Celeste
Rivas
He a dez
Mu de
Case
A
tee age
gi l
who
says
she
had
a
o li e
f ie dship
with
D4vd
is
evisiti g
o e
co ve satio
she
o ce
co side ed
ha mless.
The
alleged
joke
i volved
the
si ge
a d
his
fictio al
alte -ego
cutti g
off
he
a ms.
Yea s
late ,
as
D4vd
faces
t ial
ove
the
death
of
Celeste
Rivas
He a dez,
that
memo y
has
take
o
a
fa
mo e
distu bi g
mea i g
fo
the
you g
woma .
What
the
tee
says
about
D4vd
a d
the
distu bi g
joke
The
tee age ,
ide tified
as
Ja e
to
p otect
he
p ivacy,
spoke
to
Rolli g
Sto e
about
he
i te actio s
with
D4vd.
She
said
she
was
16
whe
thei
o li e
elatio ship
bega
i
2022,
while
the
si ge
was
18.Thei
co ve satio s
epo tedly
i cluded
efe e ces
to
Itami,
a
fictio al
k ife-wieldi g
cha acte
associated
with
D4vd.
Acco di g
to
Ja e,
a
othe wise
casual
excha ge
about
fighti g
the
cha acte
sudde ly
tu ed
da k.“We
we e
joki g
a ou d,
a d
I
said,
‘I
would
wi
i
a
ka ate
fight
with
Itami.’
David
said
I
could
eve
beat
Itami
i
a
fight,”
Ja e
told
Rolli g
Sto e
“He
joked
about
him
a d
Itami
doi g
a
viole t
act
towa d
me,
cutti g
my
a ms
off.
It
was
a
joke,
but
it
came
out
of
owhe e.”At
the
time,
Ja e
said
she
did
ot
t eat
the
comme t
as
a
se ious
th eat.
Looki g
back
ow,
howeve ,
she
views
the
co ve satio
th ough
a
completely
diffe e t
le s.The
cha ge
came
afte
details
co ected
to
the
i vestigatio
became
public,
i cludi g
i fo matio
about
the
co ditio
of
Rivas
He a dez’s
emai s.“Whe
the
autopsy
epo t
got
eleased,
a d
it
showed
how
he
a ms
we e
cut
off,
I
was
like,
‘This
is
i sa e.’
Whe
I
saw
that,
my
hea t
d opped,”
Ja e
ecalled.“Was
it
his
subco scious
wa ti g
to
do
that?”
she
added.
“I
do ’t
k ow.”Ja e
also
desc ibed
D4vd
as
a
f ie d
who
appea ed
opposed
to
smoki g
a d
d i ki g
a d
who
held
st o g
eligious
beliefs.
She
said
thei
elatio ship
eve tually
e ded
i
2023
afte
he
told
he
they
we e
at
diffe e t
stages
of
matu ity.
What
D4vd’s
t ial
mea s
fo
the
allegatio s
The
allegatio s
i volvi g
Ja e
a e
sepa ate
f om
the
c imi al
cha ges
D4vd
cu e tly
faces.
They
do
ot
establish
that
the
alleged
co ve satio
was
co ected
to
Rivas
He a dez’s
death,
a d
D4vd
emai s
e titled
to
the
p esumptio
of
i oce ce.P osecuto s
allege
that
D4vd
a d
Rivas
He a dez
fi st
excha ged
o li e
messages
i
August
2022,
whe
Rivas
He a dez
was
11.
P osecuto s
have
also
alleged
that
thei
elatio ship
late
became
sexual.Ja e
exp essed
sad ess
whe
discussi g
Rivas
He a dez
a d
suggested
that
the
pe so
she
k ew
o li e
may
have
seemed
ve y
diffe e t
f om
the
i dividual
desc ibed
i
the
p osecutio ‘s
case.“I
feel
like
she
got
the
wo st
ve sio
of
him.
A
diffe e t
ve sio ,”
Ja e
said
of
Rivas.
“It’s
just
eally
shocki g
a d
sadde i g.”“Sometimes
the
people
who
i flue ce
you
o
help
shape
pa ts
of
you
ca
also
become
people
you
do ’t
ecog ize
a ymo e.
A d
it’s
eally
difficult
to
p ocess,”
she
added,
oti g
that
she
was
i itially
elucta t
to
speak
to
Rolli g
Sto e
out
of
fea
she
would
be
“misi te p eted”
but
hopes
mo e
people
will
come
fo wa d.
“Eve ythi g
ew
I
hea
feels
so
u expected.”A
judge
has
o de ed
D4vd
to
sta d
t ial
ove
Rivas
He a dez’s
death.
He
has
pleaded
ot
guilty
to
the
cha ges,
which
i clude
mu de ,
co ti uous
sexual
abuse
of
a
child
u de
14
a d
u lawful
mutilatio
of
huma
emai s.The
case
will
ultimately
be
decided
i
cou t.
Ja e’s
ecollectio
adds
a othe
t oubli g
accou t
to
the
public
co ve satio ,
but
the
alleged
joke
alo e
does
ot
p ove
c imi al
w o gdoi g
o
establish
a
co ectio
to
the
death.
