D4vd pleads not responsible to murdering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez in Los Angeles court docket Monday.

D4vd walked right into a Los Angeles courtroom Monday and entered a not responsible plea to first-degree homicide within the dying of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

The 21-year-old singer, whose authorized identify is David Anthony Burke, confronted the decide together with his legal professional, Blair Berk, by his facet.

D4vd additionally pleaded not responsible to sexual abuse of a kid beneath 14 and illegal mutilation of human stays.

The Los Angeles County District Legal professional’s workplace added particular circumstance allegations that embody homicide of a witness, homicide for monetary achieve, and mendacity in wait.

Rivas had been reported lacking by her household in 2024, and prosecutors revealed she was a witness in a separate investigation into D4vd for lewd and lascivious sexual acts with a minor.

Her dismembered and decomposing physique was found in September contained in the trunk of D4vd’s Tesla, seven months earlier than fees have been formally filed towards him.

Berk made a daring assertion throughout the listening to, telling the court docket that “the precise proof on this case will present that David Burke didn’t homicide Celeste Rivas Hernandez.”

She requested a preliminary evidentiary listening to as quickly as attainable, and lead prosecutor Beth Silverman welcomed the chance to current proof.

The decide ordered D4vd held with out bail, which means he’ll stay in custody all through the proceedings.

If convicted on all fees, D4vd faces life in jail with out the potential of parole, and the dying penalty stays on the desk as prosecutors proceed evaluating whether or not to pursue capital punishment.

Web sleuths had related varied dots throughout the investigation, together with photographs of D4vd in Lake Elsinore, California, close to the place Rivas lived earlier than her disappearance, and matching “Shhh…” tattoos that each D4vd and Rivas appeared to have.

DA Nathan Hochman will make a remaining determination on capital punishment at a later date.

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