Caroline Flack took her own life amid fears of prosecution, inquest rules

Coroner says TV presenter had ‘fluctuating’ mental health exacerbated by the stress of fame

Caroline Flack took her own life after learning she would be prosecuted for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend, following a long struggle with “fluctuating mental health” that was exacerbated by the stress of fame, a coroner has found.

After a two-day hearing, during which the Metropolitan police came under pressure to explain the decision to charge the TV presenter with assault, after the Crown Prosecution Service initially wanted to issue her with a caution, coroner Mary Hassell said: “I find the reason for her taking her life was she now knew she was being prosecuted for certainty, and she knew she would face the media, press, publicity – it would all come down upon her.”

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