Min Hee Jin absent from first trial in ILLIT and LE SSERAFIM defamation case; lawyer claims choreography plagiarism

Min Hee Jin has been thinking about extra than one splendid disputes since final year. She modified into once sued by BELIFT LAB and Offer Song on defamation prices associated to their girl groups, ILLIT and LE SSERAFIM, respectively. Nevertheless, Min Hee Jin remained absent from basically the most significant listening to of the case.

On January 10, 2024, the 12th Civil Division of the Seoul Western District Court held basically the most significant listening to for the defamation lawsuit brought by BELIFT LAB and Offer Song, each below HYBE, in opposition to Min Hee Jin. The earlier ADOR CEO didn’t encourage the listening to in individual, and attorneys from the law agency Sejong represented her. Apt representatives for each Offer Song and BELIFT LAB were moreover present to continue the lawsuits.

Beforehand, Offer Song filed a lawsuit in opposition to Min Hee Jin in July 2023, looking out damages of approximately 500 million KRW, alleging defamation, interference with industry, and insults in opposition to their girl crew LE SSERAFIM. BELIFT LAB moreover filed a damages lawsuit in opposition to her on behalf of ILLIT, claiming 2 billion KRW.

Min Hee Jin held an emergency press conference in April 2024, alleging that tensions with HYBE Chairman Bang Si Hyuk escalated after LE SSERAFIM, managed by Offer Song, debuted earlier than NewJeans, which she claimed modified into once intended to be HYBE’s first girl crew.

Offer Song denied these allegations, maintaining that the claim that LE SSERAFIM brought on effort to every other artist and the dissemination of unverified data as truth were baseless and false.

Min Hee Jin additional accused BELIFT LAB’s crew, ILLIT, of plagiarizing NewJeans’ total view. BELIFT LAB refuted these accusations, emphasizing that ILLIT’s branding and view were finalized on July 21, 2023, whereas ADOR’s planning paperwork were perfect submitted on August 28, 2023, making it chronologically very now not in point of fact for ILLIT’s view to were influenced.

Additionally, amid these disputes, Min Hee Jin’s aspect filed a counter-lawsuit in opposition to BELIFT LAB’s CEO and key personnel for defamation, looking out 5 billion KRW in damages.