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The lengthy argument between the young musician who created the anthem for Fortnite and the teenage runaway on April 22, 2025, would mark the end of a turbulent relationship.
The fight was chronicled in text messages that suggested Celeste Rivas Hernandez was jealous of singer-songwriter d4vd’s relationship with other women, according to a nine-page brief laying out the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s evidence to support charging him with the 14-year-old’s murder. The artist, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, had “led her to believe they had a future together.”
Extremely upset, Celeste “threatened to disclose damaging information about her relationship” with then-20-year-old d4vd “to end his career and destroy his life,” the brief said.
His first studio album, “Withered,” was to be released just days after the dispute, setting in motion the horrific final hours of Celeste’s life – one prosecutors say ended when the teen girl was fatally stabbed and then dismembered in an inflatable pool with chainsaws ordered from Amazon.
