{"id":235726,"date":"2026-04-21T03:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/d4vd-charged-with-first-degree-murder-of-celeste-rivas-hernandez-he-pleads-not-guilty\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T03:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:59:21","slug":"d4vd-charged-with-first-degree-murder-of-celeste-rivas-hernandez-he-pleads-not-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/d4vd-charged-with-first-degree-murder-of-celeste-rivas-hernandez-he-pleads-not-guilty\/","title":{"rendered":"D4vd Charged With First Degree Murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, He Pleads Not Guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div> <center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Singer D4vd has been charged with the murder of Celeste Rivas, the death penalty is on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O8sh6TSf4N\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/O8sh6TSf4N<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/80RdhsRIqn\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/80RdhsRIqn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TMZ\/status\/2046279277524476366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The disgraced artist known as D4vd has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez in an alleged plot to protect his music career after she threatened to expose him and their inappropriate and illegal relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman revealed the charges on Monday (4\/20), and says the alleged \u201cbrutal and horrific murder\u201d occurred on April 23, 2025 \u2014 just two days before the release of D4vd\u2019s debut album, <i>Withered<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCeleste, a 14-year-old at that time, went to Mr. Burke\u2019s house in the Hollywood Hills,\u201d said Hochman during a press conference. \u201cShe was never heard from again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"cutid1\"\/><span class=\"lj-spoiler\"><span class=\"lj-spoiler-head\"><span class=\"lj-spoiler-leftbracket\">[<\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/javascript:void(0)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" class=\"flaticon flaticon--eye lj-spoiler-icon\" style=\"display: none; fill: currentColor\"><use xlink:href=\"#flaticon--eye\"\/><\/svg>TW<\/a><\/b><span class=\"lj-spoiler-rightbracket\">]<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lj-spoiler-body\">\u201cWhen she threatened to expose his criminal conduct and devastate his musical career, Burke allegedly murdered her, cut up her body and stuffed her body in two bags that were placed in the front trunk of his car,\u201d said Hochman in a press release. \u201cThis horrific and gruesome murder committed by the charged sexual predator is shocking and appalling. To Celeste\u2019s loved ones, we will get the justice you seek and deserve.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"lj-spoiler\"><span class=\"lj-spoiler-head\"><span class=\"lj-spoiler-leftbracket\">[<\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/javascript:void(0)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" class=\"flaticon flaticon--eye lj-spoiler-icon\" style=\"display: none; fill: currentColor\"><use xlink:href=\"#flaticon--eye\"\/><\/svg>Click Once More for Tweets\/Charges<\/a><\/b><span class=\"lj-spoiler-rightbracket\">]<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lj-spoiler-body\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">D4vd reportedly killed Celeste Rivas with a \u201csharp instrument\u201d according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>The charges against D4vd include: <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Continuous sexual abuse of a child<br \/>\u2022 Murder<br \/>\u2022 Murder for financial gain<br \/>\u2022 Murder to prevent testimony<br \/>\u2022 Murder by lying in wait<br \/>\u2022 Use of a deadly\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JaovynPFB4\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/JaovynPFB4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FearBuck (@FearedBuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FearedBuck\/status\/2046301702446546952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: D4vd pleads not guilty, and demands an immediate preliminary hearing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sesO712yVf\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/sesO712yVf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vYNbKItFmk\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/vYNbKItFmk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TMZ\/status\/2046341925821915239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/span><a name=\"cutid1-end\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hochman said his office has not yet determined whether to seek the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>D4vd has plead not guilty to all charges. He is being held in custody without bail. <\/p>\n<p><b>Sources:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TMZ\/\" target=\"_blank\">1<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FearedBuck\/status\/2046301702446546952?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center> <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/132240624.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udea8 Singer D4vd has been charged with the murder of Celeste Rivas, the death penalty is on the table. Details: https:\/\/t.co\/O8sh6TSf4N pic.twitter.com\/80RdhsRIqn \u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) April 20, 2026 The disgraced artist known as D4vd has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez in an alleged plot to protect his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-235726","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}