Who Is Adva Lavie? Stephen Cloobeck Ketamine Drugging Allegation And Arrest

Adva Lavie is a 29-year-old Los Angeles model, social-media personality and former Penthouse model who is also known professionally as Mia Ventura. She is facing multiple felony charges stemming from allegations that she used dating and “sugar daddy” websites to build relationships with wealthy people before stealing money, gold and luxury goods from them.

In September 2026, the case expanded dramatically when a police search-warrant affidavit revealed that Beverly Hills detectives had also been investigating whether Lavie drugged her former fiancé, billionaire businessman Stephen Cloobeck, with ketamine.

Lavie has not been charged in connection with the ketamine allegation. She has pleaded not guilty to the criminal charges she does face, and the drugging accusation remains the subject of a police investigation rather than a proven fact.

Police Are Investigating Whether Adva Lavie Drugged Stephen Cloobeck

A police search warrant made public in September 2026 revealed that Beverly Hills detectives were investigating whether Lavie drugged Stephen Cloobeck with ketamine while the two were romantically involved. The allegation appeared in an August search-warrant affidavit prepared by Los Angeles Police Department Detective Andrea Marsh. [Los Angeles Times] [ABC7]

Marsh wrote that Beverly Hills Police Detective Steve Own was familiar with Lavie because he had been investigating whether she was drugging Cloobeck with ketamine. [Los Angeles Times]

Stephen Cloobeck Filed A Police Report

Cloobeck filed a report with the Beverly Hills Police Department concerning the alleged drugging, according to a source familiar with the case cited by the Los Angeles Times. The contents of that report have not been publicly released. [Los Angeles Times]

Beverly Hills police declined to discuss the investigation, leaving important details undisclosed, including when Cloobeck alleges the drugging occurred, how many incidents he reported and what evidence investigators have collected. [Los Angeles Times]

Has Adva Lavie Been Charged With Drugging Stephen Cloobeck?

No criminal charge involving the alleged ketamine drugging has been announced. The warrant establishes that police were investigating the allegation, but it does not establish that investigators have proven Lavie administered ketamine to Cloobeck. [Los Angeles Times]

Lavie’s criminal attorney Jeremy Lessem told the Los Angeles Times that he could not comment on the drugging allegation. A spokesman for Cloobeck also declined to discuss the Beverly Hills investigation. [Los Angeles Times]

Why Did The Ketamine Investigation Become Public?

The allegation surfaced because LAPD detectives sought a warrant in August 2026 to search Lavie’s cellphone as part of the broader investigation surrounding her alleged thefts and court-order violations. The warrant affidavit referred to Detective Own’s separate Beverly Hills investigation into whether Lavie had drugged Cloobeck. [ABC7]

The drugging investigation therefore became public through a court document rather than through an announcement that prosecutors had filed a new criminal case.

Who Is Adva Lavie?

Adva Lavie is an Israeli-born Los Angeles model and social-media personality who has also used the names Mia Ventura, Shoshana and Shana. Prosecutors identify her date of birth as July 10, 1997. [Los Angeles County District Attorney]

Lavie developed a public profile through glamour modeling, social media and adult-content work and has been widely described in media coverage as a former Penthouse Pet and OnlyFans creator. [People]

What Is Adva Lavie Accused Of Doing?

Los Angeles County prosecutors accuse Lavie of using dating apps and online relationships to gain access to victims and then stealing from them. Prosecutors allege she targeted wealthy older men as well as younger men and women in Westlake Village, West Hollywood, Los Angeles and Beverly Hills between 2023 and 2025. [Los Angeles County District Attorney]

The district attorney says Lavie presented herself as a girlfriend or travel companion, gained access to victims’ homes and allegedly stole cash, gold and expensive designer merchandise. [Los Angeles County District Attorney]

Adva Lavie Faces Six Felony Charges In Los Angeles County

A judge ordered Lavie to stand trial on six felony counts in March 2026. The charges are 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. [Los Angeles County District Attorney]

