Caroline Flack: TV presenter dies at 40 - commits suicide

[MenInG]

Former Love Island host Caroline Flack has been found dead in her London flat, her family have confirmed.

A lawyer for the family said the star had taken her own life.

She stood down from the dating show after she was charged with assaulting her partner in December and was due to stand trial next month.

As well as presenting ITV's Love Island she had co-hosted The X Factor and won Strictly Come Dancing in 2014.

The family said in a statement: "We can confirm that our Caroline passed away today, the 15th of February.

"We would ask that the press respect the privacy of the family at this difficult time and we would ask they make no attempt to contact us and/or photograph us."

Confirming Saturday night's Love Island episode will not be broadcast, an ITV spokeswoman said:
"Everybody at Love Island and ITV is shocked and saddened by this desperately sad news.

"Caroline was a much loved member of the Love Island team and our sincere thoughts and condolences are with her family and friends."

Channel 4 announced their TV series called The Surjury, featuring Flack as the host, will no longer air.

Laura Whitmore, who took over presenting Love Island following Flack's arrest, posted a picture of the pair on Twitter and wrote: "I'm trying to find the words but I can't."

Many fans grew up with Flack since her breakthrough co-hosting Saturday morning show TMi with Sam and Mark on CBBC in 2007.

From there, she went on to front Gladiators on Sky One, ITV2's I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! spin-off and The Xtra Factor, before moving to The X Factor itself with Olly Murs in 2015.

She cemented her popular appeal when she won Strictly Come Dancing in 2014 with partner Pasha Kovalev.

She is credited with making Love Island one of the biggest shows on British TV and was the one to pick up the award when it won the Bafta for best reality show in 2018.

The same year, Flack made her West End stage debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago and even appeared on the celebrity version of The Great British Bake Off.

Assault charge
At the time of her death, she had been replaced by Whitmore for the winter series of Love Island.

Flack was charged with assaulting her boyfriend with a lamp after police were called to her home in December.

She pleaded not guilty in court later the same month and was released on bail on the condition she did not contact Burton.

Her solicitor made an application to have these bail conditions lifted, arguing that they remained a couple and wanted to spend Christmas together.

In a statement, her management company criticised the Crown Prosecution Service for pressing ahead with what it called her "show trial", even after her boyfriend said he did not support it.

Francis Ridley, of Money Talent Management, said: "In recent months Caroline had been under huge pressure because of an ongoing case and potential trial which has been well reported.

"The Crown Prosecution Service pursued this when they knew not only how very vulnerable Caroline was but also that the alleged victim did not support the prosecution and had disputed the CPS version of events.

"The CPS should look at themselves today and how they pursued a show trial that was not only without merit but not in the public interest. And ultimately resulted in significant distress to Caroline."

In response, the CPS said its "deepest sympathies go to the family and friends of Caroline Flack".

"Given the tragic circumstances, we will not comment on the specifics of this case at this stage," a spokesperson added.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51517973

 

[sweep_shot]

Many celebrities often end up taking their lives. Looks like money and fame can't always buy you happiness.

 

[uberkoen]

Many celebrities often end up taking their lives. Looks like money and fame can't always buy you happiness.

Many celebrities? Really? That's a bit far fetched.

 

[minamino]

The show needs to go in the bin

 

[Robert]

Many celebrities often end up taking their lives. Looks like money and fame can't always buy you happiness.

History of depression, plus tabloid press hounding, plus CPS prosecution.

Poor lady.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Why are they blaming the CPS for doing their job?

 

[IMMY69]

Why are they blaming the CPS for doing their job?

Because the boyfriend defended her and didn’t want to press any charges. CPS not only continued the prosecution but also slapped an order preventing her to see or make any contact with him.
The CPS has a lot to answer for here.

RIP Caroline

 

[minamino]

Love Island needs to be cancelled now. Third death associated with the show. The show which's USP is how good you look or how ripped your body is cancerous for the society. Big Brother is not same that's why I like it more than Love Island.

 

[minamino]

Should Love Island be banned?

Third death of someone associated with this useless show. There was only one death associated with Jeremy Kyle and then it was banned but Love Island keeps on going on even though there have been 3 deaths related to the show and I find it a very useless show as well.

The whole USP of the show is how good you look or how ripped your body is, which sets unrealistic standards for common people.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Because the boyfriend defended her and didn’t want to press any charges. CPS not only continued the prosecution but also slapped an order preventing her to see or make any contact with him.
The CPS has a lot to answer for here.

