Cindy Crawford’s son’s tragic post about ‘facing what I had been running from’ months before death in rehab aged 27

CINDY Crawford’s son said he had “faced” what he was running from and was “finding” his “way back” in a tragic post before his death. Presley Gerber, 27, who had long struggled with addiction, passed away at a rehab centre on Sunday. Presley Gerber posted a video on Instagram just months before his tragic death Credit: Instagram/@presleygerber He captioned the post: ‘Pre Ibogaine Flood Dose – quiet moment before everything changed.’ Credit: Instagram/@presleygerber The cause of death was not listed and an autopsy has yet to be completed. In March Presley posted a video on Instagram while at a wellness retreat. Sign up for the Showbiz newsletter Thank you! He captioned the post: “Pre Ibogaine Flood Dose – quiet moment before everything changed.” The video shows Presley standing in a garden while a woman performs a ritual, holding her hands in prayer and guiding smoke around him. Presley Gerber, who long struggled with addiction, died on Sunday at a rehab centre Credit: Shutterstock Editorial Businessman Rande Gerber, from left, models Cindy Crawford, Kaia Gerber and Presley Walker Gerber Credit: AP Ibogaine is a psychoactive compound being studied as a treatment for PTSD, depression and substance abuse. Presley wrote: “I was absolutely terrified, and I knew I would be again if I ever had to face something like this (helps to not go into the situations you do that get ya there but that’s life sometimes). “My mantras were love yourself and this gotta be the last time for this reason. “Letting go of control didn’t come easy, but I trusted there was something bigger than me guiding it. Most read in Showbiz “I 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 …. We shall see…. “Praying it’s the last time I have to come back. Next time I’d like to choose.” He thanked the care and kindness of his treatment team, adding: “I made some dope ass friends there”. Kaia Gerber and her brother Presley Gerber earlier this summer in Los Angeles Credit: Shutterstock Editorial (L-R) Rande Gerber, Cindy Crawford, and Presley Walker Gerber attend a premiere on March 14, 2024 Credit: Getty Presley was the only son of Crawford and her businessman husband, Rande Gerber, and the older brother of model-actor Kaia Gerber. Crawford commented under the post: “You are a warrior! Walked thru fire to find yourself! So proud!” Sister Kaia wrote: “That’s my brother I am so damn proud.” The Beverly Hills-born model revealed his struggles with addiction in 2024, describing a near-fatal fentanyl overdose. He later checked into a rehab to undergo treatment. His Instagram profile, where he documented his battle with mental health, was flooded with tributes on Monday morning. Presley had been posting “Mental Health Mondays” videos since July 2025, about starting to integrate healthy habits into his life, People reported. In 2019, he was arrested for driving under the influence in California and was sentenced to three years’ probation. Just last month, his 25-year-old sister Kaia opened up about her brother’s decade-long struggle with substance abuse. “When something like that happens in a family, it kind of levels everyone,” the model explained in an interview with Vogue. “We have this absolute teacher, my brother, who says, ‘I’m gonna be very human for everyone.’ There’s only so much you can hide from the world. “And trying to put a lid on something just makes the person feel like you’re ashamed of them.” Comment now