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Defense lawyers for singer D4vd withdraw from murder case

The Guardian US · August 31, 2026 at 3:18 PM

Defense lawyers for singer D4vd withdraw from murder case

Singer, accused of murder and sexual abuse of teen Celeste Rivas Hernandez, to be represented by LA public defender Singer D4vd lost his high-profile private lawyers on Monday at a hearing where he entered a new not guilty plea to charges that he killed, sexually abused and dismembered 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

It’s not clear why Blair Berk and her colleagues Marilyn Bednarski and Regina Peter parted ways with the singer, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke.

They were replaced by a lawyer from the Los Angeles county public defender’s office.

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Defense lawyers for singer D4vd withdraw from murder case

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