Court documents reveal Min Hee-jin and NewJeans’ parents discussed plans to attack LE SSERAFIM & ILLIT before ILLIT’s debut

HYBE Side "Min Hee-jin Planned the 'Stockpiling Frame' Even Before ILLIT's Debut"

Circumstances revealing that former ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin prepared a frame-up about music source (song) stockpiling targeting HYBE's girl groups LE SSERAFIM and ILLIT in advance and waged a public opinion campaign were disclosed in court. Particularly in the case of ILLIT, the fact that behind-the-scenes work was conducted even before their debut was revealed.

On the afternoon of the 11th, the Seoul Central District Court Civil Division 31 (Presiding Judge Nam In-soo) held the fourth hearing for the 'confirmatory lawsuit regarding the termination of the shareholders' agreement' filed by HYBE against former CEO Min Hee-jin and one other. Additionally, the lawsuit filed by Min Hee-jin and two others against HYBE claiming payment due to the exercise of a put option was also held.

That day's trial proceeded with the examination of witnesses from both sides. Witnesses present in court included Jeong Jin-soo, HYBE's CLO (Chief Legal Officer) for the plaintiff's side, and Min Hee-jin herself for the defendant's side.

Previously, it had been revealed that through an audit by HYBE, a document titled 'Project 1945', created on March 2, 2024, by former Vice President Lee Sang-woo under the instruction of former CEO Min for the purpose of pressuring HYBE's management and attacking the two groups, was discovered.

HYBE's legal representative, during the plaintiff's witness examination that day, presented the 'Project 1945' document and asked CLO Jeong Jin-soo, "What is the meaning of 'LE SSERAFIM 2/19' and 'ILLIT 3/25' written in the music source stockpiling section?"

CLO Jeong Jin-soo stated, "2/19 is LE SSERAFIM's comeback date, and 3/25 is ILLIT's debut date," adding, "Particularly in ILLIT's case, they hadn't even debuted yet, but it appears there was an intention to attack them using that (stockpiling) frame."

In a document recording a meeting held with NewJeans' parents on March 29, 2024, preparations for attacks and public opinion campaigns targeting the two groups were also discovered. This meeting log contained entries such as 'searching for staff controversy', 'investigating community/sns', 'same concept photos, NewJeans rip-off', 'the problem is intentionality, using media play', 'staying still is a loss', and remarks preparing for a public opinion campaign were found, including 'how to leak it to reporters', mentioning a specific reporter from a specific media outlet (M company, Reporter Yoo), and 'who to send it to'.

Furthermore, it was also revealed that after this meeting, on the same day, former CEO Min gave instructions via KakaoTalk to Shin Dong-hoon and Lee Sang-woo, such as "'pull up the plan change', 'send the first round on April 3rd', 'we are preparing for a public opinion campaign', 'send the answer and detonate it after the 11th'".

This is DISGUSTING