Slain teen threatened to destroy singer D4vd's career before she was killed, messages show
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Set us as preferred Celeste Rivas Hernandez told the singer D4vd she would destroy his career and ruin his life roughly 24 hours before prosecutors say he killed the teenager, according to text messages made public Monday morning in court.After an argument about a relationship between another woman and the singer, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, the 14-year-old Hernandez exploded on her then-ex-boyfriend via text message on April 22, according to the evidence shown in court.
The alternative pop singer’s debut album, “Withered,” was set to release three days later, on April 25, 2025.“oh my f— god I swear to GOD I will kill u she was in my dam seat i will strangle u to f—ing death bro,” Hernandez wrote.
“I will tell my dad so many f— lies about u dead ass i will end ur career and ur life I will damage anything.” Hernandez also threatened to “mutilate” Burke’s penis, leak damaging information about him online and contact his mother in messages around the same time, according to text messages entered into evidence by defense attorney Blair Berk.California An LAPD detective took the witness stand Friday and laid out years worth of text messages and phone calls that authorities say indicate the singer D4vd, sexually abused a teenage girl for years, impregnated her and convinced her to have an abortion before allegedly killing her in April of 2025.The next night, prosecutors say, Burke paid for an Uber to bring Hernandez from her Lake Elsinore home to his Hollywood residence.
Prosecutors allege Burke killed Hernandez that night in response to her threats.Burke has pleaded not guilty and denied all wrongdoing through his attorneys.Texts displayed in court Monday show Burke continued to send messages to Hernandez’s phone hours after the Uber arrived, which, according to prosecutors, were an at...