What Made D4VD's Defense Team Change Course

One week they demanded speed. The next week they asked for time. David Anthony Burke's defense team reversed course in open court — and the prosecution didn't hide their frustration about it. Blair Berk pushed for a preliminary hearing within ten days at the arraignment, invoking California's "ten of ten" rule. She said she wanted the evidence tested publicly. But when the discovery started landing — wiretap results, three grand juries' worth of compelled testimony, forty terabytes of digital evidence, fifty-four search warrants — the defense asked Judge Charlaine Olmedo to delay the hearing to May 26. They also tried to get the People's Brief sealed. The judge denied it, saying this case was no different from other high-profile Los Angeles cases involving celebrities. Deputy DA Beth Silverman told the court she'd warned the defense that this volume was coming. She noted she'd already told witnesses to cancel planned vacations for the original May 1 hearing date. The question isn't why the defense asked for more time. It's what they saw in those files that turned confidence into caution. Jennifer Coffindaffer breaks down what the reversal tells us and what to expect when the hearing finally arrives. Part 3 of 3. Join Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. Instagram Facebook Tik-Tok X Twitter This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.

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