Caroline Flack's Final Video Reveals Her Distress
A deeply moving video, recorded by Caroline Flack just days before her death, has been unveiled in a powerful new documentary. The footage shows the former Love Island host in a state of profound distress, speaking openly about losing her career and facing intense public abuse following her arrest.
The two-part series, titled Caroline Flack: Search For The Truth, features her mother, Christine Flack, examining previously unseen material from her daughter's phones. This includes intimate voice notes and text messages that lay bare Flack's inner turmoil during the final months of her life.
Inside the Documentary's Heartbreaking Findings
In the video, filmed shortly after her arrest in December 2019, Flack explains her reason for recording: "I'm doing this because I want to remember what I went through and what my family went through, what my boyfriend went through, what his family went through."
She describes her shock at how the situation escalated, stating she was promised anonymity by the police. "Five minutes after I left the station, they've gone to the press, all the details, everything," Flack says in the footage. "Since then, I lost my job, the job I've worked all my life on. I'm living in a hotel. I'm receiving so much abuse."
Visibly upset, she insists, "It was a fight. I've never hurt anyone in my life, the only person I ever hurt is myself."
Mental Health Struggles and Institutional Failures
The documentary delves deeper into Flack's long-standing battle with her mental health. Her mother, Christine, reveals that a doctor once suggested her daughter had bipolar disorder, a condition then referred to as manic depression.
"She didn't want to be told that. She didn't want a label," Ms Flack explained. "She hated having this mental health problem, and it was always hushed up. If anyone mentioned it, it was the worst thing you could do."
Further texts shown in the series reveal Flack's escalating anxiety, with one message reading: "I'm having a big panic attack. I think I'm going to prison." Another stated: "I literally cannot be papped it's ruining my life."
The documentary also highlights what her support network perceived as institutional failures. Flack’s former agent, Louisa Booth, claimed that a psychiatric report submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which deemed Flack mentally unfit for court, was disregarded.
"We had professional analysis and that was ignored," Ms Booth stated. "We were so taken aback, actually, that they dismissed the report from the psychiatrist."
An inquest in August 2020 ruled that Flack took her own life after learning prosecutors would proceed with an assault charge against her. The charge stemmed from an incident where she hit her boyfriend, Lewis Burton, with a phone while he slept.
In 2023, the Metropolitan Police apologised to Flack's family for not recording the rationale behind appealing the CPS's initial decision not to charge. A CPS spokesperson maintained that "all decisions in this case were made on the basis of the medical opinion available to us at the time" and that a person's celebrity status never influences their decisions.
Both episodes of Caroline Flack: Search For The Truth are available to stream on Disney+ now.
