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23 December 2019, 09:27 | Updated: 23 December 2019, 09:42
Love Island presenter Caroline is due in court today after being arrested and charged with assault on boyfriend Lewis Burton.
Caroline Flack, who stepped down from Love Island ahead of the winter series, has admitted she’s going through the “worst time of her life”.
Taking to Instagram, the TV presenter become emotional just hours before she is due in court on assault charges to her boyfriend Lewis Burton.
Caroline, 40, wrote on Instagram stories: “This is the worst time of my life. I don’t know where to go to. Where to look. Who to trust. Or who I even am.”
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The former X Factor presenter will appear at Highbury magistrates court today, December 23.
Police were called to Caroline’s home earlier this month after reports of a ‘man being assaulted’.
A statement read: "Caroline Flack, 40, of Islington was charged on Friday, 13 December with assault by beating. She will appear on bail at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 23 December.
A London Ambulance Service spokesman said: “We were called yesterday (Thursday 12 December) at 5.28am to reports of a person unwell in Islington.
“We sent an ambulance to the scene and took a person to hospital.”
Following the incident, Caroline also revealed she would be stepping away from Love Island after an amazing four years on the show.
Close friend and TV presenter Laura Whitmore will be taking over the role on the first ever Winter Love Island, starting in January.