Singer D4vd, who’s accused of murdering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas, remained silent whereas he principally hid behind his group of attorneys as he pled to fees within the teen lady’s slaying.
D4vd’s three lawyer’s, Blair Berk, Marilyn Bednarski and Regina Peter blocked the courtroom’s view of the disgraced singer whereas the decide introduced the fees in opposition to him. D4vd, actual identify David Burke, was wearing darkish clothes together with his palms in cuffs.
Burke didn’t say a phrase through the listening to, however his attorneys entered a plea of not responsible to all fees.
The arraignment comes solely hours after the fees in opposition to the performer had been formally introduced by Los Angeles District Lawyer Nathan Hochman.
Rivas’s dad and mom, Jesus Rivas and Mercedes Martinez had been available for the arraignment, as was her sister Jennifer Martinez Hernandez.
D4vd, actual identify David Burke, was charged with first-degree homicide with particular circumstances — mendacity in wait, homicide of a witness to an investigation and homicide for monetary achieve.
He’s additionally charged with lewd and lascivious sexual acts with an particular person beneath 14 years outdated, and mutilating the human stays of a physique.
The particular circumstance of homicide of a witness to an investigation is as a result of Rivas was a witness within the lewd-and-lascivious investigation.
Officers say the homicide for monetary achieve circumstance was added as a result of they consider D4vd thought allegations of sexual relations with a minor might derail his music profession.
The legal criticism obtained by The California Submit says that Rivas was murdered “on or about April twenty third” and dismembered practically two weeks later.
Burke’s excessive powered lawyer Blair Berk was seen roaming the courthouse halls earlier than the arraignment with a group of attorneys.
The new shot lawyer has a storied previous representing some excessive profile Hollywood hassle makers — together with Lindsey Lohan, Mel Gibson, Britney Spears, Harvey Weinstein and Kanye West.
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Berk was retained by the singer shortly after Rivas’ dismembered corpse was present in his Tesla in September when tow yard workers detected a foul odor.
Bugs had been discovered swarming over her stays, in response to paperwork unsealed in a Texas court docket. She had beforehand been reported lacking by her household in April.
Police lastly made an arrest on Thursday, “We did the perfect we are able to to maintain tabs on him, however as soon as we developed possible trigger to arrest him for homicide, then we had been on him fairly diligently,” LAPD Theft-Murder Division Commanding Officer Captain Scot M. Williams instructed The Submit.
