Family members of singer D4vd are reportedly fighting Los Angeles County grand jury subpoenas, as the homicide investigation into Celeste Rivas continues.
According to the Los Angeles Times, three three habeas corpus petitions in Texas attempted to overturn subpoenas for D4vd’s (David Anthony Burke) parents, Dawud and Colleen Burke, and his brother, Caleb.
FOX 11 reports that the family stated that they were denied due process, and not given “the opportunity to challenge the trial court’s determination that they are, in fact, material witnesses.”
The 1st District Court of Appeals in Texas denied all three requests Monday.
David Burke’s father filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming that a summons ordering him to testify in California violates his due process rights (he lives in Texas). The footnote in the ruling states: “The underlying case is The People of the State of California… pic.twitter.com/i5nOGQPPU7
— SF INVESTIGATES • STEVE FISCHER (@SF_investigates) February 12, 2026
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Los Angeles police found the Celeste’s remains on September 8, inside the trunk of Burke’s Tesla. The vehicle had initially been parked near his former rental home, in the Hollywood Hills Bird Streets neighborhood, in California.
Police found the vehicle at a tow yard in Hollywood after residents in Hollywood Hills contacted police about an abandoned car with a Texas license plate on September 6.
Celeste’s remains were found a day shy of her 15th birthday.
In November, the prosecution brought the case before a Los Angeles investigative grand jury.
Multiple witnesses have since testified, including Burke’s manager, Robert Morgenrot, who spent three days testifying. Morgenrot has been accused of failing to contact police following Celeste’s death.
Morgenroth reportedly claimed that he had been trying to keep Burke’s tour going and didn’t think it was his obligation.
“She was very pushy on why I didn’t call police,” Morgenroth said outside the court in December, in reference to Beth Silverman, the District Deputy Attorney in Los Angeles County.
“I said I feel like I didn’t have the responsibility to do that, and just wanted to continue with the tour.”
Last month, authorities arrested Burke’s purported associate Neo Langston for failing to appear for a deposition. He later “30 to 40 minutes” in front of Los Angeles the grand jury, TMZ reports.
So far, police have not mad and arrest in the case, but the death is being treated as a homicide. Celeste and Burke were reportedly in a relationship prior to her death.
Meanwhile, the appeals court has been given 10 days for the trial court judge to respond to the family.
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[Feature Photo: Celeste Rivas/GoFundMe and D4vd in 2024/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP]
