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Caroline Flack Dead

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tickingbird Sat 15-Feb-20 17:49:38

I have just read this online and I’m very shocked. I can’t say I know much about her but watched Love Island last year. I know she’s been charged with assaulting her boyfriend but he was standing by her.

I just think it’s very sad.

suziewoozie Tue 18-Feb-20 11:49:17

???????

Anniebach Tue 18-Feb-20 11:49:48

I haven’t seen them, did you ‘click’ suzie ?

notanan2 Tue 18-Feb-20 11:54:07

I havent looked either..

notanan2 Tue 18-Feb-20 11:54:32

I only know about it from this thread

Stansgran Tue 18-Feb-20 11:55:40

I can't imagine any of this. Why would anyone want fame? And for such cringe worthy things like love island. And no I haven't watched it. Why are people' devastated'? Why do they read the vitriol they are said to receive?why not just block or delete?

suziewoozie Tue 18-Feb-20 11:59:28

No - I didn’t click.On Twitter a tweet shows an image of a few (2/3) of the photos and the headline - the Tweet is not from the DM. So it’s ‘free’

Sparklefizz Tue 18-Feb-20 12:04:42

Whether or not people blame the DM and other newspapers for printing these photos, we can't get away from the fact that all the luvvies are popping up with photos of themselves with Caroline Flack, often taken years ago, which presumably they are selling to the highest bidder. It's obscene.

suziewoozie Tue 18-Feb-20 12:08:24

Noons is saying her ‘friends’ are right but the DM with this ‘story’ is completely and utterly in the wrong and is upholding its gutter/sewer reputation. There’s no whether or not about it
Sparkle.

suziewoozie Tue 18-Feb-20 12:09:17

If that makes people who read it feel defensive, that’s their problem

Anniebach Tue 18-Feb-20 12:14:57

Agree Sparkle , I don’t blame the Mail if they are given/sold
photographs,

We still hear how the press hounded Diana regardless of the
fact she would contact certain journalists to tell them where
she would be and then she would be photographed.

If journalists search through people’s rubbish bins yes I blame
the press, if they hang around outside peoples homes too.
But not if they are given photographs or information by friends , the fault lies with the friends .

notanan2 Tue 18-Feb-20 12:15:10

Sparklefizz I thought that about Amanda Holden who was only recently tweeting about the celeb scandals that she new were about to break..

Sparklefizz Tue 18-Feb-20 12:21:27

Annie I totally agree.

suziewoozie Tue 18-Feb-20 12:32:35

The DM is innocent, free the DM from unfair criticism. Salute the DM for fearlessly cashing in on CF’s death. Good grief

Sparklefizz Tue 18-Feb-20 12:35:35

What is the matter with you Suziewoozie? I am not saying that at all !!!

Anniebach Tue 18-Feb-20 12:38:43

Salute the friends who are feeding the media

paddyanne Tue 18-Feb-20 13:06:10

In my experience if someone wants to kill themselves nothing will stop them .A young friend crashed his car in an suicide attempt,he survived the crash and was admitted to the mental health unit when his injuries allowed it.After several weeks there he was deemed OK to be released with support from a mental health worker,he committed suicide the first night he was home. His family were devastated they believed that all the effort they and extended family and friends were making to keep him occupied ,amused ,never on his own before the first attempt and after his release would have been enough to keep him safe .He was just 20 .
My neighbours daughter jumped from a bridge ,postnatal depression was to blame ,again the mental health worker thought she was "doing well" she left a 5 month old baby .Nobody can or should take blame ,we can only do what we think is for the best as CF's friends thought they were doing ,sadly sometimes nothing is enough to save them .

Iam64 Tue 18-Feb-20 16:32:15

paddyanne Is right, it isn’t possible to prevent someone taking their own life. It’s also not always possible to accurately asses the level of risk. Peopke are skilled at saying ‘I’m fine/good “ when they just aren’t.

ReadyMeals Wed 19-Feb-20 12:13:01

The family asked for privacy, now they're posting her instagram posts that she had decided not to post. Now she'll never stand trial so we will never be able to fairly decide what actually happened, but it seems to me the family are just opening themselves - and her - to posthumous abusive messages, when up till now the main attitude has been that whatever happened is superceded by her tragic death. The family are saying "she was innocent" is just going to bring alive all the people who are gonna yell back "no she was a drunken domestic abuser" or whatever worse they might call her. I think she should be left to RIP at this stage

tickingbird Wed 19-Feb-20 12:46:59

Her family are posting what she wasn’t allowed to post whilst she was alive. They’re trying to put her side of the story across as she wasn’t able to. It’s her grieving family. Goodness sake, leave them alone. She hung herself fgs!

ReadyMeals Wed 19-Feb-20 13:09:01

I wasn't attacking them, I was just wondering whether it was a good idea for THEIR sakes. It's just gonna open a public debate about whether or not she abused her partner, rather than celebrating her memory.

ReadyMeals Wed 19-Feb-20 13:09:52

And they'll probably end up having to read all the ugliness on their social media pages

pinkquartz Wed 19-Feb-20 13:14:58

Her boyfriend only had a scratch on his head!
The blood in the bedroom was hers.

I still think the CPS were wrong.
They don't persue most male domestic violence so forcefully.
It was because she was a young woman and famous.

Maggiemaybe Wed 19-Feb-20 13:43:53

None of us were there, were we? The CPS will have decided the case should go ahead on the basis of the evidence. The 999 call, the victim statement, the crime scene. The bar is high, but it must have been met. They don't prosecute for the fun of it.

pinkquartz Wed 19-Feb-20 16:22:04

No? but they are much tougher on women than men.

kissngate Wed 19-Feb-20 16:28:52

The family need to stop posting on social media for their own sake. Having worked over the years for various solicitors, the CPS will have evidence to prosecute. The CPS Barrister stated in court that they have a recording of a 4 minute 999 call which he made, bodycam evidence on arrival at the property both visual and sound (abusive language directed to bf) as well as footage of her at the police station kicking a table over and having to be restrained. They should stop trying to change the facts and shift blame. A private family burial with no media statements is what should happen.