Posted by ‘I spoke out about it now because he is all over the internet acting the victim and making people believe his lies,’ Heather Morrissey told the Irish Mirror
Sisters Melissa (L) and Heather (R) on the left side of the image, with dad Seamus Culleton on the right
An “abandoned” daughter of an Irishman detained by ICE in the US says she doesn’t believe his claim that he is living in a “concentration camp.”
Kilkenny native Seamus Culleton made headlines last week when he spoke out from a detention facility in El Paso, Texas, likening the “nightmare” conditions to those of a “modern day concentration camp.” A twist in the tale then emerged when it was revealed that Mr Culleton had left Ireland in 2008 – when he was still before the courts charged with drug-related offences.
Now one of his daughters, who earlier this week claimed that she and her twin sister had been “abandoned” by Culleton from an early age, has revealed why she spoke out and said she doesn’t believe his claims.
“I spoke out about it now because he is all over the internet acting the victim and making people believe his lies,” Heather Morrissey (19), told the Irish Mirror.
Since speaking out Heather says neither she nor her sister Melissa have had any contact from Culleton or his family – but she says reconciliation is possible. It comes as she has called on her father to return home and face the drug charges that he fled from in 2008.”I do want him to face those charges and hopefully he will come back and reconcile with his two daughters,” Heather told us. “He can reconcile with us if he comes back here to Ireland.”
Heather also told us that she wants to see her father deported back to Ireland. She said: “I would want my father to be deported back to Ireland. I don’t believe he deserves to live in the US.”
Heather’s comments come as a US lawyer has publicly posted on social media saying he would personally represent the two sisters and their mother in taking a lawsuit out. Marc J. Randazza, a lawyer based in Nevada, posted on X (formerly Twitter) – “If anyone can get in touch with his baby mama (the twin’s mother), I would be happy to on a pro bono basis file a lawsuit for her to seize these funds to pay her back child support.”
The lawyer was commenting on the basis of a GoFundMe, which has raised thousands in aid of Mr Culleton in recent days. However when asked if she and her sister have considered taking legal action, Heather, who was aware of M Randazza’s remarks, said: “I have not considered anything about a lawsuit or anything yet.”
Mr Culleton’s lawyer did not respond to the Irish Mirror. The latest remarks come as the twins first told Irish Daily Mail reporter Garreth MacNamee earlier this week that they felt they had been “abandoned” by Mr Culleton.
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