Victorian Liberal MP Deeming sues party president amid fallout from alleged headlock incident

Liberal MP Moira Deeming has lodged a legal suit against Brian Loughnane, the president of the Liberal Party's Victorian branch. The case is scheduled for a hearing in the Victorian Supreme Court this morning, marking a significant development in internal party disputes.

This legal action follows a police complaint Deeming filed against fellow MP Matthew Guy. She alleged that Guy placed her in a headlock. Victoria Police investigated the incident but dismissed the complaint last week, finding that "there was no offence detected."

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there was no offence detected

Guy has since demanded a public apology from Deeming. While Deeming acknowledged earlier this week that she may have misunderstood the "technical meaning of the term ‘headlock’," she has not issued an apology.

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technical meaning of the term ‘headlock’