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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell broke down in court this week, telling a judge he has no money left to pay the sanctions imposed against him in a defamation case brought by voting technology company Smartmatic.

“I’m in ruins,” Lindell said tearfully during a virtual hearing before U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols on Wednesday, according to a report from ABC News. “I borrowed everything I can. Nobody will lend me any money anymore.”

Lindell was ordered to pay $56,369 in sanctions to Smartmatic, which sued him for defamation in 2022 over his baseless claims that the company helped rig the 2020 presidential election against Donald Trump.

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[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago

Let me know when he's seen living in a cardboard box. Until then, it's probably bullshit.

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 122 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 23 points 4 days ago

Still way too big. But I like it.

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[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 110 points 4 days ago (3 children)

[Judge] Nichols asked Lindell on Wednesday for proof that he was in financial ruin. He described Lindell’s claims as “non-verifiable” and gave him until Friday to submit proof he was bankrupt.

Good. I bet the fucker has plenty of money stashed away.

Lindell told Nichols his only possessions were two homes and a truck he was trying to sell for cash.

Two homes, mother fucker, two. That's two more than a lot of people. Judge needs to make him sell both homes and the truck and assign a forensic accountant to make sure he doesn't have anything hidden anywhere. Leave him just enough to buy this place.

[–] StJohnMcCrae@slrpnk.net 28 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Dude was worth between 100-300 million at his peak. I don't buy for a second that he's broke. It's probably all hidden in crypto or cocaine stashed under the floorboards.

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nah I think this rube not only gave all his liquid cash to daddy Trump throughout the early years he also borrowed against the value of his company at peak to donate more. Then when everyone found out he was a nazi and couldn't sell pillows anymore the whole house of cards fell down around him.

That being said I hope he ends up in the gutter.

[–] StJohnMcCrae@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Same, but there's no way in hell this type of psycho gave it all away. He stashed a couple million somewhere for a rainy day. That's how these people work.

[–] Dhar@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

There's money in the banana stand

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 69 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's only $57K. One of those houses ought to cover it. He can go fuck himself.

[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nichols should raise the fine to $40k less than the value of both houses combined and teach this prick what destitute means.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 60 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That "nobody will lend me any money" statement also smacks of "I can't get anyone else to pay this for me", too.

Bitch, it's your penalty.

“I have nothing to hide,” Lindell reportedly told Nichols. “I want Smartmatic to see the financial situation I’m in as well.”

Your financial situation is wholly irrelevant. Jesus fuck, these people.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

Smartmatic seeing his financial situation:

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

He also has a TV network he could shutter

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

56k is worth tears to this rich nazi* pillow fluffer?

With the company that had 1,500 employees and bought "an average of $1 million in ads per week on Fox"?

*the nazi thing:

On September 20, 2024, MyPillow posted an advertisement on X (formerly Twitter) for a sale on their classic pillow. The sale price was $14.88, which critics have noted is a common Nazi dog whistle known as the Fourteen Words. Numerous white supremacist accounts praised MyPillow and Mike Lindell in response. Lindell has denied that there was any hidden meaning behind the price, calling it a media hit job.

wiki/My_Pillow#Other_controversies

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 88 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Oh, shit, I guess somebody actually did get consequences. I wonder if this guy's problem is that he didn't realize it's all a grift.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 61 points 4 days ago

He was a grifter who was a maga true believer. And he got severely outgrifted.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ask Rudy about consequences.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Musk is getting close to being in their shoes, Elon is a better grifter though and probably doesn't trust trump.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 26 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The past few months have probably just been a party for musk. He doesn't give a fuck, and he's got enough fail upwards magic to be fine after all this ends.

But i would absolutely love to see him end up reenacting Rudys fall.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 4 days ago

I think musk might actually be stuoid enough to lose it all. His companies have all profited off first mover advantage and we're now seeing with Tesla that he is too incompetent to leverage first mover status to his advantage.

