Min Hee Jin accuses HYBE and Belift Lab of using ILLIT as a shield

Recently, Belift Lab, a subsidiary of HYBE, filed a lawsuit to compensate Min Hee Jinformer CEO and current Internal Director of ADOR, in approximately ₩20.0 billion KRW (about 14.3 million dollars), for alleged damages caused to the girl group ILLIT due to accusations of plagiarism made by the businesswoman.

Now, in a recent statement (via Soompi), representatives from Hee Jin shared a statement from the director harshly criticizing Belift Lab, after the agency asked the court analyzing the situation to speed up the choice of a date for the trial, claiming that Min would be “delaying” the meeting.

In response, in his statement, Min Hee Jin accuses the HYBE subsidiary of ignoring the damage it also caused to NewJeans, a girl group managed by ADOR, and using ILLIT as a shield.

“Despite clear testimony from an internal whistleblower and clear similarities, they are denying and misleading public opinion. HYBE and BeLift Lab are the ones spreading countless false allegations, disrupting work and defaming, all while bringing a problem that could have been resolved internally into the public sphere.

They should reflect on who is actually using novice artists as shields to claim work stoppage while ignoring the damage caused to NewJeans,” Min Hee Jin said in a statement.

The case remains ongoing.

End of NewJeans contracts?

Last Wednesday, the 13th, the South Korean portal Yonhap News released a certificate of content — a document used in South Korea to claim damages and notify contract terminations — sent by the members of NewJeans to ADOR, the company responsible for the group, announcing that, if the requests made by the artists were not met, their exclusive contracts would be terminated.

The report, issued with the legal names of the five members, Kim Minji, Hanni Pham, Danielle Marsh, Kang Haerin and Lee Hyeinstates that the agency had violated the exclusivity contract with the girl group, requiring the company to rectify them within 14 days of receipt.

Read the full article: ADOR confirms receipt of legal notice from NewJeans: ‘We are analyzing it’