Moira Deeming should have known she was ‘walking into a disaster’ by attending rally, defamation trial hears

Victorian opposition leader John Pesutto begins testimony in federal court case brought against him by ousted Liberal MP

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Ousted Liberal MP Moira Deeming could have worked out" she was walking into a disaster" before she attended and spoke at a 2023 Let Women Speak" rally that was gatecrashed by neo-Nazis, the federal court has heard.

Deeming, now an independent MP after her expulsion from the party, is suing the Victorian Liberal party leader, John Pesutto, for allegedly falsely portraying her as a Nazi sympathiser after she spoke at the rally held on 18 March 2023. Pesutto has rejected the allegation.

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