Prosecutors sufficiently established "probable cause" during a five-day preliminary hearing in the gruesome case.
d4vd at #PopRisingOnTour - d4vd held at The Roxy on September 6, 2023 in West Hollywood, California.
Christopher Polk/Billboard
A judge has decided that prosecutors have enough evidence to take D4vd to trial for the alleged murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
According to Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman, Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo ruled Monday (July 27) that prosecutors have met their burden of showing “probable cause” for the charges that the 21-year-old “Romantic Homicide” singer (David Anthony Burke) stabbed and dismembered 14-year-old Rivas. The judge thus sustained the case and allowed it to move forward toward trial. In order to actually convict D4vd of the alleged murder, prosecutors will have to meet a higher standard of convincing a jury that the singer killed Rivas “beyond a reasonable doubt.”
