NewJeans fans file lawsuit against a series of "big guys" of ADOR, HYBE, "mother" releases evidence

Gia NhiOct 12, 2024 at 21:33

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On October 10, Korean time, a lawyer representing NewJeans' official fan club, Bunnies, appeared at the Seoul Yongsan Police Station to file a complaint against ADOR CEO Kim Joo Young and other senior officials.

Also on October 10, Bunnies officially announced that they are reporting CEO Kim Joo Young and Vice President Lee Do Kyung of ADOR for professional misconduct and interference in business related to NewJeans.

Park Tae Hee, Director of Communications at HYBE Labels, and Jo Sung Hoon, Director of Public Relations, will also be reported for violating the Personal Information Protection Act, violating the Law on the Use of Communications Network and Information Protection...

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NewJeans is a South Korean girl group formed and managed by ADOR. The group consists of five members: Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin, and Hyein. The group released the single "Attention" on July 22, 2022 before officially debuting and releasing the EP of the same name on August 1, 2022.

According to Ilgan Sports, on October 11, the Seoul Central District Court's 50th Civil Division convened a hearing at the request of producer Min Hee Jin to clarify whether HYBE Group's dismissal of her as CEO of ADOR Company (managing group NewJeans) violated the shareholder contract.

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At the hearing, Min Hee Jin presented new evidence to prove that ILLIT stole NewJeans' ideas right from the planning stage. Min Hee Jin's legal representative stated: "We just received shocking information. The person who provided this information gave us a document containing the project proposal files of NewJeans and ILLIT, asking us to compare the two plans."

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Min Hee Jin detailed: "An internal HYBE employee reported that ILLIT's creative director requested NewJeans' plan right from the planning stage of ILLIT's creation. ILLIT's plan was identical to NewJeans' plan."

Additionally, there is evidence including text messages and audio recordings, showing the Creative Director of the ILLIT group asking to share NewJeans' documents.

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In the recording, when asked if ILLIT's creative director requested to share NewJeans' documents, the employee replied, "Yes, that's right."

The staff also expressed their dissatisfaction when Belif Lab (ILLIT's management company) denied plagiarism: "I never imagined they would do exactly the same. All the documents showing the similarity were submitted to the court. They have seen all these documents and consulted them, so why do they keep denying it?"

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Min Hee Jin's side believes that HYBE's conduct of the ADOR audit in April was unreasonable. In addition, the reason for filing a lawsuit is: "In addition to ignoring BELIFT LAB's copying of NewJeans, HYBE also committed numerous acts of betrayal and harassment, such as using viral marketing against NewJeans, concealing workplace bullying, playing media tricks, and ignoring the court's interim ruling and unilaterally declaring that the contract between shareholders has been canceled."

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On April 3, former CEO Min Hee Jin raised an internal issue regarding "ILLIT copying NewJeans". Objective evidence has proven that this issue was raised legitimately. But this once again confirms that HYBE's audit of ADOR (in April) was an illegal and illegitimate audit.

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In addition to ignoring the Belif Lab copying NewJeans case, HYBE also committed numerous acts of betrayal and harassment, such as pushing the media trend against NewJeans, covering up workplace bullying, using media tricks, and ignoring the court's judgment and unilaterally declaring that the contract between shareholders has been canceled.

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