Moira Deeming drops legal case against Victorian Liberal party and makes last-ditch bid to avoid disendorsement

A Victorian Liberal MP has abandoned her legal fight against her own party. Per the Australian Associated Press, Moira Deeming launched a court challenge after alleging assault against former party leader Matthew Guy—but Victoria police determined there was no offense. Refusing to apologize, Deeming instead has dropped the lawsuit in a bid to avoid disendorsement before the state election, effectively leaving her party's leadership to decide her political fate.

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