Dodge County, Wisconsin, Sheriff Dale Schmidt has filed a federal defamation lawsuit against a 28-year-old Illinois woman who claimed immigration authorities detained her across two facilities last month, presenting hotel records, surveillance footage and text messages that he said prove she was checked into a hotel near O'Hare International Airport the entire time.
The suit, filed Friday in federal court, names Sundas 'Sunny' Naqvi, of Skokie; Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison, who publicly backed her account at a March press conference; and 10 unnamed individuals accused of helping circulate the claims. Schmidt is seeking $1 million in damages from each defendant and has brought the action in his own name, not on behalf of his department, according to CBS News Chicago.
