In this video, Australian survivor of child sexual abuse, Marita Murphy, tells of being raped as a 7-year-old while in an informal foster care situation.


Although adults - including her mother - were told of what happened, there was no redress for Marita.


Resultant behaviour problems led to Marita leaving school at the age of 12. She went on to have a successful career in the house racing industry.


Marita reported the rape to police in 2013. After the police dropped the criminal case (insufficient evidence) Marita brought a civil case against the alleged rapist; the judge decided the events happened too long ago.