She Built a Glamorous Public Image, Then a Jury Was Asked to Tear It Apart
She arrived at events in a black Porsche SUV. She posed for Playboy and Penthouse. She traveled to Ibiza, France, and Las Vegas, always surrounded by wealthy men and the trappings of a luxury lifestyle that looked, from the outside, entirely legitimate.
Behind that image, however, prosecutors allege an entirely different story, one of calculated deception, stolen credit cards, ransacked homes, and a pattern of alleged theft that stretched from Beverly Hills to Europe and spanned at least two years.
On March 24, 2026, 28-year-old Adva Lavie, known publicly as Mia Ventura, was held to answer on six felony charges in a Los Angeles courtroom. Her trial is now set to begin. Furthermore, the case has become one of the most closely watched criminal proceedings involving a social media influencer and adult content creator in recent memory.
This is the full story from her background in Israel to the moment a jury will decide her fate.
Who Is Adva Lavie — and Who Is Mia Ventura?
Online Fans
Adva Lavie is a 28-year-old Israeli-born model and social media influencer who built her public profile under the name Mia Ventura. Additionally, she has used the aliases Shoshana and Shana across various platforms and personal interactions. She claims to be the first-ever top Israeli OnlyFans model, a title she promoted actively across her social channels.
Her background, according to reporting from multiple outlets, includes completing military service with the Israel Defense Forces, something she reportedly referenced frequently at public events and podcast appearances to establish credibility and an exotic backstory. After her military service, she worked as a flight attendant for an Israeli airline. However, the COVID-19 pandemic ended that career when she was reportedly let go during airline industry cutbacks.
Spotlight Moments
Following that transition, Lavie documented her travels extensively on social media, building a following across Instagram and TikTok with a carefully curated image of luxury travel, high-end fashion, and an aspirational lifestyle. That following eventually translated into modeling work, appearances in both Playboy and Penthouse magazines, and a growing OnlyFans presence under the Mia Ventura persona.
By the time she became a fixture at charity events and nightclub openings across Los Angeles and Las Vegas, her public image was polished, credible, and entirely convincing. Consequently, when people met her at events, they saw a successful model and influencer, not a suspect in an ongoing burglary investigation.
The Alleged Scheme: Dating Apps, Designer Theft, and Targeted Victims
According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, the alleged crimes began in 2023 and continued through 2025. During that period, prosecutors allege that Lavie used dating apps to cultivate relationships with wealthy older men and younger women in Westlake Village, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, and Beverly Hills.
The alleged method was consistent across victims. Lavie would establish herself as a romantic companion or travel partner, build trust over time, and then use the access that trust provided to enter victims’ homes and steal cash, gold, and high-end designer items.
“She is accused of posing as a girlfriend and travel companion to gain access to victims’ homes and then stealing cash, gold, and high-end designer items,” the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office stated.
The scheme was not limited to homes. Lavie was also accused of stealing from businesses, including a Los Angeles skincare spa and a clothing boutique. Moreover, the alleged conduct extended far beyond Southern California, police reports against Lavie have been filed in Nevada, Florida, France, and Italy, according to ABC7.
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The Ibiza Trip and What Was Really Happening
One of the most detailed firsthand accounts of Lavie’s alleged behavior came from lingerie model Amber Karis Bassick, who spoke to the Los Angeles Times in January 2026. Bassick said Lavie invited her on a sun-filled trip to Ibiza, framing it as a content creation getaway between friends.
The reality, according to Bassick, was something different entirely. Rather than a casual trip, Lavie allegedly used Bassick as a vehicle to attract wealthy older men staying out late to find targets who would pay for meals and transportation. When those men were not paying attention, Lavie allegedly photographed their credit cards.
“I thought this trip was a girl’s trip to make content, but for Lavie, the whole trip was just to use me to attract her next victims,” Bassick told the Times. “All she wanted to do was hunt for rich older men.”
Additionally, adult film actor Codey Steele alleged that Lavie stole designer items from him and several other people during a work event in France. According to Steele, after police intervention, she was reportedly forced to return the stolen goods, though the incident did not result in immediate criminal charges at that time.
The Podcast Incident That Went Public
One of the most publicly documented alleged incidents involved Michael Sartain, host of the Access Vegas podcast. During a special election night recording of his show, Lavie was a guest panelist. According to Sartain, she left the set midway through the recording and was gone for approximately 45 minutes.
“She got up at the 45-minute mark, and she was gone for 45 minutes and just went through everyone’s bag,” Sartain told KTLA.
