LOS ANGELES — Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the teen whom singer D4vd is accused of killing, had an abortion during their relationship, text messages shown in court on Friday stated.Subscribe to read this story ad-freeGet unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.D4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, has been charged with killing and dismembering the 14-year-old.He has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 and unlawful mutilation of human remains.
The singer has been in court this week for a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is enough evidence to put him on trial.The teen’s remains were found in September in the trunk of a Tesla that belongs to the singer, and D4vd was arrested in April.Photos and texts between the two, which were recovered from his phone during a search of his home, were shown in court Friday.They included explicit sexual images of the pair, images inside a Tesla, photos of what appeared to be an engagement ring and tattoos associated with their relationship.D4vd was seated shackled and emotionless as the photos were shown.LAPD Detective Corey Farrell testified that the phone contained a large volume of explicit images of D4vd and Celeste engaging in sexual activity.Text messages between the pair traced back to August 2022 — when Celeste was 11 — through April 23, 2025.Those texts discussed past and future liaisons, sexual positions, and meeting points, Farrell testified.The texts also discussed abortion and emergency contraception “many times,” Farrell said.
He said the texts indicate the pair had a sexual relationship from November 2023 to March 2025, when Celeste was 13 and D4vd was 18 or 19.In one text exchange from November 2023, a 13-year-old Celeste said she was waiting for her period and stated, “If im pregnant tho im not having it though.” In another exchange on Dec.
20, she texted him, “do I take the plan b?”In an exchange on...