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Wisconsin Sheriff Sues Skokie Woman for Defamation in ICE Detention Claim
Schmidt says records, video and logs show Naqvi was never booked at the jail, and the lawsuit seeks at least $1 million in damages.
- On Friday, Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt filed a federal defamation lawsuit against Sundas "Sunny" Naqvi and Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison, seeking at least $1 million in damages over alleged false ICE detention claims.
- Naqvi had claimed she was transported to the Dodge County Jail by ICE officials during overnight hours of March 6-7 after being detained at a Chicago facility for 30 hours; Morrison and her sister Sarah Afzal publicly supported these claims at a March 8 news conference.
- Federal surveillance footage showed Naqvi leaving O'Hare's secondary inspection at 11:42 a.m., contradicting her claim of spending 43 hours in DHS custody; Schmidt presented hotel records and video evidence showing she checked into a Rosemont hotel and voluntarily traveled to Wisconsin.
- A man who drove Naqvi to Wisconsin began cooperating with authorities after media reports, revealing he gave her about $25,000 in one month believing they had a long-term relationship. Schmidt referred the matter to the FBI and Illinois State Police due to lack of Wisconsin criminal charges.
- Court records reveal Naqvi was convicted in 2019 of filing a false police report and has faced multiple allegations of falsely presenting herself as a victim, including claims against a professor and ex-boyfriend at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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Wisconsin sheriff sues Skokie woman who claimed she was detained by ICE
A Wisconsin sheriff is suing Sundas “Sunny” Naqvi for defamation, alleging she falsely claimed she was held in immigration custody at the Dodge County Jail in March. Naqvi, a Skokie resident who was born in Evanston, made international headlines when she alleged federal immigration officials detained her for more than 40 hours at three locations...
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Usa newsTroubled Skokie woman lied about being detained by ICE for more than a day, Wisconsin sheriff says
Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt told reporters Friday that Sundas “Sunny” Naqvi, a U.S. citizen with a history of lying to the police, engineered an elaborate “hoax” to make it appear she was held in immigrant detention. Schmidt said he filed a $1 million defamation lawsuit but can’t bring criminal charges.
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