In his own words Cipriani’s heartfelt appeal

‘Some people don’t have the fight in them... she was dealing with this for 20 years.

I’ve done 12 and this is me broken’

‘I’m not doing what she decided to do because I’m doing this for her’

‘I decided at this point it was time for me to take my own life and I tried to buy a gun ... And I pulled out’

‘So you need to understand that – whoever listens and reads this – I’m trying to say it’s OK to be vulnerable. I’m trying to say it doesn’t matter what people say about you. I’ve worried my whole life about what people say about me. I don’t care any more’