MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell owes millions in unpaid legal fees, lawyers say

The attorneys defending Mike Lindell and his business against defamation claims from voting machine companies are seeking to sever ties with the "MyPillow Guy" over millions of dollars in unpaid legal fees.
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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell owes millions in unpaid legal fees, lawyers say
#MikeLindell #MyPillow #Politics

[@IamP3ngu1n]

Lindell : So sue me ! Lawyers : Hold my beer !

[@brianMcGranahan0311]

I honestly laughed out loud (for real) when I saw this live. “My lumpy pillow….or so “people say.” Lol love it!

[@de6212]

He followed the Trump method. You commit whatever crimes you want, then you hire lawyers, but don't pay those lawyers. It's genius!

[@eldenringer6466]

until your lawyer sues you and you cant afford or get another lawyer to defend you lol

[@de6212]

@@eldenringer6466 They didn't think that far ahead.

[@elizabethm888]

What?!? Trump isn't going to help his staunchest supporter out? Who would have thought that? (Anyone with a brain)

[@brianpersinger5244]

@@elizabethm888 Trump proven not guilty of any crime’s after every witch hunt 💯 we Trust in Triumphant Trump he has proven he is great and honorable unlike traitor joe ❤🎉Michigan for Trump ❤🎉🗽🇺🇸

[@kevinjackson2314]

So much for the old Republican mantra...Pick yourself up by your bootstraps and take responsibility eh? What will Lindell do next? Go Fund Me?😂😂

[@nahelbeuk]

Love how Mika says; "My lumpy pillow guy", knowing full well he doesn't have the money to sue anyway 🤣

[@CantHandleThisCanYa]

He would lose in court because they ARE lumpy hah

[@GAR54]

Many people are saying that 😂.

[@stevewarwick2103]

I know right? 😆

[@M.J.212]

Mike Pillow loses his mentally ill💩 when people say that, so please everyone keep saying lumpy pillows. A lot of people are always saying it, BIGLY!

[@mrmark8603]

"Many people are saying" is the disclaimer phrase.

[@Timzart7]

"My Lumpy Pillow," funniest thing Mika has ever said. So there appears to be a consequence to saying anything, bringing endless frivolous lawsuits, and holding a dozen bogus "supposiums."

[@sclogse1]

Good pun. Poor Mike. His last appearance on Kimmel was a classic meta moment. Trump killed him. Along with hundreds of thousands of Covid victims. The power of the mind.

[@mojo500100]

Willie’s closing “many people are saying” was a hoot too.

[@jadawin01]

I was surprised that it was okay to have a person in a commercial break into people's bathrooms. People get arrested for that.

[@fredm5245]

Those lawyers aren’t so bright for not wanting advance payment…

[@PabLo-yr1zw]

Lindell learned from Trump....

[@ADAM76MCT]

Does any attorney representing him really deserve any money, maybe they’ll get a few free pillows.

[@TheDesertwalker]

They can become creditors in a liquidation sale, so they may get something. They also wanted the publicity/notoriety.

[@msr1116]

@@TheDesertwalker . ..not all publicity is good publicity, though. Those attorneys are diminished by affiliating with this Lindell yutz.

[@joerogain5025]

Seeing My Pillow guy and Donald tRUMP crying, whining and financially humbled and ruined is satisfying.

[@bigtime9589]

Trump only raked in $40 million last week. A little more than the $12.00 an hour you earn. If that..

[@beeeb7747]

Wow MAGAt. You really got your licks in there! 🙄😂@@bigtime9589

[@magaareinbredhillbillies]

@@bigtime9589 how much did you give?

[@mrmark8603]

@@bigtime9589 ...but he wasted $44 million. I'd rather keep $12/hour.

[@mrmark8603]

@@magaareinbredhillbillies He bought the whole set, NFT, tRump bucks, steaks, water and of course...the Chinese-made red hat.

[@doctorfeelok8575]

I love to imagine Mike Swindell crying into a lumpy pillow, knowing his life is over.

[@oldauntzibby4395]

Do you really think he uses his own lumpy pillows made of factory floor scraps?

