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Bloomberg News reports:
MyPillow Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mike Lindell must face a defamation suit filed by a voting machine maker that was falsely accused of participating in a conspiracy to rig the 2020 election against former President Donald Trump.
A federal judge in Minneapolis on Monday denied MyPillow and Lindell’s motion to dismiss the suit by Smartmatic Corp. US District Judge Wilhelmina Wright said there was a “wealth of information” that could have tipped off the defendants that the conspiracy theory was false.
Wright said Smartmatic had reasonably alleged that Lindell’s false statements about the company were made with “actual malice,” a key threshold for a defamation claim to survive against a public figure, which under US law includes corporations.
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell must face a defamation suit filed by a voting machine maker that was falsely accused of participating in a conspiracy to rig the 2020 election against former President Trump https://t.co/KEnpU00ETN
— Bloomberg (@business) September 19, 2022
Earlier today, a Minn District Court judge DENIED Mike Lindell’s motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit by Smartmatic for Lindell’s false narrative claims that the 2020 election was stolen. MyPillow also moved to dismiss, arguing as an entity it didn’t make statements. DENIED.
— Duty To Warn ? (@duty2warn) September 19, 2022
US District Judge Wilhelmina Wright in Minneapolis said there was a “wealth of information” that could have tipped off Lindell that the conspiracy theory touted by Trump was false, including individual states’ election reports and public statements by election officials
— Erik Larson (@eelarson) September 19, 2022