IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Murder case against D4vd cleared to proceed to trial.
Jul 28, 2026
The Romantic Homicide singer, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, is charged with the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez when she was 14 years old. "It appears to me, for the purposes of preliminary hearing, the people have met their burden of proof on all charges," Judge Charlaine Olmedo ruled. "I order that Mr Burke be held to answer." Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman argued to the court before the ruling that D4vd was a "very clever adult" who sexually abused Rivas, "gaslit" the minor, and eventually murdered her after she threatened to expose the abuse.
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