Singer D4vd's Hearing Delayed in Celeste Rivas Hernandez Murder Case

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A court hearing for singer D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, was delayed until the end of July.

Burke went to court for a status hearing, and the judge decided to delay the hearing until July 21.

The court will have another meeting on July 7, and the main hearing will likely last five days.

The judge agreed to delay the hearing after reading a private letter from D4vd's lawyer, Marilyn Bednarski.

Last month, the hearing was delayed until the end of June due to new evidence in the case.

The prosecutor said they have given the court over 10 terabytes of digital evidence, including items from D4vd's phone and iCloud.

The prosecutor is still uploading evidence and thinks it could be over 40 terabytes in total.

D4vd is charged with murder in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose body was found in a Tesla.

He said he is not guilty and is being held in jail without bail until his trial.

This hearing was rescheduled from May 26, and it was originally set for May 1.

The prosecutor said D4vd killed Celeste by stabbing her many times.

The court has a document that says D4vd tried to hide evidence and cut up Celeste's body.

The document also says D4vd started a relationship with Celeste when she was 13 and he was 18, and he killed her when she threatened to tell people.

The document says D4vd stabbed Celeste to death and let her bleed, and he did it to protect his music career.

Celeste's death was ruled a homicide by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office.

The autopsy was limited because Celeste's body was cut up and decomposing when it was found.

The examination found two sharp wounds on Celeste's body, one on her abdomen and one on her chest.

A judge had ordered the autopsy report to be sealed, but it was released in April.

D4vd is charged with first-degree murder, and he could face the death penalty if convicted.

Celeste was reported missing by her family in 2024, and she was 14 when she died.

The murder charges include special circumstances that could lead to the death penalty, but the prosecutor has not decided yet.

The court will decide what happens next in the case.

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The case will continue in court, and the judge will make a decision based on the evidence.

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