[@woodybowen5362]

Donnie can tell him to bite the pillow I’m coming in dry.

[@scottsorensen239]

I vote we call him lumpy swindell....

[@KevinJohnson-hy4oc]

And he probably would have done it all over again. Typical mindless Trump follower.

[@bobsacamano7653]

@@oldauntzibby4395 exactly

[@LilithGrey...FromHell]

I love how giddy we all are over this 😂😂😂

[@krusher74]

he;s ruining alot of live of workers lives that have shares in the business

[@Laura-y4h]

@lilithGrey: It is pleasant to see just desserts served, especially to such a buffoon. (Yes, I spelled desserts that way on purpose. He looks like a man who likes lots.)

[@robertlovell2830]

They need to sue him and get liens put on all his property when they win judgments against him. It could not happen to a more deserving liar.

[@BlueDroneBlues]

As if there will be anything left when Smartmatic gets done with him.

[@jadawin01]

I'm afraid his lawyers are going to be at the end of a very long list of people who will most likely get nothing. But good luck anyway.

[@geraldmclaughlin5709]

Friends of mine bought some of his pillows, they were disappointed, said they were the same thing you get at the dollar store. 😂😂

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

All they are, are foam pillows, that's it. The pieces inside are "interlocking" instead of layered, or segmented, that's it.

[@krusher74]

it was all an American infomercial swindle, why are Americans soo easily dupped by conmen? So stupid.

[@msr1116]

My last purchase from TV was around twenty years ago. An iron from HSN, which turned out fine, but the late night ads now are obnoxious for peddling junk.

[@stone5015]

((laughing)) Thanks for the funny.

[@chrissupport]

His lenders got out in time. One shut down his line of credit about a month ago, and AMEX reduced his line from "millions" to $100K a couple weeks ago. Lindell blames it on cancel culture.

[@dinthecity2849]

He deserves to be stripped of any and all access to be heard by anyone

[@weltonvillegal6258]

Yeah when it’s called capitalism and writing off an obvious loss.

[@KB-ld6ql]

Well what do you get from SIMP POSIUMS

[@nomore6167]

"Lindell blames it on cancel culture" - Yep. When the right wing does it, it's called "capitalism", but when non-right-wing people (left wing, centrists, independents, etc) do the exact same thing, it's called "cancel culture". It's just another instance of (a form of) doublethink.

[@chrissupport]

@@nomore6167 True. Long ago in high school (1973) we learned people vote by ballot and with their dollars. These right-wing guys don't understand that normal people don't think like them.

[@captainscarlett1]

Mike could have retired to a life of luxury with millions but his addictive personality wouldn't let him. First it was crack, then it was Trump. He blew it all...twice.

[@alex35agm]

You mean he inhaled it all twice.

[@nonyabusiness1990]

@@alex35agm No, he means he blew Dump

[@craigwalters]

It's insane! Anyone who knew anything about Trump's history could have told him. He absolutely destroyed is life.

[@woodynightshade2285]

Everyone who gets involved with Trump, sees their life ruined. Giuliani could have comfortably retired and enjoyed his scotch, if not for Trump. Mike Pillow would have been set for life, if he had stayed out of politics, and especially stayed away from Trump. Trump himself, had he never gotten involved in trying to destroy our system of government, could have retired to his golf palace and lived out his elderhood in peace. Countless of his former attorneys, have seen their careers go up in flames. He is poison.

[@paulbird3235]

He thought stardom would enhance his business. 🤭🤭🤭.......

[@robbieburns3564]

Mike Lindell demonstrates the scenario where crazy people don't know they're crazy.

[@victoriamccullough6464]

he is an addict.... period

[@BlueDroneBlues]

Poor Lumpy Pillow Guy!

[@scottshaler4280]

same with rudy. all he had to do was stay home and he would have died a hero.

[@HM55-77]

Well said !!!

[@EvanBlaze-fq5eg]

None of them do. Has anyone ever told you that they're not a nice person? Of course not. Everyone thinks they're nice or good or kind, but many are not. There are many people who do horrid things who have no idea how they really are. Lindell is psychologically-dysfunctional with antisocial and hyperactivity traits.

