D4vd Had Significant Amount Of Child Sex Abuse Images On Icloud Account, Prosecutors Say

Singer D4vd possessed a "significant amount" of kid activity maltreatment images connected an iCloud retention account, prosecutors revealed successful a proceeding Thursday, days aft he was charged pinch nan execution of a 14-year-old girl.

D4vd, whose existent sanction is David Anthony Burke, pleaded not blameworthy to charges of murder, continuous intersexual maltreatment and mutilation of quality remains connected Monday successful nan decease of Celeste Rivas Hernandez. The 14-year-old was recovered dismembered successful nan trunk of the singer's impounded Tesla successful September, though officials judge she died successful April 2025.

Attorneys for Burke person said they will "vigorously take sides his innocence" and that they judge nan grounds will show he had nary engagement successful Celeste's death.

Both sides appeared successful tribunal connected Thursday arsenic Burke's ineligible squad seeks grounds successful nan case, noting connected Monday during his arraignment that they had received small discovery.

Beth Silverman, lawman territory lawyer for Los Angeles County, said that location was an tremendous magnitude of worldly successful lawsuit record and it's taking a agelong clip to upload. She said Burke's iCloud relationship unsocial had 8 terabytes of information and that only 1 terabyte has truthful acold been downloaded.

Silverman told nan tribunal that location is simply a "significant amount" of kid activity maltreatment images connected nan iCloud relationship belonging to Burke.

It is unclear really overmuch of nan 8 terabytes of information connected nan relationship incorporate kid activity maltreatment content.

D4vd looks connected from down his defense lawyer Marilyn Bednarski during his arraignment Monday.Ted Soqui / Pool via Getty Images

Prosecutors noted that protocol prevents them from turning complete nan delicate images, but that defense attorneys tin position nan information astatine a cleanable machine successful nan justness center.

Other grounds successful nan lawsuit requires motions to beryllium unsealed, including a ligament pat and expansive assemblage testimony. There were besides 20 to 30 terabytes of earthy information from galore integer devices that nan territory attorney's agency said it is trying to transportation onto drives for Burke's defense team.

Burke, who is being held without bail, was stoic passim nan proceeding and looked straight astatine nan judge. He was slumped complete successful his chair while wearing an orangish jumpsuit. When asked by nan judge if he agreed to a circumstantial date, he mumbled “Yeah.”

Celeste's manner of decease was wished to beryllium a homicide, according to a study released by nan Los Angeles County Department of nan Medical Examiner connected Wednesday. An autopsy recovered 2 penetrating wounds to her torso that whitethorn correspond "sharp unit injuries."

She had different wounds that penetrated her liver and chest, according to nan decease investigation summary.

The teenager's parents are not successful tribunal connected Thursday. Her family is devastated by nan specifications of their daughter's "horrible and gruesome death, according to a connection from family lawyer Patrick Steinfeld.

Celeste Rivas Hernandez.Courtesy Rivas Hernandez family

"These findings person caused profound affectional symptom for nan family," Steinfeld said Wednesday. "They respectfully inquire for privacy, understanding, and patience arsenic they process this information."

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman accused Burke of sidesplitting nan teen woman to support his lucrative euphony career, which he said she threatened. She was past known to beryllium live connected April 23, 2025, erstwhile she was seen astatine Burke's Hollywood Hills home.

Prosecutors are seeking 3 enhancements to nan "Romantic Homicide" singer's execution charge: lying successful wait, financial summation and murdering a witnesser to an investigation. The typical circumstances could perchance make this a decease punishment case.

A judge denied requests for cameras successful tribunal astatine nan adjacent scheduled hearings citing nan sensitivity of nan kid activity maltreatment images.