Overview
- Adva Lavie pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles courtroom, and the judge kept her on electronic monitoring, barred her from leaving California, and retained her passport as evidence.
- The court set a May 18 trial date on six felony counts that prosecutors tie to an alleged dating‑app scheme targeting wealthy people in Los Angeles County, including Beverly Hills and West Hollywood.
- Court testimony said she sought an appointment at the Israeli Consulate in early March to obtain a passport after detectives had seized her existing travel document.
- News reports say she traveled to Las Vegas in February for a public proposal by fiancé Stephen Cloobeck, a trip now under scrutiny as prosecutors argue concerns about her compliance.
- The travel ban now threatens the couple’s June 18 ceremony planned near Jerusalem’s Western Wall, and her defense team has added attorney Jeremy Lessim with fees reportedly covered by Cloobeck.