D4VD Charged: What Justice Looks Like for Celeste

Celeste Rivas Hernandez was 14 years old. Reported missing three times. Found dismembered in the trunk of a Tesla registered to one of the biggest young artists in music—sealed in bags, decomposing for months while the man whose name was on that car was out playing sold-out shows.

Now prosecutors have filed the most serious charges California law allows. First-degree murder with special circumstances. Lying in wait. Financial gain. Killing a witness. Lewd acts with a child under 14. Mutilation of human remains. The death penalty is on the table.

The DA said Celeste walked into D4VD’s Hollywood Hills home on April 23rd of last year and was never heard from again. And the financial gain allegation cuts deep—prosecutors say D4VD allegedly killed a 14-year-old girl because she was threatening his music career. A child’s life, according to the prosecution, was worth less than a brand.

Criminal defense attorney Bob Motta joins Tony Brueski and Robin Dreeke to explain what these charges mean for the case, how prosecutors intend to prove that the sexual relationship with a minor created the motive for murder, and whether the evidence can support the weight of what they’re alleging.

Five months of decomposition destroyed evidence. The cause of death is only now being unsealed. The DA says they have physical, forensic, and digital evidence. But circumstantial cases carrying charges this serious have to be airtight—and Motta explains where the cracks could form.

For Celeste’s family, the charges are the first step. The fight for accountability is just beginning.

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