A judge ruled that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell can keep his address secret, after Lindell's lawyers said someone repeatedly threatened to decapitate him
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- A judge ruled MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell doesn't have to publicly share his address in his legal fight with Dominion.
- Lindell had received malicious phone calls and death threats, according to a legal filing.
- One person mailed a pair of pillows covered in fake blood to MyPillow's HQ, the filing says.
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A district judge in DC has ruled that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell doesn't have to publicly reveal his address in court documents related to his legal battle against Dominion Voting Systems, after lawyers for Lindell said that it would put him at risk of death threats.
In documents filed May 14, legal representatives for Lindell said that MyPillow had reported at least seven individuals to the Chaska, Minnesota Police Department, claiming the people had "directly threatened Mr. Lindell's life or physical safety."
This included a person who repeatedly rang MyPillow's call center and detailed a plan to kidnap and decapitate Lindell, according to Jeremiah Pilon, deputy general counsel for MyPillow.
In response to the threats, local police patrolled MyPillow's corporate office more often, he added.
Lindell, a staunch ally of former president Donald Trump and a major GOP donor, has repeatedly supported Trump's debunked claims challenging the integrity of the election.
This has led to Twitter blocking him, retailers pulling his products, and Dominion filing a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against him, after he spread baseless claims that its voting machines helped rig the 2020 US presidential election.
As part of that case, Lindell filed a motion on May 14 for leave to file his home address under seal and ex parte, rather than filing it publicly. His request was granted by DC District Judge Carl Nichols on Tuesday.
"Lindell reasonably believes that publicizing his residential address would, in all likelihood, put him at risk of imminent harm," Douglas Daniels and Trey Mayfield, Lindell's defense counsels, wrote in the filing.
Pilon said that in December, a "threatening box" was delivered to MyPillow's headquarters in Chaska.
"The box was open on top and contained two MyPillow bed pillows that had been slit open and splattered with a red-colored substance intended to look like blood," Pilon wrote. He added that there a sign was attached to the box reading: "Mike Lindell Loves Murderers."
He added that MyPillow could present the court with audio recordings of some of the threats.
In March, Lindell said that he hadn't been to his home in Minnesota for two months over safety concerns and instead had been moving between "undisclosed locations."
He also took a hiatus from in-person events, which he said were "too risky," but has since spoken at events including the Conservative Political Action Conference and a rally at South Dakota's Corn Palace to promote his voter-fraud website Frank Speech.
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