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Bruce Lehrmann told employer he didn't think initial reporting of Brittany Higgins's rape allegations referred to him, court documents show

The Federal Court is considering whether to grant Bruce Lehrmann more time to lodge defamation action. (AAP: Lukas Coch)

Notes of the meeting in which former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann was told by his then-employer that he was the person accused of raping Brittany Higgins at Parliament House say he expressed shock and said he did not think media reports were referring to him.

The notes, released by the Federal Court on Friday, say Mr Lehrman's former employer, British American Tobacco (BAT), told him it had received a call from a journalist alleging he was the person referred to in a News Corp story published earlier that day.

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