Prosecutors allege D4vd started abusing the girl when she was 13 and she had threatened to expose him.

Texts between singer D4vd and Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the 14-year-old he is accused of murdering, reveal she had been pregnant and had had an abortion before her death. The messages were shown during a hearing for a judge to determine if the singer, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, should go on trial for the teen's death last year. "What [if] the first abortion didn't work?" Celeste texted Burke in June 2024, according to prosecutors. She was 13 years old at the time and he was 19. Prosecutors say Burke killed her after she threatened to reveal he had been abusing a minor and destroy his career. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of murdering and sexually abusing the girl. In an exchange from January 2024, Burke apologised to the teen for "putting her through this", according to messages shown in the Los Angeles court on Friday. She responded, "neither of us are capable of watching and taking care of the baby. it's for the best no?" Burke asked, "also my mother always told me to ask this question if I was ever in this situation … it is mine right?" Celeste replied "of course its yours David", according to testimony from a detective.