JUNEAU, Wis. - Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt is suing an Illinois woman who claimed ICE locked her up for roughly 40 hours, including in Dodge County.

What they're saying:

On Friday, Sheriff Schmidt called it a hoax and backed it up by revealing receipts, surveillance video and witness statements. He said the American woman wasn't detained, but actually checked into a hotel in the Chicago area, enjoying spa treatment and food.

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The sheriff's federal civil lawsuit alleges defamation at the hands of Sundas "Sunny" Naqvi, the woman who claimed ICE detained her.

"Dodge County is not the place you want to make up a hoax about," said Schmidt.

Detention allegations

The backstory:

Cook County, Illinois Commissioner Kevin Morrison and Naqvi's sister spoke at a news conference on March 8. They alleged Sundas was locked up by ICE, first at O'Hare International Airport, then the Broadview ICE Detention Facility in the Chicago area, and then the Dodge County Jail in Wisconsin.

"This is a 28-year-old girl just left on the street by ICE in another state, without her property," said Commissioner Morrison back in March.

The federal civil defamation suit also targets him.

"It was a very scary time, and it’s really scary to know this could happen to someone born here," said Navgi's sister, Sarah Afzal on March 8. "We kept being lied to our faces. We were told that she wasn’t here. We saw her location...

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