The parents of murdered teenager Celeste Rivas Hernandez have filed a civil lawsuit that, for the first time, alleges D4vd's management company Mogul Vision bears some responsibility for the sexual abuse the 14-year-old suffered before her death. The singer, born David Anthony Burke, already faces criminal charges of stabbing and dismembering Rivas after she threatened to expose their relationship, and has pleaded not guilty; this new civil action runs alongside that criminal case, as is common practice for victims' families. Legal experts say the claims against the management team could carry weight, since negligence law can hold people liable if they "should have known" abuse was occurring, even without direct knowledge.

The lawsuit, filed by Mercedes Martinez and Jesus Rivas Alvarado in Los Angeles County Superior Court on 5 September, names Mogul Vision, its chief executive Josh Marshall and manager Robert Morgenroth, alongside D4vd's mother and his live-in security guard, accusing them of enabling the abuse, which allegedly began when Rivas was 13. It claims Mogul Vision leased the Hollywood Hills property where the singer lived and that Morgenroth kept his own room there, arguing the team should have recognised warning signs. D4vd alone faces the wrongful death claim, while the family is seeking unspecified damages from the others; Marshall and Morgenroth have not responded to requests for comment.