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LOS ANGELES \u2014 Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the teen whom singer D4vd is accused of killing<\/a>, had an abortion during their relationship, according to text messages prosecutors shared in court Friday.
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D4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, has been charged with killing and dismembering the 14-year-old.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14 and unlawful mutilation of human remains. The singer has been in court this week for a preliminary hearing <\/a>to determine whether there is enough evidence to put him on trial.
The teen\u2019s remains were found in September in the trunk of a Tesla that belongs to the singer, and D4vd was arrested in April.
In court Friday, prosecutors displayed what they described as photos and texts between the two that were allegedly recovered from his phone during a search of his home. They included explicit sexual images of the pair, images inside a Tesla, photos of what appeared to be an engagement ring and tattoos allegedly associated with their relationship, according to the exhibits.
D4vd was seated in shackles and displayed no emotion as the photos were shown.
LAPD Detective Corey Farrell testified that the phone contained a large volume of explicit images of D4vd and Celeste engaging in sexual activity.
Alleged text messages between the pair traced back to August 2022 \u2014 when Celeste was 11 \u2014 through April 23, 2025.
Those texts discussed past and future liaisons, sexual positions and meeting points, Farrell testified.
The texts also discussed abortion and emergency contraception \u201cmany times,\u201d Farrell said. He said the texts indicate the pair had a sexual relationship from November 2023 to March 2025, when Celeste was 13 and D4vd was 18 or 19.
Prosecutors shared one text exchange from November 2023 in which a 13-year-old Celeste said she was waiting for her period and stated, \u201cIf im pregnant tho im not having it though.\u201d In a Dec. 20 exchange shared with the court, she texted him, \u201cdo I take the plan b?\u201d
Prosecutors shared another exchange dated Jan. 8, 2024, in which D4vd texted her, \u201cim sorry again baby I didn\u2019t want to ever put you through this.\u201d She replied, \u201cno it\u2019s ok we both aren\u2019t able to take care of it,\u201d according to the text exhibits. She later said, \u201cit\u2019s okay tho neither one of us are capable of watch or taking care of a baby.\u201d He later texted: \u201cWhen re you gonna get it done?\u201d And she said \u201c2 days.\u201d
In a text on June 10, 2024, Celeste asked, \u201cWhat if the first abortion didn\u2019t work,\u201d according to the exhibit.
A text from D4vd the following day said: \u201clets have this be the last abortion until we have kids.\u201d
On July 9, 2024, D4vd texted Celeste: \u201cI\u2019m thinking about your abortion gift.\u201d
In another text on Sept. 22, 2024, she asked: \u201cam I gonna get preg.\u201d
Prosecutors also showed photographs showing the pair holding a package of Plan B in June 2024.
Prosecutors shared other exchanges in which the two appeared to discuss marriage and plans for a future together. In another series of texts, they discussed whether anyone knew about their relationship, according to the exhibits.
In court Friday, prosecutors introduced messages from late 2024 and early 2025 that suggested increasing strain in the relationship.
In an August 2024 exchange after an apparent argument, Celeste expressed regret and grief regarding an abortion. Later messages referenced multiple breakups and reconciliation.
By March 2025, shortly before the last communications recovered from the phone, Celeste told D4vd she no longer wanted an in-person relationship and felt their interactions revolved around sex rather than a relationship.
\u201cThe way we are going, its not happening. Maybe if things were different. All we do is have sex and just hang out man,\u201d she wrote.
Earlier during Friday\u2019s hearing, the court heard testimony from Los Angeles Medical Examiner Dr. Grant Ho, who performed Celeste\u2019s autopsy. Ho testified her cause of death was multiple penetrating injuries and the manner was homicide.
He said the exact time of death couldn\u2019t be determined due to the advanced state of decomposition, but she had \u201clikely been deceased for at least weeks\u201d and it\u2019s possible she could have been dead since April 25.
Previous court filings state that D4vd sent a car to pick up <\/a>Celeste the night of April 23, 2025, from her hometown, Lake Elsinore, California, 80 miles outside Los Angeles. After she arrived at his Hollywood home, her phone died.
Ho described postmortem dismemberment including severed arms, legs and amputated ring and pinky fingers from her left hand. He said it was consistent with use of power tool, potentially a chain saw.
Ho also said Celeste bore two significant penetrating injuries \u2014 one wound to her abdomen, which passed through the diaphragm and injured the liver, and the other penetrated the left side of her chest, damaging ribs and entering the chest cavity. He said either of those injuries could have been fatal.
He said those wounds were most likely sustained before her death due to their life-threatening nature.
Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman has accused D4vd of killing the girl to maintain his lucrative music career, which he said she threatened.
Attorneys for the entertainer have said they will \u201cvigorously defend David\u2019s innocence.\u201d
Proceedings will resume Monday. There is no jury. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Charlaine Olmedo will determine whether the prosecution offered enough evidence to demonstrate probable cause to proceed to trial.
Madeline Morrison is an associate producer for NBC News.
Marlene Lenthang is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
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