Supermodel Cindy Crawford and American businessman Rande Gerber have publicly addressed the death of their son Presley Gerber for the first time with a tribute published on Crawford’s Instagram account.
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Presley’s sister Kaia Gerber also signed off on the statement and posted her own separate message via her own account.
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Presley, a 27-year-old model and mental health advocate died at a rehabilitation facility on September 20.
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The death is being investigated as a suspected overdose but no official cause of death has yet been revealed.
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“We are beyond heartbroken to lose our beloved son and brother.
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We feel so blessed to have had Presley in our lives for 27 years,” the statement, posted early Monday morning (AEDT) read.
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“He is a sweet, beautiful soul who loved and is loved, now and forever.
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We are so proud of how he showed up in the world, with kindness and vulnerability.
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“We are grateful for the outpouring of love and support from so many who know and love our family and even strangers who feel our pain.
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Til we meet again our sweet boy.
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We love you forever, Mom, Dad and Kaia,” the tribute finished.
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Separately Kaia, a 25-year-old actor recently seen in the Disney+ TV series The Shards, based on Bret Easton Ellis’s novel, posted her own long tribute with video of the two siblings dancing together when they were young children, along with a picture of the pair on a beach.
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“Prez, I don’t have the words, and maybe the tiny mercy is that we didn’t need them all along.
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Words fail and words subtract and words summarize (sic) and words always lack truth.
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And how naive of me to believe that language could transcend grief,” Kaia Gerber wrote.
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“You know how much I loved being your sister.
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I came into this world with a white-knuckle grip around you.
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I had more love for you than I knew what to do with.
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And now that it has nowhere obvious to go, I’m certain it’s going to swallow me whole.
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Presley went into cardiac arrest before his death, a leaked 911 audio recording obtained by People said.
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Santa Monica Police Department said in a statement to the outlet that Presley was found dead upon arrival.
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“[Santa Monica Police Detectives] are investigating the death as a suspected overdose,” police said.
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The official cause and manner of death will be determined by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner.
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The investigation remains ongoing.”
Presley began modelling as a teenager and was signed by the agency IMG Models at 15.
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He had been open about his mental health struggles, including depression and substance abuse, before becoming an advocate.
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In 2019, Presley was charged with drink-driving, and late sentenced to three years’ probation and ordered to do two days of community service and complete a DUI program, per The Hollywood Reporter.
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He began an Instagram series called Mental Health Mondays in 2023, where he talked openly about his mental health, before it finished in 2025.
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Presley’s sister Kaia Gerber referred to the Instagram series in an interview withVogue magazine in August in which described the impact of her brother’s battle with addiction.
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“When something like that happens in a family, it kind of levels everyone,” she said.
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“I think that’s also why I started to self-identify as the easy [child] and never wanted to ask for help.
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Because it felt like too much to have two children who were needing.”
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But Presley’s openness was particularly challenging, she said.
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“My parents for most of our lives were very, very private and didn’t share anything – and now we have this absolute teacher, my brother, who says, ‘I’m gonna be very human for everyone’,” she said.
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“There’s only so much you can hide from the world.
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And trying to put a lid on something just makes the person feel like you’re ashamed of them.”
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