Kellie-Jay Keen has accused John Pesutto of telling “egregious lies” that have put her safety and that of other women at risk.
In an exclusive interview, the Britain-based women’s rights activist said she was considering taking legal action against the Victorian Opposition Leader, meaning he could face a second defamation suit in addition to a case expelled MP Moira Deeming says she intends to file in the Federal Court in August.
Ms Deeming will this week issue the Liberal leader with a third concerns notice, with the intention of initiating Federal Court proceedings 28 days later.
The expelled Liberal alleges Mr Pesutto accused her of being a “Nazi sympathiser and Nazi associate”, and used that as a basis to “threaten and bully” her out of the state partyroom.
The dispute between the pair dates back to Ms Deeming’s appearance at a March Let Women Speak rally that was gatecrashed by neo-Nazis.
The protest was organised by Ms Keen’s group Standing for Women UK, which campaigns against what its supporters see as the infringement of transgender rights upon those of women and children.
Transgender rights activists held a counter-protest, and a third group, of masked men dressed in black, taunted the transgender protesters and performed the Nazi salute on the steps of state parliament.
Mr Pesutto initially attempted to expel Ms Deeming in March but was forced to resort to suspending her for nine months amid a lack of support from colleagues.
Read the article by Rachel Baxendale in The Australian.