D4vd Now Has a Public Defender, Bryan Kohberger Wants His Guilty Plea Back and His Judge Off the Case, a Surgeon Gives Up His Jury

The singer D4vd — David Anthony Burke, 21 — dropped his private defense team Monday and will be represented by the Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office, after Judge Charlaine Olmedo determined he qualified for appointed counsel. Blair Berk, Marilyn Bednarski and Regina Peter withdrew without stating a reason; deputy public defenders Walid Kandeel and Lisa Roth took over and entered not-guilty pleas the same morning. Burke is charged with murder with special circumstances, continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14, and unlawful mutilation of human remains in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose remains were found in his Tesla in September 2025. He is presumed innocent. His next hearing is October 19; DA Nathan Hochman has not decided whether to seek the death penalty. Also: Bryan Kohberger's new attorney has moved to disqualify Judge Steven Hippler and return his post-conviction case to Latah County, as Kohberger seeks to withdraw the guilty plea he entered to the University of Idaho murders. And in Pinellas County, Florida, Tomasz Kosowski waived his right to a jury for both phases of his capital murder trial and declined to tell the judge why.

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