Parents of Smithfield High School football players accused of antisemitic hazing filed a complaint with the state Education Department, denying the allegations and saying a school presentation by local Jewish groups violated their children’s privacy, putting the students at risk.

Gregory Piccirilli, an attorney representing the parents of the five 17-year-old seniors, filed the complaint on Nov. 7.

The complaint outlines details of the Sept. 29 incident in the high school football locker room, from the perspective of their children.

“Multiple members of the football team participated in a brief, approximately 90-second prank against a freshman student,” the complaint reads.

It continued, “While the freshman was using a urinal in a communal bathroom, with his back to the door, student

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