Push to save John Pesutto from bankruptcy after $2.3m Moira Deeming defamation costs order
by Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6XARY)
Online fundraiser launched as former Victorian Liberal leader hopes to avoid being forced to resign from parliament if he is unable to pay the sum
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Friends of the former Victorian opposition leader John Pesutto have launched an online fundraiser in a bid to help him avoid the possibility of bankruptcy" after he was ordered to pay more than $2.3m in costs following his loss in a defamation case brought by the Liberal MP Moira Deeming.
The federal court registrar Alison Legge handed down the decision during a short hearing on Friday in which she ordered Pesutto pay $2,308,873.11 in legal costs.
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