RIP Caroline

How could they put a prevention order on seeing her boyfriend if he didn't agree with it? I don't get it.

 

[in_cutter]

But she didn’t die because of the show? Outside factors contributed to her demise.

But yea this trash TV should be binned regardless.

 

[IMMY69]

How could they put a prevention order on seeing her boyfriend if he didn't agree with it? I don't get it.

I don’t either.
But from what I’m hearing neither of them were allowed to contact each other.

 

[IMMY69]

I actually quiet like Love Island

 

[Bewal Express]

Never watched it but no.

 

[The_KING]

Because the boyfriend defended her and didn’t want to press any charges. CPS not only continued the prosecution but also slapped an order preventing her to see or make any contact with him.
The CPS has a lot to answer for here.

RIP Caroline

Would you be saying that if Caroline was a man? People get all offended when a man assaults a woman, but when it comes to women assaulting men, people don't see a big issue with that. What a joke.

 

[Zaz]

Very very sad news

Dont really know her, as never watched gutter tv like love island

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

I don’t either.
But from what I’m hearing neither of them were allowed to contact each other.

I have a feeling there is a bit more to the story behind the public announcements of support by the boyfriend.

 

[IMMY69]

Would you be saying that if Caroline was a man? People get all offended when a man assaults a woman, but when it comes to women assaulting men, people don't see a big issue with that. What a joke.

Excuse me?

What are you saying?

 

[IMMY69]

I have a feeling there is a bit more to the story behind the public announcements of support by the boyfriend.

You are probably right..
Anyway I’m just saying what I’ve read and seen in the news...

 

[The_KING]

Excuse me?

What are you saying?

She was charged with assaulting her boyfriend and due to face trial.

 

[The_KING]

Love Island is a rubbish show that features losers trying to find love. Imagine being sad enough to need a TV show to find love. That hot garbage show should be cancelled.

 

[IMMY69]

She was charged with assaulting her boyfriend and due to face trial.

Yes and the boyfriend didn’t want to press charges and they were both told not to contact each other.

I don’t see how this becomes a sexist thing.. if anything she probably took more flack (excuse the pun) then if had been a male defendant.

Best to reserve judgement until all the facts come out but so far CPS not looking very good.

 

[Technics 1210]

Never heard of her.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Love Island is a rubbish show that features losers trying to find love. Imagine being sad enough to need a TV show to find love. That hot garbage show should be cancelled.

The contestants usually go on to make a lot of money from endorsements and social media profile.

 

[minamino]

The bottomline is that Love Island is a show which needs binning ASAP. Even though this death wasn't related to the show but the other two deaths were.

 

[minamino]

The contestants usually go on to make a lot of money from endorsements and social media profile.

So do people from Big Brother or Bigg Boss. Bigg Boss is a much better show than Love Island

 

[IMMY69]

So do people from Big Brother or Bigg Boss. Bigg Boss is a much better show than Love Island

Love Island is utterly fascinating...
Makes for absolutely superb viewing.

 

[MenInG]

Caroline Flack's family have released an unpublished Instagram post she wrote days before she took her own life, ahead of the opening of the inquest into her death.

In the statement, the 40-year-old wrote that her arrest for assaulting her boyfriend Lewis Burton, 27, last year, meant "within 24 hours my whole world and future was swept from under my feet".

Spoiler

The former Love Island presenter was found dead at her east London flat on Saturday having taken her own life, her family said.

An inquest into her death was opened on Wednesday morning, with the court hearing Flack was found by residents and that police attended the property after being flagged down. Paramedics were unable to save her and she was identified by her twin sister, Jody.

Funeral arrangements are still to be decided, the court heard.

Ahead of the inquest opening, the TV star's family released her unpublished social media post to their local paper, the Eastern Daily Press, and said she had been advised not to release it.

Her message in full:

For a lot of people, being arrested for common assault is an extreme way to have some sort of spiritual awakening but for me it's become the normal.

I've been pressing the snooze button on many stresses in my life - for my whole life.

I've accepted shame and toxic opinions on my life for over 10 years and yet told myself it's all part of my job. No complaining.

The problem with brushing things under the carpet is.... they are still there and one day someone is going to lift that carpet up and all you are going to feel is shame and embarrassment.

On December the 12th 2019 I was arrested for common assault on my boyfriend...

