@haerinlune The only time the media wants to talk about NewJeans being when they want to promote another group but never talk about hybe’s treatment of them. If they ever got another NewJeans type of group they’d probably sabotage them too 🤦🏽
@retrokki When hybe responded by saying they were going to “win” against newjeans I immediately knew they absolutely hated them and were going to do anything they could to destroy the members.
Now I'm seeing some HYBE supporters spewing that Min Hee-Jin backtracked in court and said it wasn't about plagiarism. Here's what actually happened:
1. The Court Agreed with Her: When Min Hee-jin shared her concerns about imitation, the court legally recognized them as protected professional opinions rather than malicious lies designed to defame Serian Heu or BELIFT LAB. For a defamation claim to hold up, accusations must be fabricated out of thin air. However, the court noted that long before her press conference, both the general public and major media outlets were already heavily pointout out the blatant creative overlaps between NewJeans and ILLIT.
2. Her Role as ADOR's CEO Required Action: To prove malicious intent, her detractors (Serian Hue or BELIFT Lab) would have to show she invented a groundless imitation narrative when nobody else was talking about it. But she didn't. She acted strictly within her corporate duty as the CEO of ADOR. Her primary responsibility was to protect and manage NewJeans, their specific artistic identity, and their commercial image from brand dilution.
3. Staying Silent Was Not an Option: If she had kept quiet while an internal sub-label utilized highly similar visual concepts, it would have legally counted as a neglect of her duties as a CEO. She was contractually obligated to defend ADOR's intellectual and creative property. Raising these concerns internally, and later addressing the public discourse was a necessary business defense, not a malicious personal attack on other creative directors or BELIFT.
The absolute irony of HYBE supporters claiming MHJ "backtracked" is that when pushed in front of a judge, BELIFT LAB completely failed to provide substantial evidence to counter the similarity claims. Beyond empty corporate assertions, they failed to present any actual evidence to the court that could back up their statements. The judge explicitly rejected their defense, stating that BELIFT LAB failed to present anything to subside the issue. They simply couldn't produce an independent paper trail because, as court records from earlier this year proved, they were actively using NewJeans' planning blueprint.
So no, she didn’t "just win because it was her personal opinion." It was a protected professional opinion and a necessary business concern raised in her official capacity as the CEO of ADOR to protect her own artist's brand, an opinion that was ultimately backed by hard legal evidence proving that NewJeans' internal documents were actively shared and used by BELIFT LAB.
#HYBEapologisetoNewJeans
#NewJeans_Is_Five
#NEWJEANSNEVERDIE
@funkblackcatt@morning_star_tw No the alleged plagiarism of their concept wasn’t a valid reason to terminate their contract because their concept isn’t protected. The court didn’t deny the similarities
@funkblackcatt@morning_star_tw NewJeans tried to argue illit and their concepts were too similar and were damaging their brand. The court acknowledged some similarities but their concept isn’t protected in their contracts. They never argued whether Belift stole planning documents in this case
@funkblackcatt@morning_star_tw The only case nj were involved in was the validation case and the arguments were only centered around the breaking of trust. There is no verdict that says the plagiarism was unfounded/untrue so just stop.
@boycottNewjeans In so many comment sections they have to insert the copy group. Using stickers and saying this gives illit vibes on videos only featuring NewJeans. They’re quite literally leeches that stuck their teeth into NewJeans 🤦🏽
@funkblackcatt@lilithinurheart@juantokki Yeah nobody can copy like her. Need to keep her around so she can continue Illit’s legacy of copying and please the hybe execs lol