Guests later discovered that credit cards and cash had been taken from purses left in the studio’s greenroom. One of those guests, Eden Lynn, subsequently found that someone had attempted to charge her American Express card at a Beverly Hills salon, under an appointment booked using the name Mia Ventura.
Furthermore, Sartain told KTLA that Lavie had a known pattern of threatening alleged victims to discourage them from contacting police, specifically threatening to file false sexual assault complaints or claim that men had offered her money for sex if they came forward.
October 2025: The Sheriff’s Department Goes Public
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officially identified Lavie as a suspect in October 2025, releasing a public bulletin with her photo, physical description, and the vehicles authorities linked to her — a white Mercedes-Benz coupe and a black Porsche SUV.
At that point, investigators believed she had victimized at least 10 men in Malibu and Los Angeles County. However, after the bulletin went public, the number of alleged victims grew significantly as people recognized Lavie from media coverage and came forward with their own accounts. Ultimately, more than 10 additional potential victims contacted investigators, and police reports were filed across multiple states and countries.
Jail records from that period showed that Lavie had previously been arrested on a felony charge in May 2025 and bailed out, though it remained unclear at the time whether that charge was connected to the burglary investigation.
Notably, even after the Sheriff’s Department named her publicly as a suspect, Lavie continued to attend red carpet events in Los Angeles. In January 2025, she appeared at a Teatro Live event at the Avalon in Hollywood and posed for photographs, apparently unconcerned with the growing public attention on the allegations against her.
November 2025: Formal Charges Filed
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed formal charges against Lavie on November 4, 2025. Two days later, on November 6, she turned herself in to authorities. She subsequently pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The charges filed against her included two counts of unauthorized use of personal identifying information, two counts of grand theft, one count of first-degree residential burglary with a person present, and one count of first-degree residential burglary, six felony counts in total.
March 2026: Held to Answer — Trial Set
On March 23, 2026, a judge held Lavie to answer on all six felony charges, meaning the court found sufficient evidence for the case to proceed to trial. Her arraignment is scheduled for April 6 at the Van Nuys Courthouse. Meanwhile, she remains out of custody on an ankle monitor and has been ordered to stay away from the named victims.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman issued a direct statement following the ruling.
“This ruling means the evidence in this case will now be presented before a jury,” Hochman said. “At her trial, we will prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this defendant exploited trust built through online relationships to gain access to victims’ homes and steal from them. Her ability to deceptively influence others, whether in person or online, has now come to an end.”
Additionally, former prosecutor RJ Dreiling noted to ABC7 that even though the alleged incidents in Nevada, Florida, France, and Italy fall outside LA County’s jurisdiction, prosecutors can still call witnesses from those incidents to establish a broader pattern of conduct at trial.
If convicted on all six counts, Lavie faces up to 11 years and eight months in state prison.
Lavie’s Response to the Allegations
When contacted by reporters from the Daily Mail following the October 2025 bulletin, Lavie denied the allegations, framing them as a conspiracy by powerful people she had crossed.
“When you hang out with someone really powerful and someone really connected, if you piss them off, it’s problematic,” she reportedly told the outlet, before abruptly ending the call.
She has not made any further public statements regarding the charges as of publication.
What Comes Next
The trial date has not yet been formally set following the April 6 arraignment. However, given the number of alleged victims, the geographic scope of the alleged conduct, and the significant public interest in the case, it is expected to generate considerable media coverage when it proceeds.
Authorities have additionally indicated that they continue to welcome contact from anyone who believes they may have been victimized by Lavie and has not yet spoken to investigators. Anyone with information can contact Detective Lopez at the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station at 818-878-1808.
Conclusion: A Carefully Built Image, Now on Trial
For years, Adva Lavie operated at the intersection of glamour and access, leveraging a legitimate modeling career, a strong social media presence, and a talent for moving through high-end social circles to build a public persona that was difficult to question.
Prosecutors now allege that persona was also a mechanism. The jet-setting lifestyle, the red carpet appearances, the dating app relationships, all of it, according to the District Attorney’s Office, was infrastructure for a two-year pattern of theft that touched victims across three continents.
She has pleaded not guilty. A jury will ultimately decide. However, with more than 10 alleged victims, police reports filed across multiple countries, and a District Attorney publicly committed to proving the case beyond a reasonable doubt, the trial that follows her April arraignment will be one of the most closely watched in Los Angeles this year.
This article will be updated as new developments emerge. All charges are allegations. Adva Lavie has pleaded not guilty and is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Sources: KTLA, ABC7, Los Angeles Times, Fox News, Men’s Journal, Complex, Law & Crime, YNet News
