D4vd Preliminary Hearing: Wrap-up
episodePreviously titled “D4vd preliminary hearing. Wrap-up” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 4, 2026
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Hello and welcome back to Fame Under Fire from BBC Sounds with me, Anushka Mutandadauti. The preliminary hearing of singer David has finished and we now know his arraignment is on the 31st of August and he has the right to a speedy trial, so we're within 90 days of that. Now, a reminder, David is accused of the murder, unlawful dismemberment and continuous sexual abuse of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. whose body was found decomposing in the front trunk of a Tesla linked to him. Warning, the details of this case are graphic and some listeners may find them upsetting. Now, David has entered a not guilty plea on all charges and his attorneys have previously told us that, quote, the actual evidence in this case will show that David Burke, that's his real name, did not murder Celeste Rivas Hernandez and he was not the cause of her death.
We will vigorously defend David's innocence. Now, joining me today is not our wonderful Los Angeles court reporter, Sam Mulek, but somebody called Sean Kent. Hi, Sean. Welcome to the program.
I just feel replaced. I'm hurt. I'm going through withdrawal. And I'm just happy that I was able to get back on the team.
Sean broke up with us. He said he never wanted to see us again. And then he disappeared and we couldn't get hold of him.
It's good to be back.
Yeah, if everyone's sending messages going, where's Sean? Here he is. I'm here.
I'm here.
In a very big court case in South Carolina. But we knew we had to get you on to go through this, Sean. We've been doing this pretty much. Since it was released that David was a, quote, target of the grand jury, now we know this is officially going to make its way to trial. There are a few things that we want to go over. That welfare check, that's coming up over and over again.
Well, that bothers me the most because these are vulnerable adults. We count on law enforcement. We count on officers. We count on the system protecting them. children, adults, and animals. And so when you literally have a welfare check going to somebody's house and saying, we have information that you might've been engaged in a relationship with somebody who's under a specific age and it doesn't go further, that's a problem. And that's something that could lead to a potential civil lawsuit down the road. I know that doesn't seem important now, and it probably doesn't seem important to the family now, but there will be down the road, somebody who makes a comment and Had you done your job, we wouldn't be in this situation.
Had you stopped, this presupposes David's guilt. And I'm not saying that right now because he's still innocent until proven guilty. I'm saying if down the road, if, if, if, if, if down the road there is a conviction and David is convicted and more information comes out, I can see a situation where someone says, had law enforcement done their job, had the welfare check worked, had he been stopped at this point in time, we wouldn't have gone here. And so you could see a lawsuit.
And that could be against the family, against the state?
That could be against the state, exactly. The state who did the welfare checks and they didn't do their job. They have checks and balances they're supposed to do. They didn't do their job properly. They can bring a lawsuit. Now, is it going to be multi-million dollars? Probably not because those lawsuits are limited in the amount of money you can sue a state. But it's something.
What happened at D4vd’s preliminary hearing and what are the formal charges?
That's interesting. Say if you were a parent, either David's parents or Celeste's parents, and you had an inkling that something was going on, that something untoward was happening. Do you have like a legal duty to investigate that?
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:54
2
What happened at D4vd’s preliminary hearing and what are the formal charges?
3:54–5:01
3
Why did the hosts issue a graphic-content warning about this case?
5:01–6:22
4
Who is Shaun (Sean) Kent and what perspective does he bring to the discussion?
6:22–8:59
5
Could failures around welfare checks lead to civil suits and who might be liable?
8:59–18:59
6
When must medical or education providers mandatory‑report suspected underage sexual activity?
18:59–25:44
7
How does discovery work and can new evidence be introduced mid‑trial?
25:44–27:21