Rapper D4vd's Preliminary Hearing Delayed

0:00On April 29th, rapper David, real name David Anthony Burke, showed up in court this week as his team pushed to delay the preliminary hearing from Friday to May 26th. The 21-year-old platinum seller faces first-degree murder charges for the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas, whose dismembered remains. Turned up badly decomposed in the front trunk of his Tesla, last September, prosecutors also hidden with counts of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 and mutilating human remains, plus special allegations that could mean life without parole, or even the death penalty. Right after the hearing, prosecutors dropped a heavy evidence filing saying, surveillance video proves Burke was the last one behind the wheel of that. Tesla, before the body was found, they claimed he met Rivas at 11, started a sexual relationship when she was 13, and kept pursuing her even after Riverside County cops warned, him about her age back in February last year when her family reported her missing.

1:00Folks are reeling from how this rising star, who blew up on TikTok with tracks like romantic homicide, and dropped his debut album with her just days, after she vanished, allegedly let it threaten his career. The filing paints a picture of explicit texts about sex, pregnancy, and abortions, plus photos backing up their relationship, leading to a blowout. Argument, the night before, she was last seen alive. New details from the prosecutors outlined a pre-meditated cover-up, with Burke texting her phone after dropping her off at his Hollywood Hills spot. Around 10-10pm, even though they say she was already stabbed multiple times and bleeding out, he drove off around 11.30pm to Lake Kachuma, came back for a radio gig, then later got a shovel, chain saws, body bags, and more. Delivered moves they call, calculated to build his alibi, and autopsy confirmed homicide by penetrating wounds to her abdomen and chest, and his eye-cloud held a ton of child porn. Burke said yes to the delay, and has pleaded not guilty, while his lawyers fight for a quick

2:03hearing amid mountains of evidence from wiretaps and grand. Juries, this case keeps unfolding with prosecutors weighing the death penalty down the line. I'm Corey with the story, and you've been listening to entertainment and celebrity news today, AI-powered pop culture coverage.