Lavie previously pleaded not guilty to all six charges. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office says she could face a maximum of 11 years and eight months in state prison if convicted on every count. [Los Angeles County District Attorney]

Police Originally Sought Lavie In A Dating-App Burglary Investigation

Lavie first drew widespread law-enforcement attention in October 2025 when the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department circulated her photograph and asked the public for help locating her and identifying additional possible victims. [Los Angeles Times]

Detectives alleged that she met older men through dating applications and social media, developed romantic relationships and then burglarized their homes. The sheriff’s bulletin identified her as driving a black Porsche SUV or a white Mercedes-Benz sedan. [ABC News]

Investigators Said There Could Be Numerous Victims

Los Angeles County investigators said in 2025 that Lavie had been connected with at least 10 older men while they sought additional possible victims. [NBC Los Angeles]

Later reporting said investigators received information about other alleged incidents after publicly circulating Lavie’s photograph. Authorities have examined possible cases outside the original Los Angeles-area investigation as well. [Los Angeles Times]

Adva Lavie Was Arrested Again In July 2026

Beverly Hills police arrested Lavie again on July 28, 2026, while she was already facing the Los Angeles County felony case. Officers took her into custody on an outstanding Riverside County warrant and over an alleged violation of the court order requiring her to wear an electronic ankle monitor. [CBS Los Angeles]

Police said officers encountered Lavie in Beverly Hills rather than locating her through a planned warrant operation. [ABC7]

A Detective Allegedly Saw Lavie Without Her Ankle Monitor

The later search-warrant affidavit says Detective Own saw Lavie taking selfies on the patio of Azur, a Beverly Hills restaurant, while she appeared not to be wearing her court-ordered GPS ankle monitor. [Los Angeles Times]

Authorities checked the monitoring system and found that Lavie’s device was reporting its location at the nearby Peninsula Hotel rather than on her ankle. She was subsequently taken into custody. [Los Angeles Times]

The Arrest Was Connected To A Coachella-Area Theft Allegation

Indio police separately accused Lavie of stealing luxury property during the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Authorities alleged she took property from a man’s vehicle outside an Airbnb after becoming upset that she had not received a festival wristband. [CBS Los Angeles]

The alleged property included an approximately $8,600 Rolex watch, Louis Vuitton sunglasses, a Louis Vuitton card holder or wallet and cash. Police also alleged that Lavie drove away in the man’s Tesla Cybertruck. [Los Angeles Times] [CBS Los Angeles]

Lavie Was Ordered Held Without Bail

Following the July arrest and allegations that she had removed her electronic monitor, a Los Angeles judge ordered Lavie held without bail. [Los Angeles Times]

Prosecutors later argued that Lavie had repeatedly failed to comply with court restrictions while free on bail. At an August hearing, they alleged that she had removed her ankle monitor multiple times. [Los Angeles Times]

Lavie’s Request For Mental Health Diversion Was Denied

Lavie’s attorneys sought to have her criminal case diverted into mental health treatment rather than proceed through ordinary prosecution. The defense submitted psychological evaluations and argued that she had suffered extensive trauma and abuse. [Los Angeles Times]

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Diego H. Edber denied the request in August. He found that the defense had not established the required connection between Lavie’s mental condition and the alleged crimes and questioned aspects of the information she had provided evaluators. [Los Angeles Times]

The Criminal Case Was Later Suspended Over Competency Questions

On August 26, criminal proceedings against Lavie were suspended after her attorney declared a doubt about her competency to stand trial. [NBC Los Angeles]

A competency proceeding is different from the earlier request for mental health diversion. Competency concerns whether a defendant can understand the criminal proceedings and assist counsel in a defense; it does not determine whether the defendant committed the alleged crimes. [ABC7]

Who Is Stephen Cloobeck?

