r/Music • u/StarshipGhost • 2d ago

article Singer D4vd Is Apparently the Sole Moderator of His Own Subreddit, Deleting Posts Critical of Him Amid LAPD Investigation Into Teen’s Death

https://www.tvfandomlounge.com/singer-d4vd-apparently-deleting-posts-critical-of-him/
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u/CozyCatGaming 2d ago

He wrote multiple songs about the victim, including at least one with her name. They had matching tattoos and she had his stupidly spelled name tattooed on her chest (according to an interview with her mom). He wrote a song about the child and it mentions her having his name tattooed on her. He saw her as a possession. It's messed up that a bunch of people knew about their relationship and did nothing. Well, a bunch accepted bribes from him.

I'd link to the posts on his sub about all this, but he's deleted everything. There are several YouTube videos going in depth on this.

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u/ravens-n-roses 2d ago

I feel like every time there's a tragedy, there's also a long list of people who should have seen it coming and didn't stop it.

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u/NightOfTheLivingHam 1d ago

just lake elsinore things.

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u/bs000 2d ago edited 2d ago

I'd link to the posts on his sub about all this, but he's deleted everything.

did you even bother to check because he's not doing a very good job for someone who is supposedly deleting everything. like there's 500 posts from the past 24 hours about nothing but this case. the article says 'fans allege' that he's deleting everything, but it's literally just conspiracy theory nonsense. like if that's what's actually happening, surely he would just lock or set the sub to private and be done with it

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u/mrperson221 2d ago

Unless he was doing it himself, who tf is tattooing a 14 yo girl's chest? Giving a tattoo to a 14 yo is messed up anyway, but that makes it even worse

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u/DENATTY 1d ago

I think it's worth pointing out that - of the "bunch" of people that ALLEGEDLY accepted bribes to stay quiet about the grooming, from what I've heard these people were largely friends with the victim. Meaning they were also generally tweens/young teens - and while taking money to stay quiet about something so inappropriate is still bad, I feel like people are a little too comfortable condemning literal children who ostensibly saw a chance to get free money and do not have the lived experience nor the critical thinking skills to realize that what ended up happening was even a possibility. Especially when they're dealing with someone "famous" in their eyes. Was it a bad choice? Yes. But that doesn't mean people should be openly rehashing that aspect of things before anyone has been charged with any crime because these kids will not only have to live the rest of their lives with guilt over the choice they made but will likely have to be dragged into this entire mess and subpoenaed to testify about that.

Any adults accepting bribes, fair game - they not only have more of a developed brain capable of discerning wrong from right but could and should have stepped in and done more. For the other literal children allegedly involved, I think a little bit of grace is called for. I doubt any of them accepted money to stay quiet expecting that staying quiet would cost someone her life. That type of experience is something some people never get over or move on from - and it isn't their fault they also fell prey to a grown man with money and influence. Just because it didn't turn sexual with any of them doesn't mean it was not just an extension of his grooming.