D4vd's celebrity lawyers withdraw; public defender takes murder case

In a Los Angeles courtroom, the legal architecture surrounding a young musician's murder trial shifted quietly but significantly — celebrity attorneys withdrew, and a public defender stepped in to carry the weight of a case involving the alleged killing of a 14-year-old girl. The departure of Blair Berk and her colleagues, who once defended the powerful and famous, reflects not only a change in financial circumstance but a reminder that the machinery of justice — however uneven — eventually arrives at its appointed place. At the center of it all is a child named Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose