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Kennett issues 11th hour plea to save Pesutto from bankruptcy

Sumeyya Ilanbey

Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett has issued an 11th-hour plea to the Liberal Party’s powerful administrative committee to save ex-leader John Pesutto from being bankrupted by a multimillion-dollar defamation debt to colleague Moira Deeming.

Kennett’s letter to the 19-member committee came as Deeming filed a bankruptcy notice on Monday after Pesutto failed to pay her $2.3 million in legal costs following her successful defamation case against him.

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Sumeyya Ilanbey is the Victorian political correspondent for The Australian Financial Review. Connect with Sumeyya on Twitter. Email Sumeyya at sumeyya.ilanbey@afr.com.au

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