Ana Chaves

Ana Chaves

Introduction

Ana Chaves — the model and influencer known professionally as Ana Montana, whose legal name is Analicia Chaves — is the longtime partner of NBA guard LaMelo Ball and the mother of his infant son. On September 28, 2026, she was booked into the Mecklenburg County jail in Charlotte, North Carolina, on two felony counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or forgery and two misdemeanor counts of simple possession of a Schedule IV controlled substance. Her booking photo, released through county records, was circulating in sports media within two days.

Background Information

Chaves, 36, built her public profile as an Instagram model and personality. She founded I Am Fertility, a nonprofit that supports and educates women navigating fertility challenges from endometriosis and PCOS to IVF, and she had been open about her own fertility journey before having her child. She and Ball, 25, have been together for several years; their first child, a son named LaOne, was born in January 2026. Five months later, Ball was traded from the Charlotte Hornets — where he had spent six seasons, won Rookie of the Year and made an All-Star team — to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Allegations. The claims in this section come from an arrest warrant and charging documents filed in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. They are accusations, not findings: the charges are pending, nothing has been adjudicated, and Chaves is presumed innocent. Through her lawyer she disputes the prosecution’s framing, and no drug-distribution activity is alleged.

According to the arrest warrant, the alleged conduct occurred on February 21, 2026, when Chaves obtained alprazolam — the generic form of Xanax — from a Walgreens pharmacy by filling prescriptions written by a doctor whose DEA registration and medical provider ID were stolen or fraudulently obtained. The warrant listed that February date as the offense date but was not issued until September 22 — six days before her arrest. The charges focus on how the medication was obtained, not on distribution or manufacturing.

She was arrested Monday, September 28, and released the same day after posting bond. The New York Post put the bond at $20,000; WBTV, citing court records, reported a $10,000 bond. She is due in court on October 20.

Her lawyer, in a statement to TMZ, framed the case around the prescribing doctor rather than his client: “To clarify, the charges allege that a doctor who used a fraudulent DEA registration and NPI number prescribed Alprazolam for Ms. Chaves, and that she used the prescription written by the doctor to obtain the prescribed Alprazolam at a pharmacy.” The possession counts, he said, “appear to allege that she possessed the aforementioned Alprazolam upon obtaining it from the pharmacy via the prescription written by the doctor.”

Public Reaction and Consequences

The story broke publicly on September 30 through TMZ and spread across sports media the same day, with the mugshot attached; none of the coverage alleged any involvement by Ball. The timing drew attention: it landed three weeks before Ball’s first Minnesota season, as coverage was building around the Timberwolves’ new backcourt of Ball and Anthony Edwards. The New York Post’s own post on the arrest drew roughly 28,000 views within three hours. No team, league or sponsor action has been reported in connection with the arrest.

Current Status

The four charges remain pending in Mecklenburg County, and nothing has been adjudicated; Chaves is out of custody and scheduled to appear in court on October 20, 2026. Her lawyer’s statement contests the theory that she knowingly participated in any fraud, positioning the case as turning on the doctor’s allegedly stolen credentials. Her public accounts and the I Am Fertility nonprofit remained live as of September 30.

Impact on Their Career/Life

For Chaves, the arrest is the first widely reported legal trouble of her public life, and it reached audiences far beyond her own following because of Ball’s stature — the felony counts will stand next to the fertility-advocacy identity she has cultivated. Whether any professional consequence follows depends on the October 20 court date. For Ball, the news arrived as he prepares for his Timberwolves debut, and sports coverage treated it as a sideshow to the season rather than a team matter. No reported consequence has reached either of their professional standing so far.

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