Presley Gerber’s final hours at rehab in focus amid cause of death questions
Presley Gerber died Sunday, Sept.
20 – one day after entering the Resolutions Living rehabilitation facility in Santa Monica, Calif.
He was 27.
Based off Wilshire Boulevard in the affluent Southern California community, the center is described as a co-ed home which "provides the structure" for residents on their journey to recovery from mental health, addiction, and co-occuring disorders through intensive outpatient programs of their choosing.
While it remained unclear why Cindy Crawford's son entered the center or what treatment he was receiving, wrongful death and personal injury attorney John J.
Perlstein warned against jumping to conclusions of liability as the investigation continued into Gerber's death.
PRESLEY GERBER'S DEATH BEING INVESTIGATED AS 'A SUSPECTED OVERDOSE': POLICE "I just don't assume what the cause of death is or that the facility failed them or the family ... don't think the family wasn't doing everything they had to do," Perlstein told Fox News Digital.
"It seems like, you know, in these situations the families do so much for the sick person, the person who was addicted." He added, "By all accounts, they were a very loving, good family and it's just real sad circumstance.
It certainly caught a lot of people's attention, I'll tell you that much." Gerber, the only son of supermodel Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber, died while staying at the rehabilitation facility, according to records from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.
KID ROCK CALLS PRESLEY GERBER’S DEATH A ‘TRAGEDY’ AS EX-GIRLFRIEND SAYS HE ‘DESERVED MORE TIME’ The treatment center's website says it draws "on our years of experience in addiction and mental health support," with "experienced staff has supported people with a wide variety of needs, from substance abuse and mental health, to trauma and eating disorders." Gerber reportedly checked into the facility on Saturday night and died Sunday morning.
Representatives for Resolutions Living did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Nicholas Kardaris, Ph.D., CEO and chief clinical officer of the New York Center for Living in Manhattan and a clinical professor at Stony Brook Medicine’s School of Social Welfare, cautioned against drawing conclusions from the fact that he died at a rehabilitation facility.
CINDY CRAWFORD’S SON PRESLEY GERBER SAID HE WAS ‘TERRIFIED’ IN RAW ADDICTION POST MONTHS BEFORE DEATH AT 27 As Gerber’s official cause of death has not yet been released, Kardaris — who has not treated Presley Gerber and is not connected to the case — cautioned against drawing conclusions from the fact that he died at a rehabilitation facility.
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