D4vd, 21, was charged with homicide with particular circumstances of mendacity in wait, committing against the law for monetary acquire, and murdering a witness in an investigation.
He faces a most jail sentence of life with out parole. Los Angeles County District Lawyer Nathan Hochman mentioned prosecutors would resolve later whether or not to hunt the demise penalty.
Attorneys for the singer entered the not-guilty plea on his behalf and requested for a preliminary listening to to be held as quickly as potential for him to listen to the proof prosecutors say they’ve gathered.
“We consider the precise proof will present David Burke didn’t homicide Celeste Rivas Hernandez, nor was he the reason for her demise,” defence lawyer Blair Berk mentioned through the arraignment in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom on Monday.
Choose Theresa McGonigle mentioned no bail can be set for D4vd, who stays in custody.
Earlier on Monday, Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell mentioned Celeste’s decomposed and dismembered stays have been present in September 2025 within the entrance trunk of a Tesla registered to D4vd.
She had been lacking for almost a year-and-a-half when the stays have been found within the automobile, separated into two baggage, Hochman mentioned.
The automobile had been parked for weeks in a Hollywood Hills neighbourhood earlier than being towed to an impound lot, the place staff reported a foul odour.
Hochman mentioned an investigation revealed D4vd was concerned in a sexual relationship with Celeste when he was an grownup and she or he was a minor. Along with homicide, he was charged with steady sexual acts, lewd and lascivious sexual acts with a person underneath 14 years previous and mutilating a physique.
The district lawyer mentioned Celeste was killed in a “brutal and horrific” crime however that he would wait till a coroner’s report was made public earlier than disclosing her reason behind demise.
Hochman mentioned authorities believed Celeste went to D4vd’s Hollywood Hills dwelling on April 23 final yr and “was by no means heard from once more.”
Prosecutors allege the singer killed Celeste as a result of she threatened to reveal their relationship and pose hurt to his profession.
D4vd gained fame in 2022 after songs he recorded on his cellphone for his Fortnite gaming movies went viral on TikTok, with the hit Romantic Murder serving to him signal a take care of Interscope Data.
He carried out on the Coachella music pageant in 2025.
