Justice David O’Callaghan found Ms Pesutto defamed the expelled Liberal MP in comments he made in the days after a Let Women Speak rally Ms Deeming attended on March 18 2023, which was gatecrashed by neo-Nazis.
The judge awarded Ms Deeming $300,000 in damages.
“I have also found that Mrs Deeming has established that the publication of each of the five impune publications has caused or is likely to cause serious harm to her reputation,” the judge said.
Mr Pesutto’s defences of public interest, honest opinion and qualified privilege were failed, while the judge dismissed the contextual truth defence.