Package delivery company DHL is suing MyPillow, alleging that the company, synonymous with its founder, chief pitchman, and election denier Mike Lindell, owes nearly $800,000 for unpaid bills.
The lawsuit is the latest legal dispute to emerge against MyPillow and Lindell, a prominent supporter of Donald Trump who has amplified the former president’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
Filed in Hennepin County District Court in Minneapolis on Monday, the DHL eCommerce unit alleges that MyPillow is in violation of a contract requiring the Minnesota-based company to pay for all parcel delivery services within 15 days of being billed. According to the lawsuit, they reached a settlement in May 2023 that required MyPillow to pay $775,000 in 24 monthly installments beginning in April this year.
However, the lawsuit claims that MyPillow has made only partial payments on that settlement, totaling $64,583.34, with the last payment received on June 6. DHL states it notified MyPillow of its default status on July 2. The lawsuit seeks $799,925.59, plus interest and attorney fees.
Lindell told The Associated Press on Thursday that he didn’t know what the lawsuit was about, claiming his company decided to stop using DHL over a year ago due to a dispute over shipments, which he attributed to DHL’s fault.
Lawsuits and billing disputes are common for the “MyPillow Guy.” He’s currently being sued for defamation by two voting machine companies, and lawyers who initially defended him in those cases quit over unpaid bills.
A credit crunch last year disrupted MyPillow’s cash flow after it lost Fox News as a major advertising platform and was dropped by several national retailers. In February, a judge affirmed a $5 million arbitration award to a software engineer who challenged data that Lindell claimed proved China interfered in the 2020 election.
