"Burke - who prosecutors say sexually abused the teen for a year before stabbing her to death and mutilating her corpse last year - will face the hearing on June 29, attorneys said during a brief hearing Tuesday morning."
"After the singer's arrest in April, his legal team pushed for an immediate preliminary hearing - where a judge determines if prosecutors have enough evidence to bring a case to trial - but they backed off after prosecutors began turning over what they have described as a massive amount of digital evidence linking Burke to the teenager's brutal slaying."
"The hearing is expected to last at least five days. A status conference hearing will take place on June 17."
"Questions about the singer's connection to Hernandez's grisly end have circled since last summer, ever since her badly decomposed and dismembered body was found in the trunk of a Tesla linked to Burke. Late last month, prosecutors filed a nine-page brief laying out what they believe to be Hernandez's final moments and Burke's alleged horrific actions after her death."
David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd, will face a preliminary hearing on murder and sex abuse charges on June 29. Los Angeles police arrested him in April and prosecutors allege he killed 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whom he sexually abused. His lawyers initially sought an immediate preliminary hearing but later delayed after prosecutors began turning over a large amount of digital evidence linking him to the killing. Burke has pleaded not guilty. The hearing is expected to last at least five days, and a status conference is set for June 17. Hernandez’s dismembered body was found in the trunk of a Tesla linked to Burke, and prosecutors have filed details about her final moments and his alleged actions after her death.
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