On Monday, the head of D4vd's record label and touring company reportedly admitted that he "didn't call the police" after the decomposing body of Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found in the trunk of the musician's car, stating that he "just wanted to continue with the tour." A group of people gathered in the hallway as a Los Angeles grand jury listened to Robert Morgenroth, the general manager of Mogul Vision, give a lengthy testimony. Allegedly, over the course of his testimony, Morgenroth, who is also the president of Zara Brothers Travel, was overheard relaying to his lawyer that Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman had been "very pushy" about why he hadn't called the police.
"I said I feel like I didn't have the responsibility to do that, and just wanted to continue with the tour," Morgenroth reportedly told his attorney, according to TMZ.
The dismembered remains of 15-year-old Rivas Hernandez were discovered in the trunk of D4vd's impounded Tesla in L.A. on September 8, just as the Queens-born singer - whose real name is David Anthony Burke - was kicking off his world tour. By the end of the month, those dates had been canceled and he had reportedly put the deeds to two Houston-area homes in his mother's name.
The exact nature of the relationship between D4vd and Rivas, a runaway last seen by her family in early 2024, remains unclear. Rivas' mother told TMZ that her daughter had a boyfriend named David, and the two reportedly sported matching "Shhh..." tattoos on their right index fingers.
News broke in mid-November that D4vd was considered a suspect in the case. Days later, TMZ founder and lawyer Harvey Levin and criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos discussed on their "2 Angry Men" podcast that L.A. authorities had identified a second suspect. This person is not believed to have killed Rivas, but likely has knowledge of what happened before, during, and after her death - and may have assisted in the dismemberment of her remains.
