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 Ex-ICE deputy director Madison Sheahan is denying claims of a "toxic" sexual relationship with a 19-year-old subordinate. The scandal broke just 12 days before the Ohio GOP primary, threatening her
04/25/26 11:52 AM
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bid to flip a key seat.
Madison Sheahan was once the public face of President Donald Trump's deportation drive. The 28-year-old former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deputy director is now fighting claims she hid a two-year sexual relationship with a 19-year-old campaign subordinate, just 12 days before the Ohio Republican primary she hopes to win.
Sheahan resigned as ICE's second-in-command on 15 January to run in Ohio's 9th Congressional District, a historically Democratic seat held by Rep. Marcy Kaptur since 1983 and redrawn last year to favour Republicans. A former Noem political director who grew up in Curtice, Ohio, she joined ICE in March 2025 and oversaw operational and recruitment efforts during Trump's second-term immigration crackdown.
The allegations, first reported by Daily Mail on Thursday, have been rejected by her campaign. 'Madison was not and has never been in a relationship with a subordinate,' campaign manager Bob Paduchik said.
How the Alleged Relationship Began
The anonymous ex-partner told Daily Mail that she met Sheahan at a Trump 2020 campaign party and later moved into her home after losing on-campus housing at Denison University during the COVID-19 pandemic. She was 19. Sheahan was 23 and serving as state election operations director for Trump's Ohio campaign. The two were briefly in a direct reporting line, the woman said, and began a sexual relationship within weeks. Two additional sources corroborated her account, according to the outlet.
A separate January investigation by Ohio outlet The Rooster reported 'several' romantic entanglements between Sheahan and campaign colleagues from that period, including one the source described as a case of 'grooming'.
Controlling Behaviour, and Claims it Carried Into ICE
The ex-partner described Sheahan as 'toxic', 'volatile', and 'controlling'. She recounted a 29 November phone call that escalated after she sent Sheahan a photograph of a black bodysuit she planned to wear out with friends. 'She lost it on me,' the woman said, alleging that Sheahan warned she would cut off contact if she went out. A witness reportedly heard the outburst through hotel walls.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/scandal-erupts-ohio-9th-district-madison-sheahan-1793411
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