{"id":900269,"date":"2026-09-21T16:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/900269\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T16:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:30:15","slug":"presley-gerber-death-model-and-cindy-crawfords-sons-heartbreaking-post-months-before-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/900269\/","title":{"rendered":"Presley Gerber death: Model and Cindy Crawford\u2019s son\u2019s heartbreaking post months before death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Presley Gerber, son of Cindy Crawford and <\/a>Rande Gerber<\/a>, opened up about undergoing treatment for his battle with addiction in one of his last social media posts before his tragic death<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Presley, who died in a Los Angeles rehab facility on Sunday, aged 27, shared his experience undergoing psychedelic drug treatment in a March Instagram video.<\/p>\n

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Presley Gerber died in a Los Angeles rehab centre aged 27. \u00a0Instagram\/@presleygerber<\/p>\n

The video shows Presley about to undergo an ibogaine flood dose. Ibogaine is a naturally occurring psychedelic that comes from the Central West African shrub Tabernanthe iboga, according to Stanford Medicine<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The treatment, which is legal in Australia under specific circumstances, is highly controlled and restricted depending on the country. It is not legal to prescribe in the US. <\/p>\n

\u201c[A] quiet moment before everything changed,\u201d Presley wrote. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was absolutely terrified, and I knew I would be again if I ever had to face something like this.\u201d <\/p>\n

He went on to say his mantras during treatment were \u201cloving himself\u201d and confessed that \u201cletting go of control didn\u2019t come easy, but I trusted there was something bigger than me guiding it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew why I was there. I faced what I had been running from, and somewhere in all of it, I started finding my way back to myself,\u201d Presley wrote. \u201cWe shall see.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added he was \u201cpraying it\u2019s the last time I have to come back.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Presley Gerber undergoing psychedelic treatment for mental health battle and addiction. \u00a0Instagram<\/p>\n

According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, Presley died on Sunday September 20 at a rehab facility, TMZ reported.<\/p>\n

An autopsy is yet to be completed.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the news broke, the Crawford-Gerber family released a statement via their representative.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe family is asking for privacy during this very difficult and painful time,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

Presley is the eldest of Cindy and Rande\u2019s children. The couple are also parents to model Kaia Gerber<\/a>, 25.<\/p>\n

Just two months ago, Cindy posted a sweet message for Presley\u2019s 27th birthday alongside a photo of her holding him as a baby. <\/p>\n

\u201cHappy birthday @presleygerber \ud83c\udf82 I\u2019m so proud of the man you\u2019ve become, but I\u2019ll always see you as my little boy! Love you,\u201d the caption read. <\/p>\n

Over the years, Presley had been open about his struggles with mental health and substance abuse<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Just two months ago, Cindy posted a sweet message for Presley\u2019s 27th birthday alongside a photo of her holding him as a baby. \u00a0Instagram\/@cindycrawford<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with Vogue<\/a>, Kaia spoke on what it was like seeing a loved one battle addiction.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen something like that happens in a family, it kind of levels everyone,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s also why I started to self-\u200bidentify as the easy one and never wanted to ask for help. Because it felt like too much to have two children who were needing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Presley\u2019s family have been publicly supportive of him and his recovery. Comments under his post about his psychedelic treatment included heartfelt messages from Kaia, his mother Cindy and his dad Rande. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou are a warrior! Walked thru the fire to find yourself! So proud!\u201d mum Cindy wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s my brother I am so damn proud,\u201d sister Kaia commented.<\/p>\n

\"Rande<\/p>\n

Presley\u2019s family have been publicly supportive of him and his recovery.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

While dad Rande said: \u201cI\u2019m so proud of you and your courage. Facing what\u2019s hard takes real strength and watching you find your way back to yourself is everything. I love you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is in need of support contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue. In the event of an emergency dial Triple Zero (000).<\/p>\n

The National Alcohol and Other Drug hotline (1800 250 015) provides free and confidential advice about alcohol and other drugs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Presley Gerber, son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, opened up about undergoing treatment for his battle with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-900269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}