Overview
- Presley Gerber was found unresponsive at a Los Angeles-area rehabilitation facility and was pronounced dead on Sunday, September 20.
- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner completed an autopsy and released Gerber’s body to his family while the official cause and manner of death remain deferred.
- Santa Monica police are treating the death as a suspected overdose and say there is no indication of foul play at this time.
- Media outlets report that Gerber arrived appearing intoxicated and that a doctor had prescribed ketamine, but those claims are unconfirmed pending toxicology and further testing.
- Gerber had publicly discussed past addiction and an ibogaine treatment, and forensic experts say broad toxicology screening and quantification, which can take weeks to months, will be required to determine if any substance reached lethal levels.