Virginia Giuffre hailed as ‘fierce warrior’ for women, who ‘gave voice to the silenced’

Virginia Giuffre took her own life at her farm in Western Australia, her family said. Photograph: Bebeto Matthews/AP

Virginia Giuffre has been hailed as an unflinching campaigner for survivors of sexual abuse, who took on the wealthy and the powerful during the course of her life.

“Virginia was a fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse and sex trafficking. She was the light that lifted so many survivors,” her family said in a statement confirming her death.