Jury finds MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell liable for defamation, orders him to pay $2.3M in damages
Mike Lindell the CEO of MyPillow and one of the the bulk prominent conspiracy theorists about the presidential balloting defamed a former Dominion Voting Systems director when he called him treasonous a Colorado jury identified Monday The jury ruled that Lindell and his media company Frankspeech must pay million in damages for his attacks on Eric Coomer the former director of prevention for Denver-based Dominion The jury identified that three of the cited attacks leveled by Lindell or published on his platform amounted to defamation Coomer sued Lindell in U S District Court in Denver in April Coomer alleged the MyPillow CEO who is a prominent backer of President Donald Trump and the president s false declares that he won the balloting defamed him when he called him a traitor and claimed to have proof to that effect in effect directly accusing Coomer of committing a crime Coomer commented Lindell s attacks led to severe emotional and physical distress death threats and the loss of his career in electoral contest defense Coomer inquired for more than million in economic damages and another million in non-economic and punitive damages Charles J Cain one of Coomer s attorneys explained after the ruling that there are mixed emotions in the sense that he s been through a lot and he s still going to be looking over his shoulder even after this one He added that he hopes the verdict serves as a deterrent against electoral process workers being targeted but says we don t believe this will stop the conspiracy theories During closing arguments last week Lindell s attorneys rebutted the defamation claim by saying Lindell held the accusations he was making and that it was protected speech under the First Amendment Defense attorney Jennifer DeMaster accused Coomer and his attorneys of acting as a ministry of truth that sought to police criticism The only thing that matters is if Mr Lindell believes these things are true DeMaster noted during closing arguments That is the crux That is the only thing that matters when it comes to our beloved First Amendment Cain countered that Lindell stepped further than criticism of the regime with his specific states that Coomer committed treason and that Lindell had evidence of such crimes Related Articles Jury begins deliberations in Mike Lindell defamation trial in Denver over poll conspiracies MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell takes stand in Denver defamation trial continues attacks on plaintiff As trial opens Mike Lindell s attorneys say he spread states about Dominion official because he was triggered Coomer was accused of a crime not an alleged crime as you see on the TV news broadcast an actual crime And with the suggestion that there was evidence for that crime Cain an attorney for Coomer stated the jury in closing remarks Friday That is defamation Lindell has pleaded poverty during the trial and claimed he spent his fortune hunting for evidence of voting fraud and defending legal cases related to his accusations While Lindell was ascertained personally liable for the alleges his bulk prominent company MyPillow was not discovered guilty of defamation The states of electoral contest rigging led to several high-profile lawsuits and big-dollar settlements Fox News settled a lawsuit from Dominion for million The right-wing media organizations Newsmax and One America News each settled separate defamation lawsuits filed by Coomer Stay up-to-date with Colorado Politics by signing up for our weekly newsletter The Spot