Within 24 hours my whole world and future was swept from under my feet and all the walls that I had taken so long to build around me, collapsed.

I am suddenly on a different kind of stage and everyone is watching it happen.

I have always taken responsibility for what happened that night. Even on the night. But the truth is .... It was an accident.

I've been having some sort of emotional breakdown for a very long time.

But I am NOT a domestic abuser. We had an argument and an accident happened. An accident.

The blood that someone SOLD to a newspaper was MY blood and that was something very sad and very personal.

The reason I am talking today is because my family can't take anymore.

I've lost my job. My home. My ability to speak. And the truth has been taken out of my hands and used as entertainment.

I can't spend every day hidden away being told not to say or speak to anyone.

I'm so sorry to my family for what I have brought upon them and for what my friends have had to go through.

I'm not thinking about 'how I'm going to get my career back'. I'm thinking about how I'm going to get mine and my family's life back.

I can't say anymore than that.

It is unclear exactly when the post was written.

Her mum Chris Flack told the Norfolk newspaper: "Carrie sent me this message at the end of January but was told not to post it by advisers, but she so wanted to have her little voice heard.

"So many untruths were out there, but this is how she felt, and my family and I would like people to read her own words.

"Carrie was surrounded by love and friends but this was just too much for her."

Flack's final published Instagram post, shared two days before she was found dead, included four photos alongside her French bulldog Ruby, captioned simply with a heart emoji.

Flack was due to stand trial in March for allegedly attacking Mr Burton with a lamp at her flat on 12 December, despite him saying he did not support the prosecution.

She had entered a not guilty plea at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court and was released on bail, with conditions that stopped her having any contact with Mr Burton before the trial.

Hours after Flack's body was discovered at the weekend, her management criticised prosecutors for pressing ahead with "a show trial".

Flack's inquest was opened at Poplar Coroner's Court in east London and adjourned until 5 August.

https://news.sky.com/story/caroline...-post-she-wrote-days-before-she-died-11937569

 

[Knight_Rider]

If the above mentioned news abt unpublished Instagram post is correct (though not sure how can family got hold of something that wasn’t published), then the Crown Prosecution Service is responsible for this mess. Someone from that dept should be brought to court and penalised for this.

 

[imrankhannsu]

She was famous to people who I guess loves trash entertainment. She was pretty though. Yes she did many things that might be cringing but now she is dead and may she rest in peace

 

[HitWicket]

If the above mentioned news abt unpublished Instagram post is correct (though not sure how can family got hold of something that wasn’t published), then the Crown Prosecution Service is responsible for this mess. Someone from that dept should be brought to court and penalised for this.

Why? The CPS believed they had enough evidence to succesfully charge her for domestic abuse.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

If she really had the support of her boyfriend, this would all have been cleared up in the court case anyway. I don't see why the CPS is getting criticism for applying the law. She would have been able to put her case when the case came up anyway, if she was vindicated her career would have got straight back on top.

 

[IMMY69]

If she really had the support of her boyfriend, this would all have been cleared up in the court case anyway. I don't see why the CPS is getting criticism for applying the law. She would have been able to put her case when the case came up anyway, if she was vindicated her career would have got straight back on top.

well what I'm hearing is that the police were wearing body cams which videoed her naked etc etc.. All this was going to be be exposed in court....

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

well what I'm hearing is that the police were wearing body cams which videoed her naked etc etc.. All this was going to be be exposed in court....

In which case the police would have come out of it badly not her.

 

[IMMY69]

In which case the police would have come out of it badly not her.

I'm just taking a shot in the dark...

 

[HitWicket]

In which case the police would have come out of it badly not her.

Why would the police come out of that badly?

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Why would the police come out of that badly?

I was assuming the reason for the objections about body cams were because there was a presumption these images might become public. Although I don't really see why they would do.

 

[shaz619]

Why would the police come out of that badly?

Is it normal in Hampshire to secretly record women naked and then publish the images in public

 

[HitWicket]

Is it normal in Hampshire to secretly record women naked and then publish the images in public

There was a man in the house on the phone to a 999 operator saying someone was trying to kill him. Are you really suggesting the police should just hang around outside, turn off there body cams and hang around outside for a bit just so the 999 operator can make sure everyone's dressed (heck, let them clean up the blood whilst you're at it) before they enter?

