Winner of Mike Lindell’s $5M contest never got his money. Now, he’s taking Lindell to court.

Bob Zeidman, a Las Vegas-based software program skilled, goes to federal courtroom to assert the $5 million in winnings awarded to him final month by an arbitration panel that discovered he was due the cash from My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell.

The saga has its roots in Lindell’s election conspiracies, with the pillow salesman and vocal Trump supporter making a problem in 2021. His provide: If anybody may show his trove of information wasn’t from the November 2020 election, he’d pay them $5 million, a quest he known as the “Show Mike Improper” problem. 

As Zeidman advised CBS MoneyWatch final month, he shortly decided Lindell’s information “was all bogus” — however after the pillow CEO did not pay up, the matter ended up in entrance of an arbitration panel. On April 19, the three-member panel, chosen by Lindell LLC, agreed with Zeidman that the info wasn’t related to the election, and dominated that Lindell needed to pay the $5 million inside 30 days. 

Lindell has requested that the award be vacated in state courtroom, based on the Could 19 federal submitting from Zeidman’s attorneys. Zeidman hasn’t obtained a cent, they added. 

Taking Lindell to courtroom

Now, Zeidman is asking {that a} federal courtroom affirm the legitimacy of the arbitrators’ choice.

“Mr. Lindell ought to honor his settlement, as confirmed by the three arbitrators, and pay me,” Zeidman mentioned in a Friday e mail to CBS MoneyWatch. “I’ve gotten no cash or response from Lindell aside from his lawyer Alec Beck submitting a Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award at the moment, although he is given no cause. He says {that a} cause will probably be forthcoming at a later date.”

Lindell did not instantly return a request for remark.

In a remark to CBS MoneyWatch final month, Lindell mentioned he disagreed with the arbitration panel’s choice and that he did not plan on paying. “I do not owe him any cash,” Lindell mentioned final month of Zeidman. “He did not show something.”