Family of Caroline Flack release unpublished social media post written by star describing domestic incident with boyfriend as 'accident'

The post has been shared by her family following her death last weekend.

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It was written after she was arrested over an incident involving her tennis player boyfriend last December.

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She was later charged with assault by beating.

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Her post said: “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.”

The Love Island presenter said she had been having ‘some sort of emotional breakdown for a very long time’.

She added: “But I am NOT a domestic abuser.

“We had an argument and an accident happened. An accident.”

Caroline added: “I've lost my job. My home. My ability to speak.