The 27-year-old passed away on Sunday while checked into a rehab facility, as per the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner
Presley Gerber, son of 90s icon and supermodel Cindy Crawford, has died at the age of 27, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has confirmed.
Gerber died on Sunday (September 20) whilst checked in to a rehabilitation facility. His cause of death has not yet been released, nor has an autopsy been completed.
Cindy, her husband Rande Gerber, and their daughter Kaia Gerber ratified the devastating update via a statement issued to TMZ via a close representative.
As a source close to the Crawford-Gerber clan said: “The family is asking for privacy during this very difficult and painful time.”
In January 2019, Presley was arrested for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) and was sentenced to three years’ probation. He was ordered to complete a DUI program, as well as two days of community service.
He was the only son of Cindy and Rande, and has publicly spoken of his struggles with mental health as well as substance abuse.
Presley, was a model like his mum and sister Kaia, aged 25.
Kaia Gerber, who recently starred in FX seductive thriller series The Shards, spoke of her brother’s struggles with susbtbsance abuse and mental health in a recent interview with Vogue.
The spitting image of her mother, supermodel and 90s icon Cindy Crawford, Kaia was candid about the impact her brother’s struggles had on her.
“When something like that happens in a family, it kind of levels everyone,” she said. “I think that’s also why I started to self-identify as the easy one and never wanted to ask for help. Because it felt like too much to have two children who were needing.”
In the same interview, the 25-year-old also reflected on her seemingly boring childhood, raised by a supermodel A-lister by the beach in the idyllic Barbie-dream neighbourhood of Malibu.
“Unfortunately, all the things that people assume are true. I was in the ocean every day. My brother would go surfing and then walk up to school in his wetsuit with his surfboard, barefoot. You’re with the same kids from preschool to when you graduate,” she told the fashion bible.
“There were no Ubers there, so your parents were driving you to parties and then picking you up. There was only so much trouble you could get into.”