Stephen J. Cloobeck is a 64-year-old businessman, philanthropist and founder of the Diamond Resorts hotel and timeshare company. He has been a prominent political donor and briefly ran for governor of California. [Los Angeles Times]

Cloobeck and Lavie became romantically involved and were engaged in early 2026. They planned a wedding in Jerusalem before the relationship ended. [California Post Via Yahoo]

Stephen Cloobeck And Adva Lavie Ended Their Engagement

Cloobeck called off the engagement in early June 2026. Lavie subsequently moved out of Cloobeck’s Beverly Hills mansion, which has been reported as worth approximately $26 million. [California Post Via Yahoo]

The pair had become engaged in February and had planned to marry in Jerusalem in June. Their wedding plans had already been complicated by Lavie’s criminal case and restrictions on international travel. [Los Angeles Times]

Cloobeck Was With Lavie The Night She Was Re-Arrested

Although their engagement had ended, Cloobeck and Lavie remained in contact. Reporting about Lavie’s July arrest said Cloobeck was dining with her at Azur in Beverly Hills shortly before police took her into custody. [California Post Via Yahoo]

A person close to the former couple told the publication that Cloobeck remained friendly with Lavie and still cared about her after ending the engagement.

Stephen Cloobeck Was Also Arrested

Cloobeck has his own separate criminal case connected to Lavie’s prosecution. Los Angeles County authorities arrested him in May 2026 and accused him of attempting to prevent or dissuade witnesses from testifying in Lavie’s case. [Los Angeles Times]

Prosecutors charged Cloobeck with three felony counts of attempting to dissuade a witness and one misdemeanor count involving allegedly annoying or threatening telephone calls. He posted $300,000 bail following his arrest. [Los Angeles Times]

Cloobeck Pleaded Not Guilty

Cloobeck pleaded not guilty to the charges on August 7, 2026. His attorney has called the allegations false. [Los Angeles Times]

His criminal case is distinct from the Beverly Hills investigation into his allegation that Lavie may have drugged him.

Prosecutors Played Jail Calls Involving Cloobeck

During Lavie’s August mental-health-diversion hearing, prosecutors played jailhouse calls in which they said Lavie discussed Cloobeck with her former husband. According to the Los Angeles Times, prosecutors used the conversations as evidence while arguing that Lavie continued attempting to manipulate people around her. [Los Angeles Times]

The recordings are separate from the ketamine allegation and do not establish that Lavie drugged Cloobeck.

What Is Ketamine?

Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic used legitimately in medical settings for anesthesia and, in some circumstances, treatment of depression and other conditions. It can also cause sedation, confusion, memory impairment and other significant effects when misused.

The existence of a police investigation involving ketamine does not establish what dose was allegedly administered to Cloobeck, how it may have been administered or whether toxicology testing confirmed exposure. Those details have not been publicly disclosed in the warrant reporting.

Police Have Looked At Possible Cases Beyond Los Angeles

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department bulletin indicated that investigators had received information about possible incidents linked to Lavie outside the original Los Angeles County cases. The locations referenced in reporting included Hermosa Beach as well as Nevada, Florida, Italy and France. [Los Angeles Times]

The existence of investigative leads in those locations does not mean prosecutors have filed criminal charges against Lavie for every reported incident.

Lavie Has Pleaded Not Guilty

Lavie has pleaded not guilty to the six Los Angeles County felony charges against her. A judge determined in March that prosecutors had presented enough evidence at a preliminary hearing for those counts to proceed toward trial. [Los Angeles County District Attorney]

The March ruling was a probable-cause determination rather than a finding of guilt. Lavie remains presumed innocent of the criminal charges unless prosecutors prove them beyond a reasonable doubt.

The Ketamine Claim Remains An Allegation

The publicly available evidence establishes that Beverly Hills police investigated whether Lavie drugged Cloobeck with ketamine and that Cloobeck filed a police report. It does not establish that Lavie has been arrested, charged or convicted of drugging Cloobeck. [Los Angeles Times]

The allegation should therefore be distinguished from the six Los Angeles County felony counts on which Lavie has already been ordered to stand trial.