[@alainbelisle643]

To Lindell, I can only say: you've made your bed, now lie in it. 🤣🤣🤣

[@KB-ld6ql]

A bed without lumpy pillows is like sleeping on rock.

[@D11Dozer]

The only thing these criminals deserve. Is life in prison. With no parole and definitely no pardons from any human on this planet!

[@Bushman9]

… and lumpy pillows to sleep on! 😆

[@joerogain5025]

A couple of years a go my pillows and bedding was getting old so my wife made the mistake of late nite ordering a complete set from My Pillow Guy. The pillows turned out to be lumpy and the sheets were threadbare. Our chihuahua usually sleeps with us underneath the covers snuggled in but as soon as we got these infernal pillows and bedding on she went ballistic and proceeded to urinate and defecate all over them and ended up ripping and tearing them apart.

[@robertward8035]

Wow, just like what MAGA has been doing to the Constitution... what a trip.....😂

[@la5150hi-lophoto]

So what you're saying is your dog took a crap on Mr. Pillow:). Good Dog!

[@mikebrigs1218]

@@robertward8035 How so??

[@Brenzarlo]

😂😂😂😂

[@lauravastag8587]

U got a good dog👻🐾♥️

[@ronaldcole7415]

Lots of lawyers out there that haven't figured out Republican crazies don't pay their legal bills.

[@CaptPreston]

Republicans are the type of people to refuse to pay someone for their service, after they've already done the work.

[@milehighgimpster]

The democràt party in charge have endless supply of money and crooked lawyers. It's impossible to fight the left litigation lawyers.

[@wendygerrish4964]

They probably get lifetime membership to the club- billionaire money graveytrain.

[@milehighgimpster]

@@wendygerrish4964 The "billionaire club" Are really Democrats and liberal elitists. Bezos Soros Buffet Zuckerberg Silicon Valley The WEF elitists Are among the elite billionaires club!

[@alex35agm]

They must have gotten their law degrees from Trump University.

[@kennethroots7575]

"Many people are saying...". Love it! Use their own bs against them.

[@ighdesigns]

The phone company turns off my phone one minute after the check is late. How do these lawyers stay in business?

[@allanwaite6026]

"Love how Mika says; "My lumpy pillow guy"," classic....... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joerogain5025]

''The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and over and over and expecting a different result.'' Albert Einstein

[@danielweston9188]

Albert Einstein often gets the credit for this saying, but he never actually said it. This misattributed quotation has been well documented: it appears to have originated around 1980 in literature published by Narcotics Anonymous

[@Ronald-hx6zn]

Exactly 💯

[@USA-freedom]

Me "If Mike Lindell was so blind as to not see through Donald Trump and latched on to Trumpism in 2016 and by 2023 he still will not let go and all is gone? Never say he was not warned because he was... over and over again."

[@Sweetlyfe]

@@danielweston9188it is basically a rehash of a Buddhist parable in The Tibetan Book of living and dying.

[@RickV-tn4qc]

I love watching Mike Lindell and Roger Stone in a deposition. Mike Lindell gets unhinged, and Robert Stone has an epileptic seizure every time he speaks.

[@davefoc]

Mike Lindell didn't need lawyers. He needed a life coach. What could lawyers do for him except run up massive bills? Dominion will win a massive judgment against Lindell that will be for an amount much greater than Lindell can afford to pay. There certainly isn't going to be money left over to pay his lawyers. Why would Lindell's lawyers get themselves in a hole like this? If Lindell wanted to throw the lawyers a few bucks to stay current with their bills I could see something in this for the lawyers but as it is it is a waste of paper for the lawyers to create bills that will never be paid.

[@shaakirabdullaah4637]

I love that, " my lumpy pillow!" Very clever and funny! Classic!

[@plantbased5673]

If you see a guy who looks like Mike Lindell standing on a street corner begging people for spare change, it might be Mike Lindell. 😂

[@2010bigfathen]

A fool and his money will soon part………and I’m loving every minute of it. Thanks for the entertainment Pillow

[@davegrrr6m824]

Lumpy?? Even the lumps on MY PILLOW have lumps!! 💯

[@realBlue2024]

He deserved EVERYTHING coming to him and more.

