Mike Lindell admits he is ‘broke’ as MyPillow attorneys say he owes them ‘millions’ in unpaid fees for defending him in election defamation lawsuits

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has admitted he cannot pay the lawyers representing him and his company after going bankrupt fighting mass defamation lawsuits over his stolen election claims.

In a court filing on Thursday, Lindell’s lawyers said he owes “millions of dollars” in unpaid legal fees and sought to drop him as a client in defamation lawsuits filed by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic USA.

Lindell, a prominent supporter of Donald Trump, is fighting claims that he defamed the companies with false conspiracy theories that their voting machines were used to rig the 2020 US presidential election for Joe Biden.

The bedding magnate said on Thursday that he has “run out of money” and praised his lawyers as courageous and said he regretted not being able to pay their fees.

“We lost everything, every penny,” Lindell said NBC News. “It’s all gone.”

Lindell has not made payments on his legal bills since July, his lawyers at Parker Daniels Kibort and Lewin & Lewin told federal judges in Minnesota and Washington DC who oversaw the separate defamation cases.

Andrew Parker, co-founder of Parker Daniels Kibort, said in a lawsuit that forcing his firm to continue representing Lindell without pay “could jeopardize the continued existence of the company.”

Parker did not immediately respond to a request for comment from DailyMail.com on Thursday evening.

Lindell told Reuters he was the victim of “legal malpractice” and was unable to borrow money to finance his defense. He said he is looking for new counsel.

“We’ll find someone, that’s what it is,” Lindell said.

Dominion is seeking $1.3 billion in damages from Lindell and his pillow company in the Washington case. Smartmatic is seeking an unspecified amount of damages in Minnesota federal court.

Fox Corp and Fox News settled defamation claims from Dominion for $787.5 million in April. Smartmatic’s separate $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox is pending in New York State court.

Both companies are also pursuing election-related defamation lawsuits against Trump’s former lawyer Rudy Giuliani and others.

Trump has continued to make false claims that widespread voter fraud cost him the last election, even as he faces criminal charges in Washington and Georgia over his efforts to overturn the 2020 results.

The financial consequences of the controversy were significant for Lindell, after a number of major retail chains cut ties with MyPillow.

In July, Lindell told DailyMail.com that his company has lost as much as $100 million since Walmart and Bed Bath & Beyond pulled his products over his false claims of election fraud.

The polarizing MAGA supporter said in a phone interview that MyPillow was making $110 million a year in gross sales prior to the election controversy, but now only makes about $5 million — a drop of as much as 95 percent.

The businessman said he was forced to auction production equipment and sublet unused industrial space after distributors tore up distribution agreements.

While he hopes retailers will come back on board, Lindell said he hasn’t heard anything yet and he believes it’s out of fear of a cancel culture.

“We have reached out, they will not answer our calls,” he told DailyMail.com on Tuesday. “They are very afraid of cancel culture.”