky to the ground of an Airstream trailer when she realized that a shooting was happening outside.

After pulling the curtains and seeing the bullet-riddled windows, she told A$AP, “They shooting at us.”

The police also interviewed Rihanna’s chef, who saw Ortiz’s face when she was parked outside the singer’s home. She noted that Ortiz appeared to be smirking “as if she was about to do something naughty”