Caroline Flack’s ex-partner Lewis Burton isn’t featured in the late star’s new Disney Plus documentary, which sees her friends and family recounting the former Love Island presenter’s final days
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A heartbreaking documentary delving into the tragic death of much-loved presenter Caroline Flack is now streaming on Disney Plus, but there is one person missing from the series.
Featuring two episodes, Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth sees the late star’s mum retracing the events leading up to her daughter’s untimely death.
Caroline took her own life at just 40 years old, while she was awaiting trial for the alleged assault of her then-boyfriend Lewis Burton.
The former Love Island host’s arrest, just months before her death, thrust her into the midst of a ‘relentless media storm,’ which is also explored in the doc.
A synopsis states: “After her arrest in 2019, she became the target of a relentless media storm. Vilified in the press and online, her world spiralled – ending in tragedy when she took her own life.
“This powerful two-part Disney+ documentary follows Caroline’s mother, Christine, as she investigates the truth about her daughter’s final months – uncovering new shocking details, asking difficult questions, and exposing the misrepresentations, pressures, and failures from institutions and decision makers that shaped Caroline’s final days.”
While Christine and Caroline’s close friends sit down to recount the TV star’s final days, her ex isn’t featured.
Why isn’t Lewis Burton in the Caroline Flack documentary?
Since the day of Caroline’s arrest, Lewis stood by his former partner and did not support the prosecution’s charges against her.
However, the documentary’s production team claims he declined to participate in the Disney+ series.
Speaking at an exclusive screening of the show, series producer Sophie Clayton-Payne revealed that Lewis had been invited to take part.
“We contacted as many people as possible,” she started.
“We contacted Lewis right from the beginning and we said ‘We’d love to talk to you off-record just for research purposes [to] understand your perspective on everything.’
“We also invited him to take part in the series, on camera. He declined to take part.”
Sophie continued, explaining why the documentary producers felt it was inappropriate to ‘pressure’ Lewis into contributing.
She said: “I think it’s really important to remember that he’s never spoken about this publicly. People grieve differently and we have a duty of care to people on and off camera.
“So, we were never going to put pressure on him to take part. But we did always keep the door open for him should he ever change his mind.”
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Source: Mirror
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