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US musician D4vd has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder, in the death of a teenage girl who vanished last year.
The star, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, is accused of murdering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose remains were found in September in a Tesla registered to his Texas address.
The Los Angeles district attorney said D4vd, 21, also was charged with murder for "financial gain" and with murder of a witness to an investigation.
He did not speak during his arraignment on Monday, his first court appearance since his arrest last week. His lawyers entered his plea on his behalf.
In a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday, the musician's defence team said it believed the "actual evidence will show that David did not kill Celeste" and was not the cause of her death - echoing remarks his attorneys made after his arrest last week.
