Minnesota pillow magnate Mike Lindell’s company is being sued in federal court once more. In a hat trick of déjà vu, the plaintiffs are a shipping company who accuse MyPillow of large unpaid bills.
FedEx, the world’s leading international air express shipping company, filed a simple lawsuit in Tennessee on February 27. The 5-page filing accuses the Minnesota-based bedding company of owing $8.8 million in unpaid shipping and late fees.
This is the third time a shipping company has sought a court order to resolve a long-standing dispute with MyPillow.
Extend, Inc. sued MyPillow in August 2024 for more than half a million dollars in alleged delinquent debts from a 2022 contract. In September 2024, DHL followed suit, suing MyPillow for nearly $800,000 for years of shipping services.
FedEx claims in the latest lawsuit that their relationship with Lindell and his once-thriving pillow business dates back even further, to 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 complaint says. “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 struggle financially. Those economic woes are widely believed to be a direct result of Lindell’s loud and consistent claim that electoral fraud conspiracies cost President Donald Trump the 2020 election.
The FedEx lawsuit does not delve into the politics that are likely driving the economics, but rather briefly describes an alleged series of efforts by the parties to maintain their business relationship. According to the filing, these efforts appeared to be successful for many years.
“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,” according to the court filing.
“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 behavior under them — only became an issue in September 2024, when the pillow company “substantially slowed paying its invoices,” according to FedEx.
Lindell is accused in the lawsuit of personally guaranteeing payment of the debts owed.
“Despite multiple promises to pay by Mike Lindell, My Pillow’s owner, and various suggested payment plans, delinquencies increased,” the lawsuit says. “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 fresh start.
“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 claims. “Demand was also made for payment of all outstanding invoices, which totaled more than $8.5 million.
My Pillow was informed that if payment was not received within thirty (30) days, FedEx would exercise all legal rights and remedies available to it.”
FedEx now claims that 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 states that the “debt to FedEx currently totals at least $8,801,710.93.”
This figure, however, is likely an underestimate of what the shipping company expects to win in court; the suit also seeks attorneys’ fees, interest, and court costs.
FedEx is suing MyPillow on one count of breach of contract. A second cause of action, filed as an alternative, alleges unjust enrichment.
