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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Adrienne Martinez

Celeste Rivas Hernandez's Family 'Horrified' as D4vd's Lawyers 'Blame' the Teen for Her Death

Attorney Patrick Steinfeld condemned defence arguments suggesting 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez died by suicide, calling the tactics a baseless attempt to blame a child. (Credit: Facebook/Ilea Pacheco)

A Los Angeles judge has ordered American singer D4vd to stand trial for murder after a preliminary hearing featured defence arguments that prompted a furious response from the family of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

The 21-year-old musician, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, faces charges including first-degree murder with special circumstances, continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 and mutilation of human remains.

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