Prosecutors have alleged that D4vd’s phone was full of images of child sexual abuse.
After being under investigation for several months, the 21-year-old rapper was arrested earlier this week and charged with the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
In September last year her remains were found in a Tesla registered to the musician – real name David Anthony Burke.
On Monday Los Angeles County prosecutors formally charged the singer, with LA district attorney Nathan Hochman alleging during a press conference that Burke had engaged in a sexual relationship with the teenager.
He has been charged with lewd and lascivious acts with an individual under 14 and mutilating a body in the killing of Hernandez.
Although he went on to plead not guilty during his first court appearance, prosecutors have since levelled more claims against him.
During a hearing on Thursday at a court in LA, prosecutors claimed D4vd possessed a ‘significant amount’ of child pornography on his phone, as per Rolling Stone.
It is not clear if any of these are of Hernandez.
During the hearing, Beth Silverman, deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County, said that they uncovered a significant amount of material that’s taking a long time to upload, according to NBC News.
D4vd had eight terabytes of data on an iCloud storage account, however prosecutors have only been able to download one terabyte thus far. It’s unclear how much of the iCloud content contained child pornography.
Prosecutors explained to the court that they have a computer in the DA’s office that will handle the sensitive evidence, but that they cannot turn over the materials.
Appearing in court today – where he was shackled to a chair and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit – D4vd only spoke when asking if he approved that the judge handling his preliminary hearing at the same time as other cases. ‘Yes, ma’am,’ he uttered.
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The court appearance comes a day after the Los Angeles Medical Examiner released the autopsy report for Hernandez, which had previously been sealed for months during the investigation.
The report lists the cause of death as ‘multiple penetrating injuries caused by object(s)’ and rules the manner of death a homicide.
Hernandez was last seen alive on April 23, 2025, when she went to the rapper’s home in the Hollywood Hills.
A week ago, D4vd was arrested and escorted in handcuffs away from his Hollywood Hills home.
The LAPD commanding officer of the robbery-homicide division, Captain Scot M. Williams, said: ‘We came to the home with a probable cause arrest warrant for him.
‘We did the best we can to keep tabs on him, but once we developed probable cause to arrest him for murder, then we were on him pretty diligently.’
Following D4vd’s arrest, Hernandez’s father, Jesus Rivas, said: ‘Thank God … justice for Celeste,’ after according to a statement family attorney Patrick Steinfeld provided to TMZ.
In September last year his Tesla was found abandoned in a tow yard, with Hernandez’s remains discovered inside after employees complained of a foul smell coming from the car.
Police investigators were reported to have found a cadaver bag containing a head and torso, as well as a second bag with other body parts inside, according to court documents.
The charges D4vd is facing could potentially make him eligible for the death penalty.
However, his attorneys Blair Berk, Marilyn Bednarski and Regina Peter have said they will ‘vigorously defend’ their client’s innocence.
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