Caroline Flack confessed she ‘couldn’t see any way out’ in heart-wrenching texts and voice notes sent prior to her tragic death.
The beloved Love Island host tragically took her own life in February 2020, aged just 40, while awaiting trial for the alleged assault of her boyfriend.
A coroner found that her mental health had deteriorated following her arrest, with an inquest hearing that the presenter had been “hounded” by certain sections of the media. Now, with her family’s permission, Caroline’s desperate final messages have been revealed in a new documentary.
In the Disney+ documentary, Caroline Flack: The Search for the Truth, the TV presenter’s mother Christine retraces her daughter’s steps leading up to her heartbreaking death.
In the trailer, we hear Caroline saying: “I’m just really going all over the place, my head doesn’t know what to think at any point.”
Christine believes the phone messages left by Caroline tell the ‘real story’ including a message from the late Love Island host which reads: “I feel the lowest I’ve ever felt, I don’t see any way out of this.”
Explaining why she has chosen to share this untold side of her daughter’s story, Christine confesses: “I’ve got nothing to lose. The worst thing in the world has happened. My daughter has died. As a parent, we think our children are always gonna be there. I want justice for my daughter.”
In the final moments of the documentary trailer, the former Strictly Come Dancing star is heard musing: “I think I should make a documentary about all this! What do you think?” as she contemplates the stress of her impending court case. Caroline was also replaced on her Love Island hosting job as she awaited her court trial.
Caroline was accused of assaulting her boyfriend, Lewis Burton following a row at her flat. In 2023, the Metropolitan Police issued an apology to Flack’s family for failing to keep a record explaining why they charged her with assault.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had initially recommended that the former Love Island presenter receive a caution following an incident with her boyfriend, but this decision was overturned after an appeal from the Met Police who instead charged her with assault by beating, reports the Mirror.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police stated that the force was instructed 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.
Divided into two parts, Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth will see mum Christine revisit the events that led up to Caroline taking her own life in 2020. Both episodes are now available on the streaming platform.
Prior to the release date, Disney+ unveiled a heart-wrenching scene from the documentary where Christine pays a visit to her daughter’s resting place alongside family members as they reflect on her quest to unmask those responsible for contributing to her daughter’s deteriorating mental wellbeing.
She subsequently speaks directly to the camera, stating: “I think Caroline would be pleased with what I’m doing. I wish I’d done it then, before she took her own life – and that’s my biggest regret, that I wasn’t shouting like this, then.”
She adds: “But now, I’ve got nothing to lose. The worst thing in the world happened with losing Carrie.”
A summary for the Disney+ documentary reveals: “After her arrest in 2019, she became the target of a relentless media storm. Vilified in the press and online, her world spiralled – ending in tragedy when she took her own life.
“This powerful two-part Disney+ documentary follows Caroline’s mother, Christine, as she investigates the truth about her daughter’s final months – uncovering new shocking details, asking difficult questions, and exposing the misrepresentations, pressures, and failures from institutions and decision makers that shaped Caroline’s final days.”