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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Justin Rohrlich

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s bid to evade massive debt is totally ‘preposterous,’ cash advance firm says

The Trump die-hard and pillow hawker is getting raked over the coals in court - (Getty Images)

Pillow pitchman, right-wing conspiracy theorist, and outspoken Donald Trump disciple Mike Lindell’s fiery allegations about a New York cash advance firm’s supposed “pattern of racketeering” are nothing more than an “absurdity,” according to the lender, which is now taking aim in court filings at the MyPillow founder as an unrepentant fabulist whose “preposterous” lawsuit should be thrown out altogether.

Contrary to Lindell’s ongoing assertions that he has been defrauded by Lifetime Funding, an outfit that fronts money to cash-poor entities in exchange for future receivables, the outspoken pillow salesman has actually made nearly $300,000 on the deal he now decries as “usurious,” according to a motion to dismiss filed in Minnesota, where MyPillow is based.

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