{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"How D4VD Plans to Fight Celeste’s Murder Charges","description":"D4VD has money. He has fame. He has Blair Berk—one of the most connected defense attorneys in Los Angeles. Celeste Rivas Hernandez’s family has a memorial in Lake Elsinore and months of unanswered questions that are only now starting to get answers.\n\nThe charges filed are the most serious California law allows. First-degree murder. Special circumstances. The possibility of a death sentence. And D4VD’s defense team has already told the world: he “was not the cause of her death.”\n\nCriminal defense attorney Bob Motta joins Tony Brueski and Robin Dreeke to explain how D4VD’s team fights charges built on this theory—and what it means for the people who loved Celeste.\n\nProsecutors say D4VD killed a 14-year-old girl because she was threatening his career. The defense will argue he had a hundred ways to handle that problem without violence. Motta explains where that argument works and where it falls apart.\n\nThe harder question: Celeste’s body was dismembered. Head and torso separated from her limbs. Sealed in bags. Left in a trunk for months. Even if the defense creates doubt about the cause of death, someone has to explain what happened to her body. Motta walks through whether the killing and the disposal can live in separate categories in a juror’s mind—or whether one answers the other.\n\nEveryone in D4VD’s circle has resisted this investigation. His parents fought subpoenas. His associate was arrested for refusing to testify. Motta explains what that pattern looks like to a jury—and whether the death penalty changes the defense strategy entirely.\n\nFor Celeste’s family, this is the fight for everything. This is what they’re up against.\n\nJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/\n\nWant to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1\n\nInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/\n\nFacebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/\n\nTik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod\n\nX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod\n\nThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.\n\n#D4VD #CelesteRivasHernandez #DavidAnthonyBurke #HiddenKillers #TrueCrime #JusticeForCeleste #BobMotta #FirstDegreeMurder #LAPDArrest #TrueCrimePodcast","author_name":"D4VD: The Murder Case Of Celeste Rivas Hernandez","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5158550-d4vd-the-murder-case-of-celeste-rivas-hernandez","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43607978/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}