[@kevinaugustine6997]

“Lumpy pillow” 😂das hilarious

[@dannmarceau]

Mike Pillow's shredded foam pillows are not as popular as they once were; hitch your wagon to TFG, pay the price.

[@westernhemisphere2205]

I'm glad they pointed out that the pillow is lumpy. Mike lindell is such a freak😂

[@SMcNulty55]

Why am I still seeing MyPillow commercials on TV!? If he’s broke, how is he still paying for those commercials? I am sooo tired of seeing this criminal liar’s face on TV - LOCK HIM UP!

[@abdhbfdhdfhf]

He probably Pat those with the bank loans months ago and get aired for airtime he bought

[@itsabovemenow1016]

He can’t be locked up because all the charges against him is civil. But he will end up broke watching all his assets being hauled away which is rich people’s greatest fear.

[@lindaallen4067]

Also on Facbook!

[@ChickenMan210]

"Many people are saying his (My Pillow Guy) pillows are lumpy." Wasn't Lumpy one of the characters on the TV show 'Leave It To Beaver' ?

[@jaguilar300]

He could offer to pay his lawyers in pillows. Anyone checked the conversion rate today?

[@jacklow9611]

600 pillows=$1.00USD

[@RolandSxxx1]

@@jacklow9611 Yes, there was a devastating run on the lumpy pillow recently, LP inflation is rivaling the 1923 Deutsche Mark...

[@bobsacamano7653]

@@jacklow9611 because of the conversion rate from pillow to toilet paper

[@FortunateXpat]

Oh poor Pillow Guy. Someone get me the world’s smallest violin. 😂

[@rachelrodgers9171]

🎻

[@FortunateXpat]

@@rachelrodgers9171 that’s perfect. 😂

[@rachelrodgers9171]

thanks @@FortunateXpat 😃

[@racookster]

Big, strong men come up to me with tears in their eyes and say, "My Pillows are lumpy."

[@letitiaraebadness7472]

i bought a MyPillow about 10 years ago. It's a 'medium' softness. It is truly lumpy, and hurts my neck badly. It ended up in the extra bedroom.

[@willtwain1383]

Icarus flew too close to the sun. Lindell flew to close to the other large orange blob.

[@sailorstu]

The only thing Mike has left is actually publically apologizing to Dominion and personally negotiating a settlement. They know he has pretty much nothing left, and they'd be lucky getting a couple million from him. So I imagine they'd be willing to at least listen to his proposal. The same thing with Rudy.

[@tacticutie4277]

My lumpy pillow 😂 he was so mad about it

[@mk.........]

Mike has just realised that his pillows are much cheaper than supporting Trump.

[@sarabeth8050]

Lindell's overpriced pillows rated worse than the cheap Walmart brand pillow on Consumer Reports. Thus, not only do lot's of people say that those pillows are "lumpy", independent testing prove that they are not good.

[@jimnasium452]

Never in the history of manufacturing has an owner of a company more deserved to have his product pressed forcefully against his face for a long time.

[@cpaul9269]

Bwahaahahahahahahhahahahahahahhah. that was funny....

[@spellbinders_of_suspense]

“A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.” - Charlotte Bronte

[@ned_1963]

Isn't Rudy Giuliani available? 🙈🤡🤣

[@Destiny-bt7oi]

"my lumpy pillow founder" 😅good one Mika 👍

[@PeterKazakof]

Now what are a bunch of lawyers going to do with a pillow factory?

[@AndyM_323YYY]

Mike's just trying to emulate his hero.

[@williamperkins7318]

Why do lawyers cost so much? How can they charge millions? Just a side thought of how bad our court system is.

[@styrenebuilds6851]

Become a lawyer and do it for cheap.

[@bobsacamano7653]

@@styrenebuilds6851 and get arrested judges don't like people defending themselves

[@Dan-qt7kq]

Ummmmm, it’s up to the lawyers to not let it get that far, no pity to them.