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Is it normal in Hampshire to secretly record women naked and then publish the images in public

What makes you think the police would publish the images in public shaz?

 

[shaz619]

What makes you think the police would publish the images in public shaz?

There's a possibility they could get out there one way or another as we've seen in this day and age, the thought of that happening has a varying level of effect from individual to individual

 

[IMMY69]

What makes you think the police would publish the images in public shaz?

It was in one of the tabloids.
The police cams could be shown in court and then the details are out there, whether seen or left to the imagination.

 

[KingKhanWC]

Don't care at all about this person, never heard of her. If you want fame, make sure you can handle it.

 

[minamino]

I can’t see why people are blaming CPS and Police, like it’s literally their job to do that

 

[Pakistanian]

well what I'm hearing is that the police were wearing body cams which videoed her naked etc etc.. All this was going to be be exposed in court....

Nuditity isn't a big deal in the west, it's not like she killed herself for "honor reasons".

 

[IMMY69]

Nuditity isn't a big deal in the west, it's not like she killed herself for "honor reasons".

No but it wasn’t just nakedness.
If you read up on II she said the blood they police saw was hers and not her boyfriends.
So who knows???? Suicide attempt???

Nothing will be known for sure until the truth comes out.

 

[Robert]

Don't care at all about this person, never heard of her. If you want fame, make sure you can handle it.

That’s a bit cold-blooded. She was somebody’s daughter.

 

[IMMY69]

I can’t see why people are blaming CPS and Police, like it’s literally their job to do that

A society can only progress if you have a system of checks and balances in place.
Critiquing the CPS/Police has already opened up an enquiry. If the way the case was handled needs to be reviewed and certainly if things need to be changed then it will.

Only an idiot will question people for blaming the CPS/Police.
But you’re not one, are you?

 

[Salma_T]

A woman has died be it due to the the upcoming case or media treatment yet you have some men on here essentially say she should have coped with fame/let cps do their job yet not a word for the loss it will mean to those who love her. Let's try and be humane about everyone as humanity has no colour/creed or religion

 

[Pakistanian]

A woman has died be it due to the the upcoming case or media treatment yet you have some men on here essentially say she should have coped with fame/let cps do their job yet not a word for the loss it will mean to those who love her. Let's try and be humane about everyone as humanity has no colour/creed or religion

wasn't she charged with assault?

 

[Salma_T]

Yes she was charged and her boyfriend didn't want to charge her (but I do get the process of law) it is just the comments on here making it very inhumane as if she meant nothing to anyone. People commit crimes never seen men being hounded in manner by the tabloids

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

A woman has died be it due to the the upcoming case or media treatment yet you have some men on here essentially say she should have coped with fame/let cps do their job yet not a word for the loss it will mean to those who love her. Let's try and be humane about everyone as humanity has no colour/creed or religion

She actively chased fame, so you can hardly blame the media treatment for her death. It works both ways, you can't expect the media to promote only the good stuff if you get in bed with them. Personally I feel the only reason she couldn't cope was because her boyfriend's support was less than what is being reported post death. If she knew she was right, and her friends and family were behind her, why would she be afraid of a court case?

 

[KingKhanWC]

That’s a bit cold-blooded. She was somebody’s daughter.

Sure but for a nobody celeb who presented some show I would never watch, she has received a lot of coverage. Millions of innocent people die every month due to famine, disease, war etc. Media should focus on them.

 

[IMMY69]

Yes she was charged and her boyfriend didn't want to charge her (but I do get the process of law) it is just the comments on here making it very inhumane as if she meant nothing to anyone. People commit crimes never seen men being hounded in manner by the tabloids

Alas your words have fallen on deaf ears.

 

[KingKhanWC]

She actively chased fame, so you can hardly blame the media treatment for her death. It works both ways, you can't expect the media to promote only the good stuff if you get in bed with them. Personally I feel the only reason she couldn't cope was because her boyfriend's support was less than what is being reported post death. If she knew she was right, and her friends and family were behind her, why would she be afraid of a court case?

There is no such thing as bad publicity for these people unless it's serious crime related such as abusing kids. Celebs even plant controversy to gain publicity.

We don't know why she took her life. What we do know is we all die and some of us are not going to be missed as we had little to offer the planet.

Of course the fans of the show will be sad, all people who are obsessed with reality tv, tend to find a connection to those on the show. Its pretty sad imo because they have no clue of your existence.

