It was Caroline Flack’s idea to make a documentary about her arrest, and the abuse and torment she’d suffered in the months that followed. A documentary, she thought, could refute the sordid lies that had been spread about her, and give her a voice at a time when she had been told to keep quiet. Of course, that documentary never happened. Days after raising the idea, Flack died by suicide. She left behind a note in which she spoke of finding harmony.
Five years on, Flack’s mother Christine is now following through on her late daughter’s plan, with the release of Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth on Disney+. The two-part documentary explores the troubling circumstances surrounding Flack’s death, as Christine lays out evidence to suggest that her daughter – having been arrested and charged for assault – was treated differently by the police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) because of her celebrity status. She says they were eager to make an example out of her daughter. The series asks how it is possible that a dark but fleeting incident in Flack’s life, which should have stopped at a caution, ended instead in tragedy.
