A clip of MyPillow CEO and conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell being served with one other defamation lawsuit has gone viral.
Lindell, who has been accused of usually pushing misinformation relating to the 2020 Presidential Election, is being sued by Eric Coomer, a former Dominion Voting Techniques worker, who says Lindell defiled his character together with his false election fraud claims.
Lindell was served the authorized discover simply earlier than he was attributable to converse at an "election fact" rally exterior the Colorado Capitol on Tuesday.
A clip of Lindell being served was posted on Twitter by 9News journalist Marshall Zelinger, the place it has since been considered greater than 275,000 occasions.
And simply earlier than Mike Lindell makes his approach to the State Capitol steps, he will get served with a lawsuit. Particulars to observe. #copoliticspic.twitter.com/Xn8HMD1vvp
— Marshall Zelinger (@Marshall9News) April 5, 2022
In his go well with, Coomer, a former director of product technique and safety for Dominion Voting Techniques, alleges that Lindell had "irreparably tarnished" his fame whereas spreading falsehoods in regards to the 2020 election.
Coomer grew to become the goal of right-wing harassment after Lindell and others linked him to the false claims that Dominion machines had been used to rig the ballots in favor of Joe Biden over Donald Trump.
Coomer additionally alleges that Lindell has continued to push the broadly dismissed election fraud claims 16 months after the outcomes had been declared so as to earn cash.
"Regardless of Defendants' baseless claims of election fraud being disproven by credible authorities throughout political events, they persist of their marketing campaign to revenue from the 'Massive Lie' by destroying the lives of personal people like Dr. Coomer," the go well with states.
"They haven't acknowledged the hurt they've triggered, nor have they retracted any of their false statements."
Coomer states Lindell accused him of being "a traitor to the US" after aligning himself with Colorado conspiracy theorist, Joseph Oltmann.
Coomer mentioned Oltmann was on the forefront of a conspiracy that somebody recognized solely as "Eric, the Dominion man" vowed to rig the election in opposition to Trump throughout a supposed "Antifa convention name."
Oltmann mentioned the obvious name passed off months earlier than the election, however he solely took motion on the alleged plot after the election was known as for Biden, the go well with notes.
Cooper's legal professionals declare that Oltmann falsely recognized him as "Eric, the Dominion man" by merely Googling "Eric Dominion Denver Colorado" after which fabricated proof to recommend that this search passed off in late September 2020.
"Oltmann's story is inherently implausible. Lindell, nonetheless, has an extended historical past of publishing and amplifying any story he hears that aligns together with his preconceived narrative that the election was rigged, and Oltmann's baseless lies about Dr. Coomer quickly made their manner into Lindell's rotation," the go well with provides.
"[Lindell] has claimed, with out proof, that Dr. Coomer dedicated treason and that he ought to flip himself into the authorities. Defendants have revealed these quite a few false statements, defamatory interviews, and different dishonest content material maligning Dr. Coomer on the web site frankspeech.com, typically alongside a gross sales pitch for merchandise from MyPillow."
The go well with additionally states Lindell made Cooper the centerpiece of his Lindell's three-day "Cyber Symposium" in August 2021, which did not disclose any actual proof of voter fraud regardless of the CEO's insistence it might do.
Lindell is already going through a $1.3 billion lawsuit introduced by Dominion Voting Techniques over his false claims its machines manipulated votes to rig the 2020 Election.
Lindell has been contacted for remark.
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