 

[Robert]

Yes she was charged and her boyfriend didn't want to charge her (but I do get the process of law) it is just the comments on here making it very inhumane as if she meant nothing to anyone. People commit crimes never seen men being hounded in manner by the tabloids

Compare with the Stokes trial. He did not suffer such an invasion of privacy.

There is certainly a misogynistic element to this. A teenage girls’ mag did a takedown piece on her for dating Harry Styles. It was nauseating. The mag was teaching young girls to be b1tchy to each other instead of support each other.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Compare with the Stokes trial. He did not suffer such an invasion of privacy.

There is certainly a misogynistic element to this. A teenage girls’ mag did a takedown piece on her for dating Harry Styles. It was nauseating. The mag was teaching young girls to be b1tchy to each other instead of support each other.

Stokes case was also splashed across the front pages. He didn't get the police storming into his home at night because he didn't have a boyfriend calling the police claiming he was trying to kill him. The circumstances were different, you can't really compare. Stokes believed he would be cleared so he didn't feel that all was lost and was happy to go to court to clear his name.

 

[Salma_T]

Alas your words have fallen on deaf ears.

Bit of a boys clubs for some.....didn't think anything would change with one of the few women on the forum pointing out double standards etc

 

[Salma_T]

Stokes case was also splashed across the front pages. He didn't get the police storming into his home at night because he didn't have a boyfriend calling the police claiming he was trying to kill him. The circumstances were different, you can't really compare. Stokes believed he would be cleared so he didn't feel that all was lost and was happy to go to court to clear his name.

Yet he goes berserk at a spectator for calling him Ed Shearen....their are double standards at play and many just don't want to see them.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Yet he goes berserk at a spectator for calling him Ed Shearen....their are double standards at play and many just don't want to see them.

How is that our fault? If it's wrong to go beserk at a fan for calling him Ed Sheeran, that's for the police to sort out, and then the courts to follow up, same as it was for Flack. Not really getting your point here.

 

[HitWicket]

Yet he goes berserk at a spectator for calling him Ed Shearen....their are double standards at play and many just don't want to see them.

Yes, I'm sure he was reacting to being called Ed Sheeran and not reacting to being called a ginger c**t and whatever else abuse was thrown at him.

 

[Salma_T]

Yes, I'm sure he was reacting to being called Ed Sheeran and not reacting to being called a ginger c**t and whatever else abuse was thrown at him.

So how many pages of negative write ups did that get? There is a difference in how men and women are treated in the press-

Meghan is the villain in the peice and not Harry (of she knew what was entailed so did he so why didn't he marry a nice home counties girls from his circle)
Prince Andrew and associations have bought far more shame on the royal family yet all the tabloids want to do is talk about Meghan.

These are just recent examples

 

[HitWicket]

So how many pages of negative write ups did that get? There is a difference in how men and women are treated in the press-

Meghan is the villain in the peice and not Harry (of she knew what was entailed so did he so why didn't he marry a nice home counties girls from his circle)
Prince Andrew and associations have bought far more shame on the royal family yet all the tabloids want to do is talk about Meghan.

These are just recent examples

I'm pretty sure if Stokes was accused of smashing his wife in the head with a lamp, with his wife on the phone to police saying he'd tried to kill her and then continued to act aggressively when police arrived he'd have got quite a bit of negative coverage. You're not seriously comparing that to swearing in response to some verbal abuse?

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

So how many pages of negative write ups did that get? There is a difference in how men and women are treated in the press-

Meghan is the villain in the peice and not Harry (of she knew what was entailed so did he so why didn't he marry a nice home counties girls from his circle)
Prince Andrew and associations have bought far more shame on the royal family yet all the tabloids want to do is talk about Meghan.

These are just recent examples

Prince Andrew has had plenty of negative press. Yes it has been more muted, but that is because the accusations of child abuse are so much more disgusting and hard to stomach for the British public as he is representative of us. The tabloids don't want to rub that in their paying customers face. It's just bad business.

 

[Robert]

Stokes case was also splashed across the front pages. He didn't get the police storming into his home at night because he didn't have a boyfriend calling the police claiming he was trying to kill him. The circumstances were different, you can't really compare. Stokes believed he would be cleared so he didn't feel that all was lost and was happy to go to court to clear his name.

OK there was no 999 call, but I am talking about press coverage of the events.

