By Manori Ravindran International Editor A U.K. petition calling for an inquiry into press conduct leading up to the suicide of “Love Island” host Caroline Flack has been thrown out by Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg.
The popular “Love Island” presenter, one of the country’s most recognizable TV personalities, had been due to go on trial in March for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend in December, and was subject to extensive tabloid and social media scrutiny in the weeks prior to her Feb.
15 suicide. British tabloid The Sun was found to have deleted a negative article on Flack just hours after her death came to light.
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