D4vd case intensifies as sexual abuse allegations and graphic evidence surface in LA hearing

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In a Los Angeles preliminary hearing, prosecutors allege singer D4vd (David Burke) sexually abused 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez beginning when she was 13, and murdered her after she threatened to reveal their past; testimony includes explicit photos and text messages about pregnancy and abortion, with a medical examiner describing severe injuries and decomposition; Burke is charged with murder, sexual abuse of a child and mutilation and pleads not guilty as the court weighs whether there is enough evidence for a trial.
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