Caroline Flack’s family have used a regional daily to share a message she wrote prior to her death.

Mis Flack’s family have used the Norwich-based Eastern Daily Press to post a message the TV presenter has intended to share via social media days before she died – saying they “trust” the newspaper to report it.

Miss Flack, who grew up in Norfolk, was advised against publishing the post at the time.

The 40-year-old, who took her own life on Saturday, discussed in the post the traumatic ordeal she had been through after being arrested for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend Lewis Burton.

In the post, published by the EDP this morning, Miss Flack said she “took responsibility for what happened that night” but said it had been an accident and she “was not a domestic abuser”.

She added she had written it “as the truth has been taken out of my hands and used as entertainment”.

Her mother Chris told the EDP: “Carrie sent me this message at the end of January but was told not to post it by advisers but she so wanted to have her little voice heard.

“So many untruths were out there but this is how she felt and my family and I would like people to read her own words.

“Carrie was surrounded by love and friends but this was just too much for her.

“Her friends Molly, Lou, Sam, Liam and Simon need a very special mention and lots of thanks for trying so hard to keep her safe.”

Mrs Flack added: It was describing how she was feeling and what she had gone through – no more than that. It was not blaming anyone or pointing any fingers.

“We want people to read it and want it to be shared through the EDP who we really trust and always have done.”

Editor David Powles posted on Twitter: “Incredibly brave of Caroline Flack’s mum Christine to put this out to us today.

“For background [head of news] Ian Clarke spent many hours on the phone to her yesterday to make sure she was happy with our tone and approach.”