Caroline Flack’s mother, Christine, has claimed that the truth of her daughter’s tragic death is ‘darker’ than people think.
It’s been five years since the former Love Island host took her own life at the age of 40 after learning that prosecutors were going ahead with an assault charge.
A new two-part Disney Plus documentary is set to shed light on her mental state in the final 24 hours of the TV presenter’s life.
‘People think they know what happened to Caroline, but the reality is much darker, there’s so much information the public haven’t seen,’ her mum said.
‘I want the truth to come out.’
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In new clips from Caroline Flack: Search For The Truth, the Strictly Come Dancing winner is seen arriving at magistrates’ court.
Flack was accused of assaulting her boyfriend at the time, Lewis Burton, in 2019, which she denied.
Voice notes and texts from the TV presenter are set to be revealed in the documentary, which looks at the impact of the charge on her emotions.
In another clip, Christine takes phones out of a wicker box and says her late daughter’s devices ‘tell the real story’.
Some of the comments Flack received online are revealed as well as an audio clip of her saying, ‘I’m receiving so much abuse.’
One of the texts shown reads: ‘I don’t see any way out of this’ and another says, ‘I’m having a big panic attack’.
In a voice note, Flack says: ‘I think I should make a documentary about all of this, what do you think?’
In 2023, the Metropolitan Police apologised to her family for not keeping a record about why they charged her with assault.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had recommended the former Love Island presenter receive a caution following an incident with her boyfriend but this was overturned after an appeal from the Met Police, who instead charged her with assault by beating.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said the force was ordered to apologise to Flack’s family following a review by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) which found there was not a ‘record of rationale’ to appeal against the CPS decision.
In August 2020, a coroner ruled she took her own life after learning that prosecutors were going to press ahead with the assault charge.
‘As a parent, we think our children our always going to be there, I want justice for my daughter,’ Christine said.
In a previous interview with the Guardian, the 71-year-old said: ‘I’d been trying for four years to understand what happened and I still had so many questions.
‘I’d come to a brick wall so I went ahead. And whatever happens next, I always say that no one can do anything worse to me now. Nothing worse can happen than Caroline dying.’
She revealed Flack had asked her not to do anything when the case was ongoing, adding: ‘I think I’ve got as many answers as I can now. I hope this programme can set the record straight. I wish I’d done it before Caroline died.’
Flack was best known for presenting ITV reality show Love Island from 2015 to 2019, and she also worked as a presenter on The X Factor and I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! NOW!
In 2014, she won series 12 of Strictly Come Dancing after achieving a perfect score in the final with professional dancer Pasha Kovalev.
Caroline Flack: Search For The Truth premieres on Disney Plus on Monday, November 10.
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