Pillow manufacturer MyPillow has been ordered to vacate the suburban Minneapolis warehouse, which the company previously used.
The decision was made by a judge on March 27, however, the company’s founder, Mike Lindell, said that the eviction is merely a formality due to the landlord wanting the property back.
Mr. Lindell told the Associated Press in an interview that the eviction had nothing to do with reported allegations of financial difficulties and stated that his financial situation has been improving after the company faced credit crunch-related difficulties last year, which had disrupted cash flow in his company.
The difficulties reportedly arose after MyPillow lost one of its most prominent advertising platforms, and several national retailers permanently canceled orders with the company.
Despite this, Mr. Lindell said there is nothing to worry about.
“We’re fine,” he said.
However, Mr. Lindell faced a setback last month after a federal judge granted a $5 million arbitration award to a software engineer who challenged data relating to election interference by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the 2020 presidential election.
Mr. Lindell had previously said the data in question proved that the CCP manipulated the election results in favor of then-president-elect Joe Biden, effectively changing the outcome. He vowed to appeal the judge’s ruling.
Additional reports surfaced in January that the long-standing relationship between MyPillow and Fox News had ended and that Fox would no longer run MyPillow ads following a payment dispute, as acknowledged by Mr. Lindell.
Furthermore, Mr. Lindell confirmed on March 27 that his company owes over $200,000 in rent arrears for the facility in Shakopee to Delaware-based First Industrial LP, saying the space was no longer needed.
MyPillow left the warehouse in June last year and removed its remaining property before subleasing it to another company through December. The sublease was meant to go to another company in January, which subsequently pulled out of the deal at the last minute, leaving MyPillow stranded with rent arrears for January and February.
According to Mr. Lindell, MyPillow offered to find another tenant for the sublease, which the landlord rejected on the grounds of wanting to take back control of the warehouse instead.
Meanwhile, Mr. Lindell said MyPillow is continuing to lease warehouse space at another location.
A Scott County judge held a hearing on March 26 on a request for formal eviction, which was not contested by MyPillow, the Star Tribune reported, followed by an eviction order issued a day later by Judge Caroline Lennon.
“MyPillow has more or less vacated but we’d like to do this by the book. At this point there’s a representation that no further payment is going to be made under this lease, so we’d like to go ahead with finding a new tenant,”according to Sara Filo, an attorney representing First Industrial.
Mr. Lindell is currently still facing defamation lawsuits by two voting machine companies over allegations he made disputing the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. His legal representatives reportedly quit the cases over unpaid bills.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
