Thursday, October 1, 2026 - LaMelo Ball’s baby mama, Ana Montana, has been arrested in North Carolina and is facing felony drug charges over allegations involving prescriptions for alprazolam, the generic form of Xanax.
Montana, whose real name is Analicia Chaves, was arrested
Monday, September 28, in Mecklenburg County, according to booking records. She
was charged with 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.
Montana was held on a $20,000 bond in connection with the
felony charges. According to the arrest warrant, authorities allege that
Montana obtained alprazolam from a Walgreens pharmacy using prescriptions
written with a doctor’s allegedly stolen Drug Enforcement Administration
registration and medical provider identification information.
The alleged conduct dates back to February 21. The warrant
was issued on September 22, six days before her arrest on Monday. Montana’s
lawyer, however, offered a different explanation of the allegations, stressing
that the charges concern prescriptions allegedly written by a doctor using
fraudulent credentials.
“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,” her lawyer said. “The drug possession
charges appear to allege that she possessed the aforementioned Alprazolam upon
obtaining it from the pharmacy via the prescription written by the doctor,” the
lawyer added.
Montana shares a son, LaOne, with NBA star LaMelo Ball. The
couple welcomed the child in January 2026 and publicly announced his birth on
Mother’s Day in May. Ball was traded from Charlotte to Minnesota in June, with
the NBA regular season scheduled to begin in the coming weeks. The charges
against Montana remain allegations, and she has not been convicted of the
offences.
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