Despite the onslaught, Lindell is still battling to stay afloat, buoyed by the support of many of his long-time customers and conservatives who stand by him through thick and thin. But unfortunately for Mike, he's just been dealt a blow that might be tough to recover from.
A judge in Minnesota has ruled to evict Lindell's company, MyPillow, from its Shakopee warehouse due to unpaid rent. This decision follows another setback for Lindell, as he was ordered to pay $5 million in arbitration to a software engineer who contested evidence Lindell claimed proved Chinese interference in the 2020 election.
From Kare 11:
The eviction comes after the building's landlord, First Industrial, L.P., filed an eviction complaint earlier this month for the warehouse on 4701 Valley Industrial Boulevard South, claiming it hadn't received rent from MyPillow for neither February nor March. According to court documents, First Industrial is owed $217, 489.74 for rent and other payments.
Court documents show that there was no representative for MyPillow at Tuesday's hearing as the judge ordered the company to "immediately" vacate the building, while also issuing a writ of recovery.
Tuesday's ruling comes one month after a federal judge affirmed MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell must pay a $5 million arbitration award to a software engineer who challenged data that Lindell said proved China interfered in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Lindell is also the subject of a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems in the District of Columbia that says he falsely accused the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election. He’s also the target of a separate defamation lawsuit in Minnesota by a different voting machine company, Smartmatic.
Lindell has conceded that he and MyPillow are struggling financially. Fox News, which had been one of his biggest advertising platforms, stopped running MyPillow commercials in January in a payment dispute. Two law firms that had been defending him against lawsuits by Dominion and Smartmatic quit last fall. He acknowledged that he owed them millions of dollars.
