D4vd Fires High-Profile Defense Team in Tesla Trunk Murder Case | Crime Alert 09.01.26

D4vd Fires High-Profile Defense Team in Tesla Trunk Murder Case | Crime Alert 09.01.26

Author: iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline September 1, 2026 Duration: 6:07

Singer D4vd has fired his high-profile legal team and pleaded not guilty during his Los Angeles arraignment for the gruesome murder and dismemberment of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. In Oklahoma, extraction facility owner Ryan Bassham faces first-degree murder charges following a massive, illegal THC lab explosion that killed two workers and damaged over twenty neighboring businesses. An 81-year-old California mother who had both of her legs amputated after an alleged impaired driver plowed into a sidewalk dining area is maintaining a positive outlook as her recovery continues. Sydney Silvagni reports. 

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