Page Six says Reza Nabavi, founder of the Santa Monica sober-living home where Presley Gerber died, pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor drug-possession charges in 2002; California regulators later denied his psychology registration application, and he is now licensed.
Page Six reported that California's Board of Psychology rejected Nabavi's 2004 application, citing his convictions, controlled-substance use and conduct it considered substantially related to psychology practice. In 2006, the board revoked his psychological-assistant registration but stayed the revocation, allowing him to continue on five years' probation with monitoring, recovery-program participation, treatment and random drug and alcohol testing. He later obtained a psychologist license; his probation ended early in 2008, and the license is listed active through June 30, 2028.
Police are investigating Gerber's Sept. 20 death as a suspected overdose and say there is no indication of foul play. The medical examiner has deferred cause and manner pending further tests, including toxicology; no public finding says Nabavi's past conduct caused or contributed to the death. The California Department of Health Care Services told TMZ it has no record of Resolutions Living as a licensed residential substance-use treatment facility; it said public information indicates the program is a sober-living or recovery residence, which does not require that license or face the same state oversight.
