Almost five years ago, one of UK TV’s shining stars, Caroline Flack, took her own life.
The announcement of the 40-year-old’s death sent shockwaves through the nation.
Now, her mum, Christine Flack, is working with Disney+ to release a documentary on the anniversary of her passing, which will look closely at the final 24 hours of the former TV presenter’s life, attempting to answer the more difficult questions that have since been raised.
The documentary, which is also being worked on by the team behind the 2021 documentary, Caroline Flack: Her Life & Death, Curious Films, is expected to try and help Christine with her grief as it works to explain the pressure Flack was under when she died as well as her mental health struggles. Flack had struggled with her mental health since she was a young teenager.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, a source said: ‘Christine wants to know what went on in the last hours of Caroline’s life.’
They added: ‘There is also a sense of wanting to raise awareness through the documentary about what happened, Caroline’s mental health, the pressures she was under and how she was treated.’
It’s unclear if Flack’s two friends Louise Teasdale and Mollie Grosberg, who were the last people to see her alive, will appear in the documentary, however it’s understood they are no longer in communication with Christine.
It’s also unclear whether Flack’s ex-boyfriend, Lewis Burton, who has since become engaged to and is expecting his second child with Lottie Tomlinson, will appear in any footage.
Flack’s death occurred on February 15, 2020, three months after she’d allegedly attacked her then-boyfriend, Lewis, at her Stoke Newington flat in North-East London. It’s claimed she hit him on the head with a lamp while he was sleeping and then went on to harm herself.
Flack was then arrested on suspicion of assault on December 13, 2019.
Lewis did not make a statement to police and is said to have hoped it wouldn’t go to trial. However, days before Flack’s death, she was told that the incident was going to trial, and the Love Island host was reportedly scared it would result in not only the loss of her dignity and Lewis but also her career.
According to the Daily Mail, Flack’s mum will use the documentary in part to examine whether her daughter was ‘being used as a high-profile example of domestic violence against men.’
Soon after Flack heard the news of the pending trial, her mental health worsened, and on Valentine’s Day, she reportedly told her friends, Louise and Mollie, she wanted to kill herself.
The duo quickly rushed to be with Flack, finding her ‘barely conscious’ in her flat after an attempt to take her life. Naturally, they rang an ambulance, however it’s said Flack refused to go to hospital, meaning after she was cared for by medical professionals, her friends stayed by her side to make sure she was okay.
After spending the night, Louise and Mollie had to leave, and Flack’s twin sister, Jody, was on her way over to look after her sister. Unfortunately, there was no overlap between the pair leaving and Jody arriving, and in the short space of time between the two visits, Flack died.
It follows news the Metropolitan Police will reinvestigate the lead-up to the decision to charge the TV presenter before her death as ‘new witness evidence may be available’, the force said in April.
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