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Presley Gerber has been cremated just days after his shocking death in a Santa Monica rehab facility ... according to the death certificate obtained by TMZ.

The death certificate says Presley was cremated at the Rose Family Funeral Home. Presley is described as an entrepreneur who worked in mental health, and his ashes will be kept at Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber's Malibu mansion.

While his body has been cremated and the autopsy complete, it appears the M.E. is still waiting for test results to come back before announcing an official cause of death ... listing it as deferred and pending investigation.

Two frat leaders in Wisconsin have been arrested after cops found dozens of half-naked pledges in a basement, covered in food.

20-year-olds Brayden J. Klein and Samuel N. Vane -- leaders of a reportedly unrecognized University of Wisconsin frat -- were booked Wednesday for misdemeanor hazing and misdemeanor disorderly conduct in the alleged hazing incident.

According to the New York Post, cops found 30 teens in the basement of the Alpha Epsilon Pi frat house ... noting in the report that they were covered in food and condiments, and some had "visible injuries consistent with being physically assaulted."

Carrot Top was informed that allegations of sexual misconduct were coming out about him around an hour before he attempted to take his own life ... this according to a police report.

According to the report, obtained by TMZ, cops got a call from medical dispatch about a suicidal male at Carrot’s Las Vegas home on September 18 at 4:21 PM. Officers say they arrived on scene and found the comedian in the backyard by his pool. The report says he was breathing but was unconscious.

Cops say Carrot’s manager told cops that he had told the entertainer about an article that came out with claims that he was sexually inappropriate.

Porn star Christian Styles' 911 caller tried performing life-saving procedures on him while talking with dispatchers shortly before he was declared dead ... TMZ has learned.

TMZ has obtained the dispatch audio from Canton Township Police following the emergency call made in August ... and the unnamed caller repeatedly asks law enforcement to "hurry up" as they performed CPR.

After dispatch guided them through the life-saving procedure ... the caller asks someone else in the home to open the front door before neighbors arrived to help.

President Donald Trump's table at the state dinner he hosted for Chinese President Xi Jinping sat billionaires whose combined net worth is nearly $1.13 trillion ... or roughly the same amount as Poland's entire GDP.

Among those guests seated at Trump's table Thursday night were Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and his wife Lori, AMD CEO Lisa Su, her husband Daniel Lin, and Apple executive chairman Tim Cook.

It's time to take out your calculators ... Musk's current net worth is $918 billion, Huang's is $195 billion, Cook's is $3.1 billion, and Su's is $3.5 billion.

Nolan Wells' cellphone tells a troubling story ... messages were allegedly deleted after he last used the device, and the records contain conversations about "sketchy" people on Horn Island.

Attorney Ben Crump and the family's digital-forensics team laid out the findings at a press conference Thursday ... saying Nolan last used his phone at 2:18 PM on the day he died ... and showing a map of GPS coordinates tracing Nolan's phone from the island to when his parents ultimately retrieved the phone.

Andrew Garrett -- the forensic examiner hired by Nolan's parents -- says messages were deleted between Nolan's last phone activity and the time his family regained access to the device. Garrett says his team cannot determine who deleted the messages or why.

A 10-year-old boy and his fifth-grade teacher were found dead Wednesday during a frantic police search after they went missing and ultimately drowned in an Iowa reservoir during a school field trip.

The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office issued a statement Wednesday night, announcing that its deputies and other law enforcement agencies discovered the bodies of Ahmed Osman, 10, and Hannah Jorgensen, 24, floating in the water at the Coralville Reservoir in Iowa City.

The Sheriff's Office called their deaths a "tragic accident" that occurred while the two were on a field trip with a bunch of fifth graders from Borlaug Elementary School at Lake MacBride State Park near the Coralville Reservoir.

OpenAI's A.I. went off the rails in 4 new incidents in which its agents tried to hack into government agencies and universities ... and in at least one case, the technology succeeded.

The disturbing breach came after its agents were told to complete a simple data collection prompt ... the New York Times reported.

In May, the A.I. tried hacking into the University of New Mexico unsuccessfully.

Carrot Top's former pal, Brian Evans, says the comedian's fans are sending him death threats as their legal war plays out in court ... and he fears for his life.

