Supreme Court rejects Mike Lindell s defamation lawsuit appeal
Supreme Court rejects Mike Lindell's defamation lawsuit appeal
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Supreme Court rejects MyPillow CEO' s defamation lawsuit appeal
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell attends a "Save America" rally in Warren, Michigan, on Oct. 1. Photo: Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by MyPillow to consider the defamation case lodged against him by voting machine company Dominion Voting Systems. Driving the news: Dominion Voting Systems filed a against Lindell in February 2021, alleging that Lindell — an ally of former President Donald Trump — helped promote the baseless conspiracy theory that the company's voting machines were rigged in favor of President Biden in the 2020 election. The big picture: The Supreme Court's decision to not take up the case means that an , rejecting a motion by Lindell to dismiss the case and allowing it to go forward, will stand.Justice didn't participate in the decision. that Lindell was well aware that his claims about the election were false and that “there was no real ‘evidence’ supporting his claims,” but that he participated in a "defamatory marketing campaign" against Dominion in order to sell more pillows.Lindell's lawyers, however, have argued that Lindell really believes his claims about Dominion to be true, per . State of play: Dominion also filed defamation lawsuits against Trump allies and last year. Dominion also filed a against Fox News in March 2o21. In June 2o21, a to throw out the case.U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who ruled in Lindell's case in August 2021, also allowed the lawsuits against Giuliani and Powell to proceed. Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional details.