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(NewsNation) — Singer D4vd has hired 1 of Hollywood's astir salient defence attorneys arsenic authorities probe however the body of a teen ended up successful a conveyance registered to him.
D4vd, whose ineligible sanction is David Anthony Burke, has retained Blair Berk, who is known for handling analyzable transgression matters and high-profile media cases. Berk has antecedently represented Harvey Weinstein, Lindsay Lohan, Kanye West, Mel Gibson and Britney Spears, Los Angeles Magazine reports.
Most recently, Berk represented Monica Sementilli, who was sentenced to beingness successful situation successful June for the 2017 execution of her husband, personage hairstylist Fabio Sementilli.
LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 18: The lawyer for histrion Paul Reubens, Blair Berk (C) speaks to the media aft an arraignment proceeding for the histrion astatine Los Angeles Arraignment Courts connected December 18, 2002 successful Los Angeles California. The histrion is charged with a misdemeanor number of possession of kid pornography. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - FEBRUARY 04: Recording creator Bruno Mars (R) confers with his lawyer Blair Berk arsenic helium appears astatine the Clark County Regional Justice Center to waive his preliminary proceeding connected felony cause possession charges February 4, 2011 successful Las Vegas, Nevada. Mars, whose ineligible sanction is Peter Hernandez, was arrested past September astatine the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for possession of cocaine. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 28: Cee Lo Green (L), vocalist and manager connected the tv amusement 'The Voice', appears successful tribunal with his lawyer Thomas O'Brien connected March 28, 2014, successful Los Angeles, California. Green has been accused of slipping ecstasy to a pistillate done her portion astatine meal successful a downtown L.A. restaurant. (Photo by Damian Dovarganes-Pool/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA FEBRUARY 20: Former NFL information Darren Sharper, with his lawyer Blair Berk, pleads not blameworthy to charges of allegedly drugging and raping a brace of women helium met astatine a West Hollywood nightclub, successful a Los Angeles Superior courtroom February 20, 2014 successful Los Angeles, California. Sharper's bail has been accrued from $200,000 to $1 million. (Photo by Bob Chamberlin-Pool/Getty Images)
Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s remains recovered successful D4vd’s Tesla
Celeste Rivas Hernandez's remains were discovered wrong a Tesla registered to Burke astatine a Hollywood tow gait connected Sept. 8. She was reported missing successful April 2024 erstwhile she was lone 13 years old, authorities said.
It is inactive unclear however the teen died aft the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner listed Rivas Hernandez’s origin of decease arsenic “deferred” and requested further testing.
Without a confirmed mode of death, constabulary are incapable to marque arrests, attorneys say. Once it’s deemed a homicide, constabulary tin excavation deeper into imaginable suspects.
Celeste Hernandez Rivas, 15, was recovered dismembered successful the trunk of a Tesla astatine an L.A. tow gait connected Sept. 8, 2025. (RCSD)LAPD Captain and Commanding Officer Scot M. Williams has said there are inactive questions related to the teen’s death.
“We cognize for definite that Celeste Rivas Hernandez died and idiosyncratic placed her assemblage successful the beforehand trunk country of David Burke’s (d4vd’s ineligible name) Tesla,” helium told People Magazine.
Celeste’s assemblage was “likely” in Burke’s Tesla weeks earlier she was found, helium told the outlet.
D4vd is not a fishy successful Celeste Rivas Hernandez case
Burke's location was thoroughly searched by the LAPD soon aft the assemblage was found.
Questions person swirled astir D4vd’s narration with Rivas Hernandez, with immoderate pointing to alleged matching tattoos, opus titles and comments from friends.
Friends of the singer “frequently” saw the brace unneurotic and believed they “were romantically involved,” TMZ elder quality newsman Charlie Neff told NewsNation successful September.
D4vd was connected circuit erstwhile helium was contacted by police, who told him a decomposing assemblage was recovered successful his car.
While constabulary haven’t officially linked D4vd and the victim, a leaked D4vd song mentions Celeste aggregate times, Latibeaudiere said.
The track, which leaked connected Soundcloud successful December 2023, was titled “Celeste_Demo unfin.”
The vocalist canceled the remainder of his circuit amid an probe into Celeste’s death.
NewsNation’s Safia Samee Ali, Teddy Grant and Rob Taub contributed to this report.
