D4VD: Every System Failed Celeste Rivas Hernandez

The charges against David Anthony Burke in the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez are staggering — first-degree murder with special circumstances, continuous sexual abuse of a child, mutilation of remains. But the psychological questions underneath those charges start years before the alleged crime.

How does a 13-year-old end up living with a 19-year-old celebrity? How does an online connection on a Discord server allegedly evolve into cohabitation and exploitation? What does repeated runaway behavior actually mean — and what was Celeste running toward that made her so vulnerable to someone who allegedly knew exactly what to offer?

In this first part of a three-part interview series, psychotherapist Shavaun Scott brings more than three decades of clinical expertise to the table. She's worked in forensic settings, domestic violence shelters, and crisis teams. She's the author of The Minds of Mass Killers. And she sits down with Tony Brueski to dissect the conditions that allegedly allowed a child to disappear into a celebrity's orbit — while every system that should have intervened looked the other way.

This is about the before. The family dynamics. The platform accountability. The gap between a Lake Elsinore family and the Hollywood Hills. And the uncomfortable truth about why the "she fooled everyone" defense falls apart the moment you understand how exploitation actually works.

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