The Penthouse Pet accused of stealing valuables from guests at an Airbnb at Coachella tried to duck the spotlight Thursday, turning away from cameras as she made a brief appearance before a Los Angeles judge.
Adva Lavie, wearing a blue jail-issued gown and handcuffs, entered the courtroom ready for the hearing — but quickly turned her head and body away after spotting a Post photographer.
As soon as it became clear cameras were in the courtroom, Lavie’s attorney, Lou Shapiro, who appeared via Zoom, told the judge his client did not need to be present for the proceedings.
A visibly rattled Lavie then turned around and hurried back into the lockup, escorted by a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy as the security door slammed shut behind her.
After the dramatic exit, Shapiro argued that his client wasn’t a flight risk despite being caught not wearing her GPS monitoring ankle bracelet when she was arrested Tuesday night at Beverly Hills hot spot Azur.
“She was still in Los Angeles, she was still in Beverly Hills, she stayed locally, she had every opportunity to leave but stayed,” Shapiro argued.
An outraged prosecutor disagreed. “She cut off her ankle bracelet, how can that not be a flight risk. We don’t know if she left, she didn’t have her bracelet on,” he said.
Lavie appeared in court on a misdemeanor charge tied to her allegedly missing court-ordered ankle monitor.
She did not enter a plea during the brief hearing. A judge continued the case until Sept. 10 and set her bail at $20,000.
Lavie will remain behind bars though, given the ankle bracelet missing is a violation of the terms of her bail from her original arrest in March when she was charged with six felonies.
Those charges include two counts of grand theft, two counts of burglary and two counts of unauthorized use of personal identifying information.
Lavie has a bail hearing on Friday which will decide if she will remain behind bars until her trial begins.
Her arrest Tuesday was for a completely new case, stemming from the theft of two people renting an Air B and B at Coachella in 2025 when Lavie was attending the music festival, police told The California Post.
One victim reported over $25,000 in personal property missing on April 15, including jewelry, credit cards and cologne, according to police.
Another victim reported missing jewelry, high-end sunglasses and an expensive wallet, police said.
The Penthouse Pet faces 11 years if convicted on the first arrest. The Post was first to report that Lavie’s billionaire fiancé, Stephen Cloobeck, called off their wedding in early July.
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