Cash advance firm sues Mike Lindell for refusing to pay back $1.5 million loan

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Source: The Independent

Monday 30 December 2024 18:08 GMT


MyPillow founder Mike Lindell has once again found himself staring down the wrong end of a seven-figure lawsuit, this time being dragged into court by a merchant cash advance firm that accuses the bedding magnate and election fraud conspiracist of ducking out on nearly $1.5 million in outstanding debt.

Cobalt Funding Solutions, a New York City-based “alternative capital provider,” makes loans to businesses against their future sales, taking a set portion of a company’s revenues until the principal is repaid, plus a handsome premium. Lindell, for his part, has called the entire future receivables industry a “sham,” and drew first blood against Cobalt earlier this month with a lawsuit claiming the whopping 409 annual percentage rate it charged him while in a desperate cash crunch was “illegal,” “usurious,” and a legalized form of loan sharking.

Now, Cobalt has returned fire in a civil complaint filed last Friday in state court. Although the 63-year-old MAGA fan has stopped paying, the complaint says he has “continued to generate and collect millions of dollars in revenue from sales of, among other things, Pillows and bedding accessories since October 18, 2024.”

Reached by phone on Monday, Lindell told The Independent he had not been previously aware that Cobalt was countersuing and had not yet reviewed any of the court filings.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mypillow-mike-lindell-cobalt-funding-solutions-lawsuit-b2671648.html