An Illinois woman who made sympathetic headlines a month ago with a tale of being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement is making news of a different kind now — and she can’t be happy about it.
A Wisconsin sheriff last week announced he has filed a defamation suit against Sundas “Sunny” Naqvi, an American citizen, for including his jail in her story about spending almost two days in ICE custody in March.
And he’s got the receipts to back it up.
At a news conference Friday, Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt announced he had a witness who provided proof that far from being in federal lockup, Naqvi spent the time in question staying at a hotel — paid for by the witness — and even asked if she could use his credit card to pay for spa services.
In a media kit distributed as part of the news conference,
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