DHL sues Mike Lindell's MyPillow, claiming the company owes $800,000

MINNEAPOLIS — Parcel delivery company DHL has filed a lawsuit against MyPillow, which is linked to its founder, chief campaigner and election denier Mike Lindell, allegedly owes nearly $800,000 in unpaid bills.

The lawsuit is the latest legal battle between MyPillow and Lindell, a prominent Donald Trump supporter who helped amplify the former president's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

In the lawsuit filed Monday in Hennepin County District Court in Minneapolis, DHL's eCommerce division alleges that MyPillow is violating a contract that requires the Minnesota-based company to pay for all package delivery services within 15 days of invoice. The lawsuit says they reached a settlement in May 2023 that requires MyPillow to pay $775,000 in 24 monthly installments starting in April of this year.

However, the lawsuit alleges that MyPillow made only partial payments on that settlement totaling $64,583.34, with the last payment received on June 6. DHL says it notified MyPillow of its default on July 2. The lawsuit seeks $799,925.59, plus interest and attorneys' fees.

Lindell told the Associated Press on Thursday that he did not know what the lawsuit was about, but his company decided to stop working with DHL more than a year ago because of a shipment dispute that he said was DHL's fault.

Lawsuits and billing disputes are nothing new for the “MyPillow Guy.” He is being sued for defamation by two voting machine manufacturers. Lawyers who originally defended him in those cases terminate due to unpaid bills.

In July, Delaware-based Exeter filed a lawsuit tries to drive away MyPillow from a Shakopee factory, alleging that the company is nearly $450,000 behind on rent payments. Lawsuit was dismissed after MyPillow agreed to pay the overdue rent and other fees. A judge evicted MyPillow from another building in Shakopee Earlier this year, after the company fell behind on four months' rent in less than a year.

A credit crisis last year disrupted cash flow at MyPillow after the company lost Fox News as one of its key advertising platforms and was dropped by several national retailers. A judge confirmed in February an arbitration award of $5 million to a software developer who questioned data that Lindell said proved China interfered in the 2020 election.