A woman who claimed she was held in ICE custody for two days has been sued by a Wisconsin sheriff for defamation after allegedly fabricating the story about her detention.

Sundas 'Sunny' Naqvi, 28, claimed that immigration officers stopped her at Chicago's O'Hare Airport on March 5 and detained her for 30 hours.

Naqvi, an American citizen, alleged federal agents then took her across state lines to the Dodge County Jail in Wisconsin and kept her there for 43 hours.

Last Friday, Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt announced that he was filing an assault libel and slander civil lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, seeking $1 million.

'She checked into the Hampton Inn and Suites in Rosemont, Illinois, for the entire duration of this alleged event,' Schmidt said.

Schmidt showed alleged WhatsApp messages from Naqvi on March 5 in which she told an unnamed witness that she was 'going to look into this hotel' before later adding that she was 'in the room now.'

The following day, Naqvi allegedly asked the same person if she could use their credit card to 'pay for my spa lady' and 'order some food.'

'There is no spa lady in our jail here in Dodge County,' Schmidt said.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said last month on X that Naqvi's 'claims of spending 43 hours in DHS custody are FALSE.'

Surveillance footage from the Chicago international airport showed her going into Customs and Border Protection at 10.21am on March 5, entering secondary inspection at 10.46am and leaving at 11.42am.

Schmidt said Naqvi checked into the Hampton Inn and Suites in Rosemont at 1.17pm that same day and did not leave until March 8.

Schmidt displayed hotel records which allegedly verified her stay, while offering other details that seemingly refuted Naqvi's story.

On March 7, Naqvi allegedly asked the witness to drive her to Wisconsin so that she could help her sister with some car problems.

The witness' identity has not been released because of the Wisconsin's Victim's Rights Law, according to the sheriff's office.

'This is the morning when she allegedly was released from the sheriff's office over at the jail,' Schmidt said.

Naqvi's case has been compared online to actor Jussie Smollett's hoax in 2019.

While on the way to see her sister, Naqvi stopped at a gas station in Slinger, WI, at 5.38am.

Schmidt played surveillance video that allegedly captured Naqvi at the station during a roughly ten minute period.

In addition to the evidence of Naqvi moving around the area, Schmidt said that there was 'no record of booking, there is no record of detention, there is no record of release, no contact with the individual.'

'At no point was Sundas Naqvi in the custody of the Dodge County Sheriff's Office,' he added.

When he was asked why Naqvi would make this up, Schmidt said that he did not know of a motive.

'For the life of me, I can't figure out why somebody would do that,' Schmidt said. 'In the end, it has taken her reputation and that will now take a nosedive.'

The sheriff stressed that Naqvi's alleged hoax was not a 'misunderstanding or a minor discrepancy.'

'The claims that have been made about the situation are not supported by facts,' Schmidt said.

Schmidt's lawsuit also names Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison as a defendant.

Morrison, who described himself as the 'best friend' of Naqvi's sister Sarah Afzal and was running for Congress at the time, had repeatedly posted about her alleged detention on social media.

One of his Facebook posts shared by Schmidt showed Morrison claiming that Naqvi was 'in a detention facility in Wisconsin.'

Morrison also posted a photo of Naqvi 'reunited with her family back at home' after her alleged detention.

Schmidt said that he was filing the suit with Morrison included to hold Naqvi 'accountable and reinforce that misuse of the system will not go unanswered.'

Schmidt added that the point of his suit went beyond the $1 million sought in damages, and was about Naqvi's alleged history of false claims.

At the press conference, Schmidt pointed to past instances when Naqvi had allegedly made false accusations of abuse against a former college professor and an ex–boyfriend.

The Daily Mail has reached out to Samuel Hall Jr. and Maia Hentges, who are listed as Schmidt's attorneys in court records, Morrison, an email address associated with Naqvi, as well as her sister Afzal for comment.

It was not immediately clear whether Naqvi or Morrison had an attorney or whether they had been served with the suit.