Influencer Ava Lavie now faces a Riverside County grand theft charge tied to an alleged April 12, 2025 taking in Indio. The new filing adds another felony case to the Los Angeles County matter already pending against the 29-year-old, who was arrested earlier this week in Beverly Hills and booked into the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood.
Lavie, better known online as Mia Ventura, was charged in Riverside County Superior Court after investigators linked her to a case that began at an Airbnb in the 43000 block of Spiaggia Place in Indio. The Riverside County allegation sits beside the separate Los Angeles County burglary and theft counts filed in March, and the overlap is what makes this more than a routine add-on charge.
Indio Theft Allegation
The Indio complaint centers on items worth $10,400 in total: an $8,600 Rolex, $700 Louis Vuitton Aviator glasses and an $1,800 Louis Vuitton cardholder wallet. Police said Lavie was staying with a man who invited her to see shows at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival during its first weekend in April, then later accused her of taking the valuables.
The arrest warrant declaration says she allegedly took the property after accessing the man's 2025 Tesla Cybertruck during a dispute over a Coachella Fest wristband for entry to the Indio Fairgrounds. Investigators said video surveillance in the attached garage captured the alleged offense. For readers following the case, that kind of recording gives prosecutors a cleaner evidentiary path than a statement-only file.
Los Angeles County Charges
In March, the District Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles County charged Lavie with multiple felony burglary and theft counts. Prosecutors alleged she used dating apps and cultivated relationships from 2023 to 2025 to victimize wealthy older men and younger women in Westlake Village, West Hollywood, Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, posing as a girlfriend and travel companion to gain access to homes.
That broader theory is what turns the Riverside County filing into a second front. If prosecutors can keep the cases aligned, the pattern evidence from one county may strengthen the other; if they cannot, Lavie faces a more fragmented defense and two separate court tracks. She had been free until this week but wearing an ankle-monitoring device before the Beverly Hills arrest.
Prosecutors' Split Call
IPD Sgt. Abe Plata said Lavie was suspected in a separate residential theft involving $25,000 worth of property, but prosecutors declined to pursue that matter for lack of sufficient evidence. That is the most important wrinkle in the file: the allegations are broad, yet not every suspected taking has been charged, which shows how selective a theft case can become once it reaches court.
The new Riverside County charge keeps Lavie exposed in more than one county while her pending hearings continue in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The practical next step is whether the Riverside County and Los Angeles County cases get consolidated; if they do, the defense will likely push to narrow the narrative, and if they do not, the overlap could keep both courts dealing with the same alleged pattern for months.
