HYBE Refutes Min Hee Jin's Defamation Claims + To File Counter-Lawsuit Against ADOR CEO

HYBE has replied to Min Hee Jin’s lawsuit, which was filed against HYBE executives for reasons such as defamation and illegal obtaining of her personal messages. The accusations were denied by HYBE through an official statement.

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Earlier on July 23, Dispatch alleged that Min Hee Jin had consulted a shaman. Sources also stated that the ADOR CEO had requested the expansion of her scope for Source Music trainees, who eventually became the members of NewJeans.

It was also alleged that Bang Si Hyuk and Source Music CEO So Sung Jin approved the request. Furthermore, Dispatch claimed that Min Hee Jin was once included in the branding management for Source Music’s “N-team” project.

However, the outlet disclosed that Min Hee Jin had allegedly delayed N team’s debut to introduce NewJeans.

In response, the reports were firmly denied by Min Hee Jin. The ADOR CEO claimed that the information was misleading and that legal action would be taken. Min Hee Jin then stressed that these accusations stemmed from illegally obtained messages in her personal KakaoTalk.

This was followed by Min Hee Jin’s lawsuit against five HYBE executives, which were Park Ji Won (CEO), Lee Kyung Joon (Chief Financial Officer), Lim Soo Hyun (Audit Committee Chairman), Park Tae Hee (Chief Communication Officer), and Jung Jin Soo (Chief Legal Officer).

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On July 24, HYBE officially expressed its stance against the allegations made by Min Hee Jin. According to the statement, HYBE denied all of the ADOR CEO’s accusations.

“We would like to inform you about the allegations made by ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin and others who are suing HYBE’s management. CEO Min Hee Jin has not submitted any information assets such as laptops to HYBE, and she hasn’t responded to any audits.

Two deputy CEOs who have voluntarily submitted information assets with their consent and these were not obtained under pressure. During the preliminary injunction hearing in court, we revealed that we have not forensically examined a laptop that Min Hee Jin returned in the past.

CEO Min Hee Jin has also sent several documents associated with work, which also include transcripts of conversations with shamans via her HYBE email account, which remains on the company’s servers.

The external recipient of this email was identified as a high-ranking official of supplier B. Min Hee Jin also agreed to the processing of her personal information when she joined HYBE, and this was shared during the preliminary injunction hearing.

We would also like to inform you that we will respond to Min Hee Jin and others who have sued us with accusations based on false information despite our attempts to clarify the acquisition of information several times.”