# Celebrity lawyers withdraw from D4vd murder case

https://mins.news/en/item/39054

- BBC News, 2026-08-31 17:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crr451lpl4no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> The celebrity lawyers representing US musician D4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, have withdrawn from his murder case. The 21-year-old will be represented by the Los Angeles County Public Defender after pleading not guilty to charges including the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. A pretrial hearing is scheduled for 19 October.

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