Mike Lindell gives a thumbs-up as he passes by a rally for supporters of former President Donald Trump, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee).
Minnesota pillow magnate Mike Lindell‘s company is being sued in federal court yet again. And, in a hat trick of deja vu, the plaintiffs are a shipping company who accuse MyPillow of significant unpaid debts.
On Feb. 27, FedEx filed a short and simple lawsuit in Tennessee — where the international air express shipping leader is headquartered. The 5-page filing accuses the Minnesota-based bedding company of owing $8.8 million in past due shipping costs and late fees.
This is the third time a shipping company has sought a court’s intervention to settle a long-running dispute with MyPillow.
In August 2024, Extend, Inc. sued MyPillow for well over half a million dollars over allegedly delinquent debts dating back to a contract that began in 2022. In September 2024, DHL followed suit and sued MyPillow for nearly $800,000 over years of shipping services.
In the latest lawsuit, FedEx says their relationship with Lindell and his once-booming pillow business began even further back — in 2021.
“This suit has become necessary to collect almost $9 million owed by My Pillow for shipping services provided by FedEx for which My Pillow has failed to pay despite multiple pre-litigation efforts,” the lawsuit begins. “The parties’ recent contractual relationship goes back to February 2021 when FedEx and My Pillow’s predecessor, MP Distribution, LLC, entered into a Transportation Services Agreement.”
That same year, of course, MyPillow began to suffer financially. Those economic woes are widely believed to be a knock-on effect of Lindell personally, loudly and consistently maintaining that electoral fraud conspiracies cost President Donald Trump the 2020 election.
The FedEx lawsuit does not delve into the politics likely behind the economics but tersely details an alleged series of efforts between the parties to keep their business relationship intact. Those efforts apparently worked for years — until recently, according to the filing.
“Over the next several years, the Contract was amended several times to adjust pricing and allow for corporate changes requested by My Pillow’s representatives, employees and agents,” the lawsuit reads. “Most recently, and relevant to the invoices at issue in this lawsuit, My Pillow signed an Amendment to the Contract on January 10, 2024, which set forth the existing terms and conditions under which My Pillow was authorized to ship packages through the FedEx enterprise.”
The contractual terms at issue include provisions that “invoices are due and payable within fifteen (15) days from the invoice date” and “that late fees equal to 8% of total past-due balances may be applied to invoices not timely paid,” according to the shipping company.
Those terms — and MyPillow’s conduct with regard to those terms — only became an issue in September 2024, when the pillow company “substantially slowed paying its invoices,” FedEx claims.
The lawsuit accuses Lindell of personally vouching to pay those debts.
“Despite multiple promises to pay by Mike Lindell, My Pillow’s owner, and various suggested payment plans, delinquencies increased,” the lawsuit continues. “As a result, per the terms of the Contract, FedEx placed My Pillow’s account on a cash-only basis and stopped shipping for My Pillow altogether as of December 2024.”
The new year allegedly did not bring a new leaf.
“On January 13, 2025, My Pillow was sent written notice advising that its shipping accounts with FedEx would be terminated altogether in thirty (30) days due to non-payment of outstanding invoices,” the lawsuit goes on. “Demand was also made for payment of all outstanding invoices, then totaling more than $8.5 million. My Pillow was advised that if payment was not received within thirty (30) days, FedEx would exercise all legal rights and remedies available to it.”
Now, FedEx says the bills continue to pile up — including late fees — and that MyPillow “has not made any payments since receipt of the January 2025 letter.” The filing claims the “debt to FedEx currently totals at least $8,801,710.93.” This amount, however, is likely an understatement of what the shipping company expects they’ll win in court; the lawsuit also seeks attorneys fees, interest and court costs.
FedEx is suing MyPillow for one count of breach of contract. A second cause of action, filed in the alternative, alleges unjust enrichment.
Law&Crime reached out to Lindell for comment on this story but no response was immediately forthcoming at the time of publication.
