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Law & Crime reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is refusing to pay a court-ordered debt, according to a Wednesday filing in Washington, D.C., federal court. Now, voting software company Smartmatic wants the bedding magnate held in civil contempt “for violating the clear and unambiguous terms” of a January court order that put Lindell on the hook for $56,369 over frivolous …

Law & Crime reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is putting another lender on notice that the terms of a recent loan to his bedding company are “usurious, unconscionable, and thus unenforceable.” Last week, in Carver County District Court, the pro-Donald Trump election denier sued named and unnamed defendants over a triple-digit interest rate on a $1.559 million loan taken out …

Law & Crime reports: The high-dollar economic woes of Mike Lindell and his small-town Minnesota-based company MyPillow continue apace. So does the litigation. Last week, the pro-Donald Trump conspiracy theorist and his once-lucrative business sued several lending companies over the eye-popping repayment terms of a $600,000 merchant cash advance. Under the terms of the agreement signed in September, Lindell and …

AlterNet reports: Far-right election denier Mike Lindell’s MyPillow is now being advertised at a significant discount. One historian is pointing out that the pillow’s new price is a reference to a prominent neo-Nazi rallying cry. The official @MyPillowUSA X account tweeted an advertisement for its product with a posted price of $14.88. As the SPLC explained, the number “1488” is …

Law & Crime reports: Weeks after one shipping company claimed to be owed hundreds of thousands and filed suit in federal court, another is suing Mike Lindell’s MyPillow in Minnesota to collect on a debt north of three quarters of a million dollars. The Star Tribune reported that the suit filed just this week claims MyPillow owes close to $800,000 …

The Independent reports: Embattled MyPillow pitchman and vociferous election-theft conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell’s already-bad financial situation just got worse. Now, Extend, Inc, a California firm that allows merchants to provide customers with product protection plans, is accusing Lindell, who last year claimed to have been stripped of everything but his house and pickup truck, of promising, then failing, to pay …

Mediaite reports: MyPillow founder Mike Lindell claimed this week that Fox News “canceled” his company from advertising on the network, but a source told Mediaite his bedding company’s ads have been put on pause over a failure to pay its bills. Lindell still hasn’t paid for any MyPillow ads aired on the network since August 2023. The circumstances were communicated …

Newsweek reports: Mike Lindell has launched a Black Friday “super sale” on MyPillow products, amid his continued financial problems. On the MyPillow website, a Black Friday deal described in one graphic as a “super sale” shows a number of discounts on products. One product discounted on the site is bath robes, reduced from $159.98 to $69.98. Another product that has …

“Yeah, he’s a scumbag. Did I spell that right? S-C-U-M-B-A-G-S. I can send to them lawyers, this guy’s even worse, Colbert. He attacked my employees directly, making fun of them. Gee, I want to protect my company, so I’m not going to continue with $2 million a month lawyer bills. I’m not going to let everything go down because of …

The Daily Beast reports: The once-ubiquitous MyPillow commercials that flooded the airwaves of Fox News and other cable television stations have all but disappeared over the past few weeks amid owner Mike Lindell’s ongoing financial problems, the linen company founder confirmed on Wednesday. The MAGA pillow magnate, who said earlier this month that he has “no money” due to his …

NBC News reports: In a court filing Thursday, the law firm of Parker Daniels Kibort LLC said Lindell and MyPillow are months behind on their legal bills in three defamation cases, and they can no longer afford to represent him. “At this time, Defendants are in arrears by millions of dollars to PDK,” the filing said. “PDK is a small …

The Insider reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said that his company has been crippled by American Express’s decision to slash its credit line. “Steve, we really need everybody’s help right now. We have things going on I’m going to let you all know this week,” Lindell told fellow Trump ally Steve Bannon on the latter’s “War Room” podcast. “Out of …

Newsweek reports: The auction of more than 800 pieces of “surplus industrial equipment” by MyPillow appears to have got off to a slow start, with more than 100 items having no bids at all whilst many others are currently going for well below the market price. For example, a 45-inch by 20-inch ‘Hytrol Power Belt Conveyor’ is currently going for …

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: MyPillow is auctioning off hundreds of pieces of equipment and subleasing manufacturing space after several shopping networks and major retailers took the company’s products off shelves. The Chaska-based manufacturer recently listed more than 850 “surplus equipment” items on the online auction site K-Bid. Sewing machines, industrial fabric spreaders, forklifts and even desks and chairs are up …

The Washington Post reports: A Nevada computer scientist has gone to federal court to pursue the $5 million prize he is owed by MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell following a ruling by private arbitrators last month. The arbitrators found that Robert Zeidman deserved the money because he had successfully challenged data related to Lindell’s false claims that the 2020 presidential …

The Washington Post reports: MyPillow founder and prominent election denier Mike Lindell made a bold offer ahead of a “cyber symposium” he held in August 2021 in South Dakota: He claimed he had data showing Chinese interference and said he would pay $5 million to anyone who could prove the material was not from the previous year’s U.S. election. He …

Rolling Stone reports: MyPillow Founder and CEO Mike Lindell claims the company has had to borrow almost $10 million to keep the lights on. “The machine companies continue to sue us for billions of dollars, and we had to borrow almost $10 million at MyPillow,” Lindell told far-right radio host and former Trump advisor Steve Bannon on Wednesday. But while …

Law & Crime reports: Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO and stalwart Donald Trump supporter who continues to push election conspiracy theories, has lost his appeal after a lower court refused to dismiss an election-related defamation case against him. Dominion Voting Systems sued Lindell for $1.3 billion in February of 2021, accusing Lindell of falsely accusing the company of rigging voting …

“How would you like to be in Kabul today, as an American, and you can’t get to the airport? Where are you thinking your life is headed? If you’re one of those family members, I bet you’re not sleeping. MyPillow.com. That’s where I go. I fall asleep faster, I stay asleep longer. These are going to be a lot of …

The Wall Street Journal reports: The chief executive of MyPillow Inc., one of Fox News’s big advertisers, said he is pulling his ads from the network after a disagreement over a proposed commercial. Mike Lindell said he made the decision after Fox News declined to run a commercial linked to his efforts to promote his claims of widespread fraud in …