 

[Robert]

So how many pages of negative write ups did that get? There is a difference in how men and women are treated in the press-

Meghan is the villain in the peice and not Harry (of she knew what was entailed so did he so why didn't he marry a nice home counties girls from his circle)
Prince Andrew and associations have bought far more shame on the royal family yet all the tabloids want to do is talk about Meghan.

These are just recent examples

Stop being so misogynistic. The press are the villains not the Duchess. They would have turned on a home counties girl eventually too, though the racism element makes it worse.

 

[MenInG]

Caroline Flack took her own life after finding out she was definitely going to be prosecuted for assault and fearing the publicity that would come with a trial, a coroner has concluded.

Coroner Mary Hassell said the Love Island presenter's alleged assault of boyfriend Lewis Burton "played out in the national press" following her arrest had a serious impact on her mental health.

During the inquest into her death, the star's mother Christine Flack told the court her daughter "was not an abuser" and accused the police and prosecutors of having it "in for" her due to her "celebrity status".

After the hearing, she paid tribute to a "beautiful, fun, opinionated, kind, loyal" woman who was "full of confidence", but also "full of fears".

Flack, 40, died at her flat in north London in February, just weeks before she was due to go on trial over the incident in December 2019.

The day before her death, she had found out prosecutors were definitely pressing ahead with the case - despite her hopes that an appeal by her lawyers would lead to it being dropped.

Her inquest at Poplar Coroner's Court in east London heard that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) initially decided to caution the star - but charged her following an appeal by police.

Making her conclusion of suicide, the coroner said: "Although [Flack's] general fluctuating [mental] state was a background and important in her death, I find the reason for her taking her life was she now knew she was being prosecuted for certainty, and she knew she would face the media, press, publicity - it would all come down upon her."

During the hearing, Mrs Flack confronted the detective inspector who appealed for her daughter to be charged rather than cautioned.

"If it had been... an ordinary person, you wouldn't have prosecuted," Mrs Flack told Detective Inspector Lauren Bateman.

"I just think you should be disgusted with yourself. There is nothing we can do to bring Caroline back. I hope in hindsight you do regret this."

Deputy chief crown prosecutor Lisa Ramsarran told the court the code for prosecutors was correctly applied when charging Flack. DI Bateman also denied that she was motivated by Flack's celebrity status to charge her.

Flack admitted hitting Mr Burton when officers were called to her home, saying she did so because she found out he was cheating on her, the inquest heard.

However, during her police interview there was no "clear" admission of guilt, DI Bateman and Ms Ramsarran told the court, which was one of the factors in the decision to charge rather than caution.

Other factors included the violence involved, that Mr Burton was asleep at the time of the alleged offence and that a caution is rare for a domestic violence case - which this incident was considered as.

DI Bateman told the court Flack had given different accounts about what happened on the night of her arrest.

Flack was taken to hospital following the incident and had self-harmed, the court heard.

Mr Burton, 28, had said he did not support Flack's prosecution and in a statement read by the coroner he described how the last time he had seen her she was "very upset, in fact devastated".

In a statement released after the coroner's conclusion, Mrs Flack and Jody accused the CPS and police of attempting to "cover up" their part in the TV presenter's death.

Paying tribute, they said: "She was like all of us and that is why she was loved by everyone who actually knew her.

"She did not hide from her mistakes and did not crow about her successes.

"Because she was successful and because she was so open about her life and her loves she became an easy target for cruel and spiteful people who, if they knew the pain they caused, would be ashamed."

The CPS said: "We know this has been an extremely difficult period for the family and friends of Caroline Flack and our thoughts remain with them.

"We are grateful for the opportunity to provide detailed background into our handling of the case. It is our sincere hope this has assisted the coroner and Ms Flack's family in understanding our decision making."

Following Flack's death, the Met Police referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) over the contact it had with the star, and the IOPC said no formal investigation was needed.

However, in April, the force received an official public complaint about officers' previous contact with Flack and its Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS) is now undertaking a review.

Senior officer Chief Superintendent Raj Kohli also issued a statement, saying: "We know this will have been an extremely difficult period for the bereaved family and friends of Ms Flack and our thoughts remain with them.

"We are also aware that this sad loss will have had a big impact on all of those who admired and followed Ms Flack over the years."

Flack left behind her twin sister Jody, elder brother Paul, elder sister Elizabeth and her parents Ian and Christine.


https://news.sky.com/story/caroline...r-celebrity-status-stars-mother-says-12043182