[@oldauntzibby4395]

Sometimes once a law firm starts representing a client, the judge won't let them quit. They should never have taken the case, but it seems like there are always some lawyers who want the adulation of the right and forget their business sense.

[@Robocat-ff3vn]

Retainers? Why do lawyers continue to represent any of these Trumpers at all? It serves 'em all right.

[@Wyonative08]

@Robocat-ff3vn, Because they believe they can help him but, underestimate Trump's ignorance and all out arrogance! They think if they were to win his case, it would be the most lucrative of their career! NOT!

[@John-d4x3e]

They get to make an easy million or two, quit for non payment and file suit. Easy money.

[@creating1_c1999]

they want name recognition for marketing purposes because they cannot possibly think these people are going to pay them without retainers/attaching their personal property/future business interests.

[@antimatters6283]

Plenty of lawyers are fools, maga deluded, and other problems. Just helping Lindell is a sign of idiocy. They are likely in the Fox QAnon bubble.

[@margo3367]

They do get a retainer, but legal bills keep mounting.

[@andyslater2320]

I feel so sorry for those lawyers, NOT!

[@ilanamillion8942]

His pillows are the worst ever and yes, they are lumpy!

[@ray24051]

The my lumpy pillow guy. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@fibber2u]

LOL me too😀

[@brunopetit9538]

Why would any legal firm ever give this guy any credit whatsoever? Madness on their part!

[@goat2558]

I just don't get it. Why is Lindell so far behind on his legal expenses when he's great friends with a billionaire. Why won't this billionaire help out a friend.

[@KB-ld6ql]

I guess you haven't been following things said Rudy Caloody.

[@mikeavery997]

Maybe none of this would happen if Lindell had stayed OUT of politics...

[@robertpearson8546]

Lindell can always get a job teaching post-graduate courses in Computer Science at CMU, Stanford, MIT, etc. Oh! Wait. Lindell is totally ignorant of Computer Science. Maybe IBM will hire him.

[@johnnysunrocket8618]

Huh? I don’t get it 😢

[@robertpearson8546]

@@johnnysunrocket8618 Of course not.

[@bobsacamano7653]

Not even Mcdonalds

[@plantbased5673]

Maybe Trump will open another university. 😂

[@je5485]

They knew what they signed up for. They could've said no, but instead they took the case with the hope to have a big check. Have fun now collecting it!

[@gmpullman]

Does anyone know if the 'Prove Me Wrong' contest winner actually got his $5 million that a judge ordered Mr. Lumpy to pay? I sure hope he did (plus interest and legal fees).

[@bobsacamano7653]

Not yet My pillow is suing against it

[@gmpullman]

Thank you. That's what I was afraid of. He will be cheated of his winnings after Pillow Guy declares bankruptcy.@@bobsacamano7653

[@donmac6690]

I think it's My Pillow Nut.

[@styner3]

I only feel sorry for his employees, they were doing their jobs and taking care of their families until Mike apparently started smoking crack again and threw it all away for an orange conman.

[@AMXhotrod]

He should just pull himself up by his bootstraps.

[@marcushinton772]

Sad thing is he saved himself, started a company then like many before got caught in the Trump webb of lies. He'd been warned it's the workers I feel sorry for losing their jobs

[@deletefundz]

LUMPY is BROKE. Mike will fall off the wagon in the next 90 days.

[@gohboon7525]

Another one BITES THE DUST.

[@thomaschapman8312]

Big Fat Don tried the pillows but his bronzer came off on the pillow so he had to dump it !

[@jaytaylor2312]

Something tells me he was much better at being a drug abuser than his current gig😂

[@taurotar]

Now he can live in a van, down by the river.

[@eldenringer6466]

This was very funny and expected lol.. many people are saying, the best people , all the people on both sides LOL

[@lesfield7504]

He should have put a pillow over Trumps head.🎃🤡

[@monie1527]

This is what happens when you hitch your wagon to the Trump crazy train. Mike Pillow knew this and went ahead anyway. ZERO sympathy, here.