His pivot to AI is also a strong sign that he is past his prime of jumping into any new first mover companies. Realistically, that was the only thing he had been able to do but only twice and with many times as many failures.

Every indication is that xAI or whatever the fuck he's calling it is heading for a flop and I hope he goes all in on it.

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

Charlie Munger said Elon bets the farm too often to be investible. And he's right.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 65 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Let's all remember that this is part of the theater. Mike Lindell is not broke, and has access to all the money he needs. Mike Lindell won't miss a meal, or sacrifice any comfort. He doesn't want to pay the money he owes, and crying before thd judge is a calculated disinformation campaign to make it seem like the reasonable people have scored a victory. You'll recognize victory when you're viewing it through the bars of a prison cell.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago

Using the Alexa Jones method, he did the same thing

[–] skabbywag02@lemm.ee 34 points 4 days ago
[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Thoughts and prayers fuccko

[–] skvlp@lemm.ee 46 points 4 days ago

He’ll be ok on social security. It’s a good thing he hasn’t aided people who are dismantling the safety nets…

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 48 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Boo hoo. Maybe if he hadn't been such a shitheel he wouldn't have gotten the sanctions imposed against him in the first place. Most people manage to go through their entire lives without ever even facing, nevermind losing, a defamation suit - I hope he gets exactly zero sympathy.

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 26 points 4 days ago

never forget this creature was begging for martial law.

[–] Bread_and_Circuses@reddthat.com 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What a fantastic article to read with my morning coffee! I realize he's one in a long list of shitbags who need their comeuppance, but little bits of happiness are still worth it

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Small victories. 🤗

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Croc tears you bitch pillow boy

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Im in Canada and this discount store near me that sells clothes from liquidations, must have gotten a truck load cause they have my pillows for $5. I don’t know how they ended up in Canada but im guessing some trailer park boys style smuggling run

[–] AlbinoPython@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

The Swayze Express does it again!

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Must have been that greasy Samsquatch!

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Has he tried Russia? They seem to bank roll his lot.

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

Russia wants useful idiots. This guy...well he's not useful.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 28 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I guess his accomplices never told him: you only get to avoid consequences if you're wealthy.

I kid, of course. I am sure he said this after leaving his 500k-1mil valued house, and driving to the court in an audi. Sorry, pal, but you might just have to give a couple things up until you tug those bootstraps a little harder. It's what you'd tell anyone else living outside of their means and committing crimes to do.

Oh no, wait, you wouldn't. You'd look for a way to tie them to a minority group and ask ICE to come pick them up. Fucking fascist.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You need more upvotes. You're aggressive, harsh, and direct with your words.

But also correct. More people need to be harsh towards this type of behavior. Why are societies kid gloves still on?

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[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Can't. Defunded them all and threw all the medics into the Marianas Trench, right after tying them to MyCinderBlocks.

[–] CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Good. What a fucking piece of shit. Well deserved.

[–] Mcdolan@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

How's it feel to be thrown to the wolfs dipshit?

To other dipshits sucking farts, you are not special. Once your usefulness comes to an end you're a nobody who no one will rescue. This should be common sense, what do you do with a pen that has run out of ink? You're all disposable to king trump.

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 4 days ago

Could happen to a better person. Chokes me up just thinking about it.

[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

I know what he can do. Set up an Only Fans of him crying about how bad he has it. He can charge a dollar a month and before you know it, he'll be able to pay some of his creditors.

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 9 points 4 days ago

Welp looks like it’s time to sell some more lumpy pillows at a discount nazi price.

[–] drdalek@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Lol welcome to the lower class, asshole! Suffer like the rest of us.

Edit: misspelled word

[–] st3ph3n@midwest.social 8 points 4 days ago

Smartmatic: "Fuck you, pay me."

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Two in the thoughts, one in the prayers.

[–] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Oh man, this is a succulent schadenfreude.

[–] painfulasterisk1@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

Welp, sell all his assets and sell his few usable body parts.

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