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Fortnite Refunds But Won't Remove D4vd’s Music After Arrest
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Fortnite Refunds But Won't Remove D4vd’s Music After Arrest

Kotaku·Kenneth Shepard·about 1 month ago
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Fortnite has removed and altered cosmetics due to controversy before. Considering how the crossover battle royale indiscriminately devours pop culture to turn it into cosmetics, it’s pretty much inevitable that something problematic or otherwise objectionable would end up in the game. However, it doesn’t sound like Epic is currently planning to remove pop singer David “D4vd” Burke’s music from the game, even as he faces accusations of killing 14-year-old girl Celeste Rivas Hernandez. For those who haven’t been keeping up, Hernandez’s body was found in an impounded Tesla registered to Burke in Los Angeles back in September. Burke was not in Los Angeles at the time, but as law enforcement and the internet investigated Hernandez’s death, it came to light that the 21-year-old singer had an established relationship with her, and Burke was officially named a suspect in November, with an arrest finally made on April 16 .…

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