What D4vd’s Defense Says Celeste Did To Herself

Celeste Rivas Hernandez was fourteen years old when her parents signed a notarized travel consent form that put her on an international trip with musician David Anthony Burke, known to fans as d4vd. Weeks later, her dismembered body turned up in his Tesla, and the family’s story hasn’t stopped shifting since the arrest. 
LAPD Detective Corey Farell testified that both families knew about the relationship long before anyone called it a crime. There was a Las Vegas trip with Celeste’s sister tagging along, VIP concert seats, and church visits together. Then, after Burke’s arrest, Celeste’s father told reporters he’d never had any contact with the musician at all — a claim that doesn’t square with the record now in front of the judge. 
Now the defense is working an entirely different angle. Attorney Blair Berk pressed the medical examiner on whether Celeste’s injuries could have occurred after death, and got a detective to read messages where Celeste referenced harming herself, an attempt to muddy exactly how and when she died. 
Burke has been held to answer on first-degree murder with special circumstances, along with charges connected to illegal conduct with Celeste and unlawful mutilation of her remains. The death penalty is on the table. He’s pleaded not guilty. Arraignment lands August 31st. 
Two families that apparently knew everything. A father who now says he knew nothing. A defense team building its case around a dead teenager’s old texts. This one keeps getting harder to look away from, and the hearing is far from over. 
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