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FILE PHOTO: Eric Coomer, Director of Product Strategy for Dominion Voting Systems, demonstrates one of the company’s voting machines, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., April 26, 2018. REUTERS\/Sharon Bernstein<\/figcaption>

(Reuters) – Dominion Voting Systems Inc on Monday filed a defamation lawsuit against businessman Mike Lindell, chief executive of My Pillow Inc, for spreading false conspiracy theories that Dominion\u2019s machines rigged November\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n

The Denver-based company filed the case in federal court in Washington, seeking $1.3 billion in damages. Chaska, Minnesota-based My Pillow is named as a co-defendant in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Dominion previously filed similar lawsuits against Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, two lawyers that promoted former President Donald Trump\u2019s baseless claims of widespread election fraud.<\/p>\n

\u201cActing in concert with allies and media outlets that were determined to curry favor with one of their biggest sponsors and to promote a false preconceived narrative about the 2020 election, Lindell launched a defamatory marketing campaign about Dominion that reached millions of people and caused enormous harm to Dominion,\u201d Dominion\u2019s lawyers said in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

A My Pillow representative did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Lindell, a devout supporter of Trump, financed post-election protest movements in a bid to overturn President Joe Biden\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n

Lindell used his personal Twitter account, which had nearly half a million followers before being suspended, and the company\u2019s account to spread unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud in the presidential election.<\/p>\n

The founder and chief executive officer of the My Pillow company, Lindell\u2019s political commentary and advertisements are a regular fixture on conservative media.<\/p>\n

A self-described former cocaine addict and alcoholic who says he found sobriety through Christianity, Lindell helped sponsor a two-week March for Trump bus tour that ended in Washington on Dec. 14 and spoke at five stops.<\/p>\n

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