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UPDATE

3:40 PM PT — An expected news conference has been called off … Celeste Rivas‘ family will not be speaking publicly from the courthouse this afternoon, according to a spokesperson for the D.A. at the scene.

Celeste Rivas‘ family was expected to speak out publicly after D4vd was charged in her violent death … a news conference was set up, but the family later declined to appear for cameras.

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Celelte’s father, mother, and sister attended D4vd’s court hearing this afternoon at the Hall of Justice in Downtown Los Angeles … they had been set for a news conference with their attorney, Patrick Steinfeld. D4vd pled not guilty earlier this afternoon.

The family was set to make a brief statement through their attorney … but they did not intend to take questions.

Prosecutors say D4vd and Celeste, who was 14 years old when she died, had a sexual relationship … and they say he invited her to his Hollywood Hills home in April 2025, and she was never seen again.

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D4vd allegedly murdered her with a “sharp instrument,” according to prosecutors, who say he then cut up her body, shoved her in two bags, and kept her in the trunk of his car for four months.

Prosecutors claim D4vd murdered Celeste after she threatened to expose their relationship and “devastate his music career.”