Caroline Flack was identified by her twin sister after she took her own life, a court heard today.
The inquest into the former Love Island host's death began on Wednesday morning, with the coroner ruling that she died by suicide by hanging on February 15.
Jody Flack, 40, found Caroline in her London flat on the day she passed away, the same day she was due to visit her with their mum Chris.
None of Caroline's family members were present at today's hearing at Poplar Coroner's Court.
Coroner's officer Sandra Polson said police entered her home and found Caroline on her back on the floor on Saturday.
Paramedics carried out CPR but she died at 2.36pm, the court heard.
The court heard an autopsy found a provisional cause of death as suspension by ligature.
Opening and adjourning the inquest, Ms Polson said the inquest will resume on August 5.
Caroline died just weeks before she was due to stand trial for assault on March 4.
Police had been called to her Islington flat in the early hours of December 12 after reports a man had been assaulted. She was charged with assault by beating the following day.
Caroline pleaded not guilty to the charge while Lewis stood by her, though the couple were banned from seeing each other before the trial.
On Wednesday morning Caroline's family released an unpublished Instagram post made by her just weeks before she died.
Her mum Chris said her advisors had told her not to release it while she was alive but Chris wanted Caroline's voice to be heard.
In the post Caroline said she wasn't a "domestic abuser" as she spoke about how her world had been turned upside down by her arrest.
She wrote: "I have always taken responsibility for what happened that night. Even on the night. But the truth is .... It was an accident.
"I've been having some sort of emotional breakdown for a very long time.
"But I am NOT a domestic abuser. We had an argument and an accident happened. An accident."
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