[@SherrieSterrett-lt4rz]

I feel so sorry for the employees of this deeply mentally disturbed thing. Cause his deranged behavior is what’s going to close his business and those employees will all be out of a job all because of his love for the chumpster!

[@edge1289]

Poor Mike hitched his horse to the wrong post. At times he seems like he’s back on the crack and juice…..

[@styner3]

Look at his deposition video and you will have no doubt he's back on it.

[@mariemanella5874]

Majority of Smart Anericans prefer to NOT SLEEP on China feathers, polyester material

[@mytruecrimelibrary]

Mike's pillows are lumpy

[@mikebrigs1218]

Then dont buy them.

[@mytruecrimelibrary]

@@mikebrigs1218 I'm saying it because that gets Mike Pillow insanely angry. Didn't you see the deposition?

[@cchope3172]

"My Lumpy Pillow,"

[@tismeagen684]

Can't envisage Mike Lindell getting much sympathy from anyone, but his self inflicted situation is not good for his creditors, employees, and lawyers who have done work for him. Other people are now going to suffer financially for his stupidity.

[@bobsacamano7653]

Put this guy in the cell with his best buddy

[@stlion0111]

The Lumpy guy 😂😂😂😂

[@sailinbob11]

Thought he was a billionaire ? Few millions ? Pocket change...

[@AllieSheffield]

He has hiding his assets!

[@JohnBailey39]

Well.. Judging by his usual competence. The money will be in the pillows.

[@BlueJazzBoyNZ]

Lumpy Pillow, Lumpy Mind. With the MAGA crowd as a lawyer it's Cash up front !!

[@michaelbogan3940]

Well, it's Back to the corner. Maybe he can fill his pillows. With 🪨 's the smokable kind 🤔🤫🤫🤫

[@richardwhite9682]

Lindell claims to be broke. He claims many things that are demonstrably false. Is this any different? Has he merely hidden funds?

[@michaelbogan3940]

I wonder. If his employees can sue him for. Financial malpractice 🤔

[@mikebrigs1218]

Who cares?? Mike is not running for anything so.......................

[@d.b.1176]

Sue him for what?

[@bigtime9589]

@@d.b.1176 That's what the Democrats due, they sue. They're a bunch of ambulance chasers.

[@Trollzarefunny]

@@mikebrigs1218 Awe vlachenko my recycled GOLUBOIzzzzz hush kumrade 😂

[@d.b.1176]

@@bigtime9589 like tRumps $500,000,000 lawsuit against Cohen? Where tRump was too much of a coward to be deposed. Hopefully you’re just a bot.

[@japolieb4292]

MY LUMPY PILLOW GUY!!!! LOL

[@scotts1912]

This seems to be the only way to fight back against these lying grifters. Bankrupt them.

[@DimTragic]

My lumpy pillow guy lol

[@theodorejay1046]

He got sucked into the Donny Vortex & hasn't been seen since 😁

[@dalewyatt1321]

I feel sorry for Mike. No I don't, I just told a Donald.

[@catherineaiello7136]

No one in their right mind feels sorry for lumpy guy Mike Lie-Dell.

[@danboyd2725]

Lumpy Lindell cries into his pillow. 😂

[@gregwatson75]

He has made a total fool of himself. He’s lost everything he had. He better not dare ask us for food stamps either.🤡💩

[@nahelbeuk]

Couldn't happen to a worse guy 🤣

[@norton2757]

MY PILLOW is the finest pillow ever constructed.

[@styner3]

Donald?

[@norton2757]

@@styner3 TRiUMPh 2024 for US All🇺🇸

[@ardentizzy7720]

Any lindel supporters listening to this should not give lindel a dime .. there is much more better places to donate to without giving it to millionaires like lindel to waste on nonsense

[@RobertEskuri]

I actually have one of his pillows. I use it as a decoy so he doesn't appear in my medicine cabinet every morning.😊

[@sierrarmcclain]

What happens if Dominion wins the 1.2 Billion dollar lawsuit against him? Does he have to work for the rest of his life and pay every penny to Dominion?

[@Cheryl_Haydon]

If so, maybe he can work for a pillow company, since he has so much "experience" in that area. 😆