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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (7News) — The Loudoun County, Virginia, parents of a girl who was sexually assaulted at a high school in 2021 filed a misconduct lawsuit in federal court against several current and former school board members, according to court documents obtained by the 7News I-Team.

Documents on Friday by the Scott Smith family claim the school system's leaders did not properly handle the assault on their daughter before the attacker was convicted.

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They claim then-Superintendent Scott Ziegler lied to the public and denied any knowledge of the restroom assault. They also claimed the predatory student, a male who identified as a female, did not exist, according to the federal court filing.

School leaders later transferred the attacker to another school, where they then reportedly assaulted another student, according to court documents.

The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The list of defendants includes the former superintendent, the current principal of Stone Bridge High School where the incidents occurred, a former vice principal, the district's former Title IX director, and several others.

7News reached out to Loudoun County Public Schools for a statement and will update this story when it's received.