German-owned shipping and logistics company DHL has filed a lawsuit against Mike Lindell's MyPillow, accusing the company of failing to pay nearly $800,000 in shipping fees. The lawsuit, filed in Minneapolis on Monday, alleges that MyPillow violated a May 2023 settlement agreement that required the company to pay off a $775,000 debt to DHL in 24 monthly installments.
According to the lawsuit, MyPillow made partial payments, totaling $64,583.34, with the last payment occurring in June. After receiving no further payments, DHL threatened legal action in July and officially filed the lawsuit this week. DHL is now seeking $799,925.59, plus attorney fees and 18% annual interest.
Law & Crime has more information on the plight of Lindell's Chaska-based pillow company:
The latest lawsuit is similar to the federal case that Extend, Inc. brought in late August in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
That shipping company claimed it was owed more than half a million dollars and that Lindell breached a contract, “under which Extend would provide My Pillow's customers with certain shipping and product protection services in exchange for a percentage of revenues generated by the sale of those services.”
The suit claimed that the agreement was “terminated” in March and MyPillow was supposed to pay down its debt in five separate increments, but that didn't happen — even though Lindell allegedly said he would “connect” on the issue.
“In May 2024, after My Pillow failed to make any of the payments under the Termination Agreement, outside counsel for Extend sent a letter to My Pillow to demand payment,” the documents said. “After repeated further inquiries, Mike Lindell, Chief Executive Officer of My Pillow, emailed on June 23, 2024 that he ‘[w]ill connect this week.' But Mr. Lindell did not connect, and never did.”
Lindell, a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump, has faced multiple legal and financial challenges in recent years. These include defamation lawsuits from Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic over his baseless election fraud claims, as well as a $5 million payment ordered in February after Lindell lost his “Prove Mike Wrong” challenge.
In March, MyPillow was evicted from a Minnesota warehouse for being behind on rent by $200,000. Last year, the company began auctioning off surplus equipment and subleasing manufacturing space after major retailers severed ties due to Lindell's promotion of election conspiracy theories. Lindell, while acknowledging his company lost $100 million, insisted the auctions were part of a plan to consolidate operations.
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