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Neo Langston, a former friend of D4vd's who was dragged into the Celeste Rivas Hernandez homicide investigation, didn't have to invoke the Fifth Amendment during his grand jury testimony.
According to a report TMZ published on Wednesday, March 18, Langston answered every question L.A. County D.A. Beth Silverman asked him. Silverman is the one who issued the arrest warrant against Langston, which was executed at his mother's home in Montana earlier this year. Although he was extradited to Los Angeles, Langston was never formally charged with failure to appear as a witness before a grand jury.
Silverman has been presenting evidence against singer D4vd to a grad jury since late last year. In addition to Langston, the Texas native's tour manager, Robert Morgenroth, was also called to testify. Despite speaking with Morgenroth for several days, Silverman only spoke with Langston for 40 minutes. After the news about his testimony first broke last week, Langston shared a rare statement and referred to Rivas as a "victim."
"I understand due to my silence and the silence in general it leave a void of information that everyone wants to fill," he wrote. "But at the end of the day this case isn't about me, it isn't about you, it's about getting justice for the victim and her family."
Before his arrest, Langston was believed to be the person who may have accompanied D4vd during an odd late-night car ride to a remote area in Santa Barbara last year. The LAPD previously indicated that a second suspect was there "before, during, and after" the 15-year-old's death. Investigators are now sure that Langston wasn't in the car that night. However, according to his recent social posts, Langston knows more about the story than what's been reported.
Langston was close with D4vd even after Celeste Rivas was discovered in the front trunk of the singer's Tesla back in September. Although the singer hasn't been charged, D4vd is reportedly considered a prime suspect. As of this report, he has not commented on the allegations.