"I knew there could be as many bad outcomes as good outcomes, says Christine. Certain things will be picked up and stories might come out, including ones that aren't true. But I'd been trying for four years to understand what happened and I still had so many questions. I'd come to a brick wall so I went ahead. She pauses for a moment before adding: And whatever happens next, I always say that no one can do anything worse to me now."
"When she took her life nine weeks later, in February 2020, the narrative shifted. Now there were tributes to her talent as well as stories of her struggle with mental illness. The criminal case was awkwardly glossed over and grouped in with this, as sad evidence of her troubled mind. The correctness of her prosecution, though, was barely questioned. (Celebrities can't expect special treatment, said the pundits.)"
A mother accepted an invitation to document her daughter's final months before suicide, despite fearing renewed scrutiny and false stories. The daughter, a high-profile presenter, faced arrest in December 2019 on assault charges, lost her Love Island role, and abandoned her besieged home. She experienced intense tabloid and social-media pressure and believed she had lost public support. Nine weeks after the arrest she died by suicide in February 2020. The public narrative shifted to tributes and mental-health explanations, while the decision to prosecute received little sustained public questioning amid commentary that celebrities should not expect special treatment.
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