Family of killed teen call for death penalty in D4vd trial

Fonte da imagem: Getty Images. Legenda da imagem: os restos de Celeste Rivas Hernandez foram encontrados em setembro de 2025 em um Tesla registrado no endereço de D4vd.

• Texts reveal 14-year-old allegedly murdered by singer D4vd had pregnancy and abortionPublished25 July.

The family of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez has lobbied for the death penalty if D4vd is found guilty murdering their daughter.

D4vd, que nasceu como David Anthony Burke, é acusado de matar o adolescente, cujo corpo desmembrado foi encontrado no porta-malas de um carro Tesla registrado em seu endereço em 8 de setembro de 2025.

Burke has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The death penalty is under a temporary ban in California, where Burke is due to stand trial, but in a statement Hernandez' family said execution "would be perfect" if the singer was convicted of murder.

In a related development, Hernandez's parents filed a civil lawsuit against Burke on Friday, seeking monetary damages including burial and funeral expenses.

A ação judicial, protocolada no Superior Court de Los Angeles e relatada por vários veículos de mídia externa dos EUA, faz alegações semelhantes às levantadas pelos promotores no processo criminal contra o cantor.

Mercedes Martinez and Jesus Rivas allege that Burke caused the wrongful death, false imprisonment and childhood sexual assault of their daughter.

Nos documentos do tribunal, eles dizem que Burke e Hernandez se conheceram pela primeira vez em novembro de 2023, quando ela tinha 13 anos.

Over the next 16 months, they claim, the pair would exchange almost 10,000 texts and have sex several times.

At all relevant times Burke was an adult who occupied a position of authority over decedent, a minor, and was able to and did exercise undue influence and control over her," the parents say, in papers filed last Friday.

They go on to claim that Burke killed the teenager at his Hollywood Hills home, when she threatened to reveal their relationship, after allegedly sending a message that read: "I will end ur career and ur life.

Legenda da figura, BBC relata fora do tribunal após juiz decidir que o cantor D4vd será julgado por homicídio.

Além de Burke, a ação judicial cita várias das empresas e gestores de Burke, sua mãe e um guarda de segurança que mora com ele.

Hernandez's parents allege that these people "enabled Burke to isolate" Rivas Hernandez and facilitated his travel, housing and security.

Burke's management company Mogul Vision and finance manager have previously denied knowing about Burke and Rivas Hernandez, the Los Angeles Times, external reported.

In July, a judge found enough probable cause for Burke to stand trial on the murder charge in the criminal case. At the time, the district attorney said he was weighing whether to seek the death penalty.

Em uma declaração na segunda‑feira, que teria sido o 16º aniversário de Hernandez, sua família exigiu que Burke fosse submetido à execução.

If the death penalty were activated, it would be perfect for this kind of human being, devoid of feelings and emptiness inside, and without conscience, who only caused pain to our daughter, our family, and the world that supports our precious daughter," read the statement, released via the family's attorney.

Burke again pleaded not guilty to the charges last week and has since parted ways with his celebrity defence attorney. He is now being represented by a public defender and is due back in court on 19 October.

Deputy public defender Walid Kandeel has said that Burke was "entitled to a defence that takes his circumstances seriously and carefully examines the evidence.

We are committed to providing him with that defence," he said.

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US singer D4vd's celebrity lawyers withdraw from murder case.

Cantor americano D4vd vai ser julgado por assassinato na morte de um adolescente de 14 anos.