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Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

What Made D4VD's Defense Team Change Course

Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary

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🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

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.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Hidden Killers Live with Tony Brewski and Robin Drink.

0:07.8

Blair Burke stood up at David Anthony Burke's arraignment and demanded a preliminary hearing within 10 days.

0:16.3

She wanted the evidence in the light of day. She projected confidence. That was last week. This week,

0:23.8

Burke's defense team asked the judge to push the hearing out to May 26. They said they needed

0:28.4

more time to review the discovery. They also tried to get the prosecution's brief sealed. The judge

0:33.1

said no, and that's what we're talking about. Now, Beth Silverman told the court, she warned them, this was coming.

0:39.9

Something changed between the arraignment and that courtroom reversal.

0:44.7

And whatever the defense says in those files, it was enough to make them pump the brakes.

0:50.3

Jennifer Coffin-Daffer, retired FBI special agent, is joining me, along with Robin Drake,

0:54.8

retired FBI special agent. Jan, the defense, demanded that fast hearing and then asked for a delay

1:00.4

less than two weeks later. Silverman told the judge she warned them about how much evidence was coming.

1:06.3

What did the defense see in that discovery that think that made them change course so directly here?

1:13.1

And I'm also wondering how much David's attorney knew of what was coming?

1:18.1

I mean, without seeing the discovery itself, I'm wondering how forthcoming David might have

1:22.6

been to his own defense.

1:23.7

What are your thoughts?

1:25.0

A forthcoming, no, probably known a lot of time to debrief him for the

1:29.2

defense. And when the defense saw what we're all looking at, plus a whole lot more, they, yeah,

1:36.4

this was a total momentum switch. This is like, you know, you're down by 21 points in a football game,

1:42.4

and then they score 21 points. and the whole thing blows up.

1:46.7

That's what this reminds me of total momentum switch because they saw the overwhelming evidence

1:52.6

for the first time. Go ahead. Robin. No, I just had a quick easy one. I said, do you think

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