Musician D4vd is now facing a lawsuit brought by the parents of the girl he is alleged to have killed, according to reports.
As reported by the Los Angeles Times, Mercedes Martinez and Jesus Rivas, parents of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the alt-pop singer D4vd, born David Anthony Burke, on Monday.
The lawsuit accuses Burke, 21, of the horrific killing of Hernandez, mirroring a criminal murder case against him, while also claiming Burke’s mother, bodyguard and his manager enabled him to sexually exploit the 14-year-old girl, according to TMZ, which broke the news about the filing of the lawsuit. Burke has pleaded not guilty in his criminal case. He will have 30 days to respond to the wrongful death lawsuit.
The new lawsuit names Josh Marshall, Burke’s manager, Colleen Burke, Burke’s mom, and Sheldon Jacques, Burke’s bodyguard and says they knew or should have known about the singer’s exploitation of Hernandez and did nothing to stop it. Specifically, the lawsuit accuses Jacques of transporting Hernandez from her home to Burke’s house, where he exploited her.
The civil complaint was filed exactly a year after Hernandez’s dismembered remains were found in a car registered to Burke stored at a tow yard, according to Los Angeles County prosecutors. Prosecutors alleged that Burke stabbed Hernandez to death after she threatened to make their relationship public.
