On Wednesday, Flack’s family released a post that the television star had written in the days before she died by suicide but was told not to publish on social media by her advisers.
Before she was found dead in her flat in London, Flack had been facing assault charges stemming from a domestic incident with her boyfriend, Lewis Burton, last December.
In the post, published in Flack’s local hometown newspaper the Eastern Daily Press in Norfolk, England, she wrote: “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,” Flack wrote.
“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.”
Flack wrote that she was speaking out about the case, which was expected to go trial in March—despite her boyfriend not wishing to press charges—because of the toll the incident had taken on her family.
“I’m so sorry to my family for what I have brought upon them and for what my friends have had to go through,” she wrote.
After Flack’s death, the star’s management team accused of the U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service of pursuing a “show trial” against Flack.
“In recent months Caroline had been under huge pressure because of an ongoing case and potential trial which has been well reported,” said Francis Ridley of Money Talent Management on Saturday. “The CPS 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,” Ridley added.
In an Instagram post, Burton said his “heart is broken” following news of Flack’s death. “I am so lost for words I am in so much pain I miss you so much I know you felt safe with me you always said I don’t think about anything else when I am with you and I was not allowed to be there this time I kept asking and asking,” he wrote.
If you or someone need help, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.
A post shared by Lewis Burton (@mrlewisburton) on Feb 15, 2020 at 11:42pm PST
