D4vd Celeste's Family Files Wrongful Death Suit

Published September 8, 2026 11:31 AM PDT

11:49 AM PT -- In addition to D4vd, the Rivas family is suing Josh Marshall, D4vd's manager; Colleen Burke, D4vd's mom; and Sheldon Jacques, D4vd's live-in security guard.

D4vd is now facing a fight outside his criminal case ... the family of Celeste Rivas Hernandez is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the singer.

The suit comes exactly one year after Celeste's dismembered remains were discovered in the trunk of D4vd's Tesla on September 8, 2025.

D4vd -- whose real name is David Anthony Burke -- is already charged with murdering the 14-year-old ... along with lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 and mutilating a body. He's pleaded not guilty.

As TMZ previously reported ... last week, family attorney Patrick Steinfeld slammed D4vd's claims that he is broke. TMZ obtained real estate records showing D4vd’s dad, Dawud Burke, sold a 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom, 1,819-square-foot home in Houston, Texas, for $229,000 in early July.

Worth noting, in October 2025 D4vd transferred two of his Texas homes to his mother.

D4vd has since changed lawyers and is now represented by a public defender.

So the question is ... what will the family get if he's broke?

The lawsuit also comes just days after Celeste's family said they would support the death penalty if D4vd is convicted ... describing him as a person "without conscience."

A judge ordered D4vd to stand trial in July after a five-day preliminary hearing, and prosecutors have said the death penalty remains on the table.

Celeste would have turned 16 on Monday.