Seeking a quick trial, D4vd entered a not guilty plea Monday in a brief appearance in a downtown Los Angeles criminal court.
Facing first-degree murder and continuous sexual abuse charges with the death penalty over the dismembered killing last year of teen Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the 21-year-old singer (whose real name is David Anthony Burke) sat behind a glass barrier this afternoon in L.A. Superior Court Judge Theresa McGonigle’s courtroom.
“We believe the actual evidence will show David Burke did not murder Celeste Rivas Hernandez,” defense lawyer Blair Berk told the judge and attendees after entering pleas for her client. “We would like to have the evidence come into the light of day, at the earliest opportunity,” Berk added, requesting a fast-tracked preliminary evidentiary hearing. Berk made a point of wanting everything open in court, noting “there have been four months of secret grand jury proceedings.”
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