Owner of Rehab Where Presley Gerber Died Was Denied a Psychology License Over a 2002 Arrest

Presley Gerber, the 27-year-old son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, died Sunday of a suspected overdose. He had been admitted to Resolutions Living, a Santa Monica facility, just one day earlier. Now the focus has turned to the man who owns that facility and what his record reveals.

Dr. Reza Nabavi was denied a psychology license in 2004 by the California Board of Psychology. The denial followed a 2002 arrest in which he was found with a 15-year-old girl, along with meth, a gun, and a knife. He pleaded no contest to drug possession twice that year and received probation both times. In 2006, he was permitted to register as a psychologist under strict probation terms that included drug testing and monitoring. That probation ended early in 2008.

Resolutions Living is not licensed by the state as a residential treatment facility. Based on publicly available information, the program appears to operate as a sober living environment, a category California does not license. That regulatory gap raises hard questions about oversight in an industry where people arrive at their most vulnerable. What would you want to know before trusting a recovery facility with someone you love?