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Former Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto ordered to pay $2.3m in costs from Moira Deeming defamation battle

Supporters of former Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto are fundraising to pay off his legal costs after he was ordered to pay more than $2.3 million for losing a defamation case brought by fellow ...
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Former Liberal premier Jeff Kennett hits out at MP Moira Deeming over her pursuit of John Pesutto's financial backers

Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett has likened the current state Liberal party room to a "cesspool" after he and other former premiers were added to MP Moira Deeming's pursuit of a $2.3 million ...
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Pesutto potentially out of pocket

TRARALGON-born former state Liberal leader, John Pesutto may be forced out of politics, if the collateral damage from his case against Liberal colleague, Moira Deeming plunges him into bankruptcy. By ...
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John Pesutto could face shock election challenge from defamation rival Angela Jones

Hawthorn MP John Pesutto is set to face an unlikely challenge at next year’s state election from a prominent women’s rights activist who sued him for defamation amid the Moira Deeming legal debacle.
Latrobe Valley Express

Pesutto remains, but in huge debt

EMBATTLED Traralgon-born MP, John Pesutto looks set to continue his political career. The former state Liberal leader was facing bankruptcy and automatic disqualification from serving in Parliament, ...