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Victorian MP Moira Deeming has launched an 11th-hour court challenge against her own party before a meeting to decide her fate after she made an assault allegation against a former leader, AAP reports. Deeming has lodged a legal action against the Liberal’s Victorian president, Brian Loughnane , which is listed to be heard in the state supreme court this morning. Loughnane and other Liberal executives are planning to meet on Friday evening to determine Deeming’s candidacy after she made a police complaint against Matthew Guy , the opposition’s public transport spokesperson, alleging he put her in a “headlock” at a gala dinner on 23 May. Victoria police investigated the incident and found “there was no offence detected”. Guy has demanded a public apology from Deeming but she says she misunderstood the meaning of headlock and has refused to apologise. Moira Deeming misunderstood meaning of ‘headlock’ but won’t apologise to Matthew Guy for assault allegation Read more She has been invited to the state executive meeting to tell her side of the story. In a statement to AAP, Deeming’s lawyer said his client’s complaint was made “honestly, in good faith and only as a matter of last resort”.
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