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Attorneys who've been defending MyPillow chief executive and election denier Mike Lindell against defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies are seeking court permission to quit, saying he owes them unspecified millions of dollars and can't pay the millions more that he'll owe in legal expenses going forward.

It’s the latest in a string of legal and financial setbacks for Lindell, who propagates former President Donald Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him, in part by rigged voting machine systems. Several big-box retailers, including Walmart, have discontinued his products.

“MyPillow's been decimated. ... We've lost hundreds of millions of dollars,” Lindell said, adding that the other main assets he has left are his home and pickup truck. He blamed Dominion, Smartmatic and the news media, including the conservative outlets Fox News and Newsmax.

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[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.ml 45 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Blame yourself, pal. I'm shocked that garbage pillow netted him hundreds of millions.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

its a hundred bucks for a pillow full of memory foam bits. Its nuts!

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, it’s memory foam bits.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Remember the sobakawa pillow? The one with the buckwheat husks!

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No but that sounds horrible.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

What do you know anyway, Satan's Maggoty Cum Fart?

For your edification...

[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

It's not even quality memory foam. There's a world in which shredded memory foam could be a good pillow, but the MyPillow isn't even that

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

He advertised to people who will literally buy anything, i.e. Limbaugh and Jones fans.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 44 points 2 years ago

Good. /thread

[–] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 21 points 2 years ago

Someone needs to teach these people the difference between being an insufferable asshole and a victim.

They're not the same. FAFO.

[–] motorwerks@sopuli.xyz 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

1st it's Giuliani w/ money problems, now this guy. If 'actions had consequences' was this obvious, to everyone, all the time the world would be a much better place. Sadly, these are merely the exceptions.

[–] DreddNYC@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

And they all did this for Donald Trump, a man who couldn’t care less about either of them. May the ghost of Herman Cain haunt them for eternity.

[–] Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

The fact this fuckwad could just have shut the fuck up and lived in luxury for the rest of his life, but couldn’t resist running his mouth.

[–] Pratai@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you can’t pay for a defense- you should get no defense. Welcome to the real world where the rest of us live, ASSHOLE.

[–] negativeyoda@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He's welcome to an overworked public defender

[–] FirstCircle@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think you get a public defender in a civil suit. From TFA it sounds like Pillow Crybaby isn't facing any criminal charges (yet).

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Still has his home and a car. Can't complain with that

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

With no money how long before he loses both? Property taxes come due each year and the car needs plates and insurance.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He can always work the drive through somewhere

[–] 1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Or he could work at Walmart selling pillows

[–] FirstCircle@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Home and a pickup and an Audi something-or-other apparently. Also from the photo he likes to wear Xian bling ... that gold ring ought to be worth a couple thou-, maybe more if it was melted down and the curse was off. He's probably got drawers full of gaudy crap like the ring and the lapel pin, maybe Smartmatic and Dominion will settle for the jewelry and a few pillows?

[–] ironhydroxide@partizle.com 5 points 2 years ago

If you give them the pillows you'll have to give them more jewelry than if you didn't.

Nobody wants lumpy ass pillows

[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago
[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago
[–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

I bet he’s not out of money, and is just preparing for the loss by trying to see he broke.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I really don't understand his endgame here.

[–] FirstCircle@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Me either, unless he's just trying to get into the news so fellow MAGA morons will see how completely fucked he is and will financially support him.

Ever the pitchman, Lindell, known as the MyPillow Guy, asked viewers of his webcast who wanted to help to call in and buy his pillows, towels and other products.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Lol, and still ended up without money

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

More bath salts

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Crackheads being known for their long-term strategic thinking.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

MyPillow's been decimated

berdly-actually "decimated" if used correctly means that MyPillow only lost 10% of its company value. berdly-smug

[–] ViciousTangerine 1 points 2 years ago

They handed out pillows and had 9 out of 10 employees beat the other 1 to death with them

[–] huf@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

go woke go broke