A model and fashion designer counts her blessings after turning down a creepy marriage proposal from a crazed knifeman accused of going on a violent rampage through Massachusetts.
Jared Ravizza, 26, of Chilmark, a town on Martha’s Vineyard, is facing multiple charges, including assault with intent to commit murder, after six people were stabbed in separate attacks Saturday evening.
Four girls, ages 9 to 17, were stabbed at an AMC movie theater in Braintree by a knifeman who was “laughing the whole time.” A 21-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man were stabbed at a McDonald’s in Plymouth about an hour later.
Police linked Ravizza to the crimes and caught him after he crashed his Porsche and was taken into custody. More disturbing allegations emerged. Massachusetts law enforcement sources revealed that Ravizza was also the man they were looking for after a body was found at a Deep River vacation rental on Saturday afternoon.
Now a woman who claims to have once been his friend has spoken out, saying she feels ‘blessed’ to have cut ties with him after getting a bad feeling about him.
Model and fashion designer Alyona Shikhova (pictured) says she feels ‘blessed’ to be alive after befriending Jared Ravizza, who has been arrested for stabbing six people, including four young girls, and faces investigation into the murder of a 70-year-old man. year old man
Shikhova, 30, was holding a photo shoot for her Ashik clothing brand at the Beverly Hills Hotel on April 14 when she ran into Jared Ravizza, 26.
Alyona Shikhova, 30, had organized a modeling shoot for her clothing brand Ashik in April 2023 when she met Ravizza.
She claims that Ravizza convinced her to allow him to participate in the photo shoot, at which point he started hitting on her and making bizarre suggestions.
Among his chatter, which quickly became worrying and bizarre, was a marriage proposal and even the suggestion that they have children.
“He said, ‘I’m going to be a good husband, you’re going to be my wife,’” Shikhova recounted. ‘I think he liked me and was used to getting what he wanted.
‘I couldn’t imagine at that moment what he was capable of. I’m still in shock reading what he did. I feel blessed to be alive. There are so many crazy people, we have to be very careful. You never know.’
The suspect, Jared Ravizza, 26, was arrested and taken into custody. He entered the theater without paying and attacked the girls for no reason, without saying a word
Ravizza laid it on thick when he walked onto the set of her photo shoot and started selling himself as someone who could help promote her brand, bragging about his alleged connections in New York and the Hamptons.
The pair even appeared together on her Instagram, both wearing matching pink hoodies with the caption ‘never ever ever be basic’.
After the shoot, Ravizza invited Shikhova back to his hotel pool.
Looking back, the model says the casual meeting had disturbing and ominous undertones.
“We had just met and he was immediately proposing and promising me a lot of things,” Shikhova said. “It was just weird.”
Looking back, model and designer Alyona Shikhova says what had been a casual meeting had a disturbing and ominous undertone.
Ravizza continued to brag about his wealth and lavish lifestyle, showing off tropical vacations in Hawaii along with photos of homes around the world that he claimed to own.
“He said he had a few houses all over the place, in Malibu, the Hamptons and other places,” she explained.
Desperate to make his mark, Ravizza even offered to open clothing stores for her brand in the cities where he had homes.
Shikhova said she felt uncomfortable with Ravizza’s pushiness and left the hotel.
The pair texted a few times after meeting to discuss what photos and videos she would use to promote her fashion brand.
The next time she heard from Ravizza was when she saw his picture on the news after the rampage of six people.
Shikhova, pictured, says the next time she heard from Ravizza was when she saw his photo on the news after the unhinged stabbing attack, and took to social media to express her concerns about him during the time they were friendly.
Ravizza boasts a “leading global digital marketing and social media management agency” with offices in Manhattan, Beverly Hills, Paris and Naples
Four children between the ages of nine and seventeen were watching a movie in the cinema.
“In moments like these, I just think it’s a gift to be alive,” Shikhova said on Instagram.
On Tuesday morning, Ravizza was arraigned at Plymouth District Court on charges including assault and murder, two counts of assault and battery, and indecent exposure in connection with the McDonald’s stabbing.
He still faces charges for allegedly stabbing the four girls at the movie theater.
Ravizza, dressed in a blonde wig, entered the theater without paying and attacked the girls without any provocation, without saying a word.
Jared Ravizza, of Chilmark, Massachusetts, appears in Plymouth District Court during his arraignment on Tuesday
Ravizza is being held for a mental health examination.
Additionally, police in Connecticut say Ravizza is a person of interest in the death of Bruce Feldman.
The 70-year-old was found dead in a house he was renting just hours before the latest stabbings took place.