The Los Angeles County prosecutor says pop singer Rihanna, rapper A$AP Rocky, and their 3 kids were at home when a woman opened fire at their house over the weekend.
Ivanna Ortiz, 35, targeted Rihanna’s home and shot multiple rounds from an assault-style weapon on Saturday afternoon.
Ortiz is charged with attempted murder and other felony counts. She is being held in jail on $10.2 million bail.
Ortiz drove from her home in Orlando, Florida to confront Rihanna in Beverly Glen, California, for “harassing” her online and through photos at Ulta beauty supply.
Livestream videos on social media in the weeks leading up to the shooting show Ortiz suffering from paranoid delusions, hallucinations and disorganized thinking. She made death threats against Rihanna in one video in which she seemed to be hearing voices.
Rihanna and her family fled Los Angeles on a private jet on Monday. According to friends, the singer has no plans to return to the mansion in Beverly Glen.
Celebrities are at risk because obsessed fans can easily find their home addresses on the Internet.
Social media has weaponized mental illness to the extent that special guidelines have been adopted by social media companies.
Social media’s impact on mental illness has been well documented for years. AI has had a more serious effect on mental health issues.
According to a study published in Psychology Today, the prevalence of anxiety among 18-to-25-year-olds more than doubled from 2008 to 2018.
Social media usage among 18-to-25 year-olds was 65% in 2008. Now social media usage is around 99%.
Internet addiction can have a major disruptive influence on a person’s life. When young people aren’t using social media, they suffer from withdrawal effects.
Some children committed suicide after communicating with AI. A man in his 30s took his own life after AI instructed him to find a mass weapon of destruction.
Psychology Today notes that social media addiction is not a current diagnosis in the DSM-5 (manual of mental disorders).
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized to families whose loved ones were harmed by Meta’s social media platforms.
Zuckerberg who owns Instagram and Facebook, testified during a Senate hearing in Washington, DC last month.
Zuckerberg turned to families at the Senate hearing and said “no-one should go through” what they have.