TMZ obtained a transcript from Tuesday's court hearing in Florida ... which reveals Brian told the judge, "I have people threatening to kill me because of the stuff that he's putting there online. And saying they're going to if they see me on the street, they're going to beat the s*** out of me. What am I supposed to do? ... I don't want to die over this."

Carrot Top's team was in court arguing their case to stop Brian from making future filings in the case without the court's approval, claiming he keeps filing docs with false claims about Carrot ... which are getting picked up by the media.

Carrot Top's battle with his former friend, Brian Evans, turned ugly in court ... with the judge threatening jail time at a recent hearing ... TMZ has learned.

TMZ obtained the transcript for the hearing that went down in a Florida court on September 22 ... as Carrot and Brian fight over an alleged sexually explicit tape of the comedian.

Carrot Top claims Brian is using the alleged footage to extort money. Brian denies the claims and says he doesn't even possess the video in question.

At the hearing, Carrot's lawyers asked the court to stop Brian from being allowed to file future motions in the case without the court's approval ... claiming Brian files docs with salacious accusations that get picked up by the media.

A California college wrestler is dead after he fell near Illilouette Falls at Yosemite National Park.

Santa Rosa Junior College Coach Fred Duerr confirmed that wrestler Ryan George died over the weekend ... according to multiple reports.

Duerr said ... "If you knew Ryan, you know he was one of the most genuine, positive people you could ever meet. He had this way of lighting up a room, making you feel welcome, and bringing out the best in everyone around him."

A Brazilian model was found stabbed to death in her ex's car ... after she'd texted her mom that he'd turned up at her home.

Larissa Brito's body was reportedly found during a random customs check of her ex Mathieu's car in Brignoles, France.

A local outlet says she was hidden under plastic bags in the backseat ... and her 29-year-old ex was arrested.

A Massachusetts lesbian bar that required masks until this month is getting some serious heat for its new mask-optional update.

Last Ditch in Greenfield posted a series of updates on August 31, including one that said "It is with love we inform our immunocompromised disabled divas we will be opening Saturday nights as mask optional to try out typical club nights with themes/hosts/DJs/full capacity."

The post continued ... "Accessibility is a pillar of our mission, AND our mission is also to make the space work for everyone and everything radical, sometimes that's being wild! We strive for solidarity, transparency of risks, and connecting us all in this revolution."

Hayden Panettiere's parents couldn't agree on who should get some of their daughter's belongings ... according to cops in South Carolina, who told them they'd hold back on sending the items until they worked it out.

According to the coroner's report on Hayden -- obtained by TMZ -- several stud-type earrings were removed from Hayden's body and placed into a sealed purple plastic bag.

A senior deputy was provided the bag before contacting Hayden's parents, Skip Panettiere and Lesley Vogel ... who apparently both wanted the earrings.

Camp Mystic is facing a criminal investigation ... and investigators say they are on the hunt for evidence of manslaughter and homicide after 28 people died there last year in a flood.

Texas Rangers have applied for search warrants to obtain electronic communications from the camp's owners, who have not been charged with a crime ... according to multiple reports.

Officials say these communications may contain evidence of crimes ... including manslaughter, negligent homicide, and child abandonment.

3:25 PM PT -- Adam Wolf, the attorney representing the baby's biological parents, tells TMZ ... "We are grateful that Rumi can continue receiving the treatment he needs to survive, and that he will not be stripped away from his parents, who are ensuring their child receives top-notch medical care."

The statement continued ... "Ms. West’s legal filings across three states, numerous courts of appeals, and now the U.S. Supreme Court have sought to undermine Rumi’s parents’ right to provide him with the care he needs. Those efforts have been rejected by every single court."

Surrogate McKenna West lost her bid to have the Supreme Court review her battle with the biological parents of the child she gave birth to, TMZ has learned. 

On Tuesday, Justice Elena Kagan decided to reject McKenna's plea for the court to review the decision to award custody of the baby to the biological parents, Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar.

McKenna argued she should have custody since Omar and Nausheen wanted to abort the child due to a birth defect. Omar and Nausheen scoffed at the suggestion that they shouldn't be the ones to take care of the baby.