Son of model Cindy Crawford, Presley Gerber, dies at 27
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Presley Gerber, the son of supermodel Cindy Crawford and businessperson Rande Gerber, died Sunday at age 27, a family representative said.
Gerber died at a rehabilitation facility, according to online records of the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. The medical examiner did not provide a cause of death Sunday. An autopsy was performed, but more testing is required before investigators can give a cause, according to the medical examiner's website.
The death was confirmed by Allie Jenkins, a representative for Crawford and Rande Gerber, who were married in 1998.
"The family is asking for privacy during this very difficult and painful time," Jenkins said in an email Sunday night.
Gerber was a model and the older brother of model and actor Kaia Gerber. He had been open about his struggles with mental health and substance abuse, documenting his journey on Instagram. He even started a "Mental Health Mondays" series on the platform to raise awareness and share wellness tips. Across multiple episodes, he related his own experiences with substances ranging from ketamine to kratom, as well as his time at rehabilitation facilities.
He posted an Instagram video in March from Mexico, where he said he planned to take ibogaine, a potent psychedelic that is being studied as a treatment for opioid addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder and other conditions. Ibogaine -- known to sometimes trigger potentially fatal heart problems -- is banned in the U.S. under the federal government's most restrictive category for illegal, high-risk drugs.
Raised in Malibu, California, Gerber signed with the management agency IMG as a teenager and made his runway debut for Moschino at 16.