Victorian Liberal Leader settles defamation cases against KJK and Angie Jones

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Stop. Calling. Women. Nazis.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victorian-liberal-leader-john-pesutto-settles-two-defamation-cases-20240516-p5jeao.html

Good for those women holding him to account.

I see 'anti-trans activist' is still doing the rounds in the Australian press. 🙄 Good progress though. Hope they got a fucking fortune.

KJK will be speaking about this on her YouTube channel at 4pm today.

Good news! I look forward to seeing what KJK says this afternoon.

And seriously anti trans! In an article about someone having to apologise for defaming KJK! Idiots!

Good 💪🏼

But grr at "anti-trans" 🤬

KJK will be speaking about this on her YouTube channel at 4pm today.

Look forward to seeing what she says about it.

The TRAs will not be happy. I'm sure they'll deflect but given how they think her being a "Nazi" is unquestionable, it's strange that Pesutto didn't want to go ahead with a supposedly slam dunk defence, and I think that will hit home.

Excellent news, these liars haven't got a leg to stand on as soon as they're challenged. Billy Bragg is lucky not to get sued, his behaviour before, during and after KJK's tour was blatant libel and incitement to violence imo.

Misogyny in Action
anti trans 🤬

I'm looking forward to hearing this

Pesutto is expected to make an apology to Keen and Jones on Friday morning, two sources said on condition of anonymity to speak about the confidential terms.

So, 4 pm BST seems to be 1 am in 'stralia. That means Friday morning which is...?...from 10 pm onward?

The press call KJK an 'anti-trans rights' activist. Which, if you believe those rights are equal to what I would call male entitlement, is more accurate. Women's rights activist would be accurate to me. However, the Australian media and many of its politicians pretend think men can be women. As KJK is honest and sane her activism doesn't include tw so that's one reason for the choice of phrase. It's also a slur, that's another reason.

Boiledbeetle · Today 12:12

And seriously anti trans! In an article about someone having to apologise for defaming KJK! Idiots!

They just cannot help themselves, can they? I hope they took him for squillions.

Starment by John Pesutto
https://www.johnpesutto.com.au/media-releases/2024-05-17-statement-from-the-leader-of-the-opposition?topic=

Statement by KJK
https://www.youtube.com/live/7UNKaNZAkPM?si=xW_jdP4siE-EfW7D

I hope he had to pay out lots of $$$$$ in settlement

'I'm sorry you thought that I said a thing that I didn't say' (which is why I find myself settling for an unsayable amount of money) bollocks.

Does anyone know what the situation is with Moira Deeming's suit? Maybe it's more complicated as she is a party member.

He’s still lying. What a lying liar he is.

It has never been my intention to convey that I believed Ms Keen and Ms Jones to be Neo-Nazis, or that they were members of Neo-Nazi groups.

Yeah, right!

MagnetCarHair Very well put.

BoreOfWhabylon · Today 15:36

Statement by KJK

I hadn't noticed the tomato soup banner before! I just wish she'd told us how much he had to pay her. She was gracious and magnanimous in accepting his apology.

All part of the settlement I expect.
Haven't heard anything about Moira Deeming's result yet.

'The settlements with Keen and Jones won’t have an impact on the case launched by Deeming. That case is due to go to trial in September, and could pose a challenge to stability in the Victorian Liberal Party.'

An utterly shite non apology.

Good overview
https://x.com/TheMilkBarTV/status/1791079403121955069

Thanks Arabella!

What a big fat liar. If he thought he had been so badly misunderstood why wouldn’t he have put the record straight a year ago?

Exactly.