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ILLIT‘s agency Belift Lab is officially suing Min Hee Jin for defamation following her accusations that ILLIT is copying NewJeans.
In a statement shared with various media outlets including Sports Donga, Belift Lab shared their intention to sue Min Hee Jin.
Hello, this is Belift Lab.
Today (May 22), we have filed a complaint against Min Hee Jin CEO on charges of obstruction of business and defamation due to the damages she is causing by claiming one-sided false information against our company and our artist.
Regarding her allegations of ILLIT plagiarising another artist, we would like to clarify that this is not true. We have submitted evidence to relevant law enforcement agencies to prove that the allegations differ from the truth. Even if it takes some time, we will sort out these disputes according to the legal processes.
Plagiarism of intellectual property is an issue that needs to be judged by proper criteria and procedures, not one person’s biased and distorted interpretations. Nevertheless, we would like to apologize for the situation where our artists’ efforts and achievements are being disparaged due to the thoughtless speculation and spread of false information.
In addition, while the root issue has nothing to do with the ILLIT members, they are suffering from a serious level of malicious comments, ridicule, and personal attacks. We would like to sincerely ask everyone to stop their insults, slander, spread of false information, and defamation against our artist.
We will do our best to protect our artists and the members.
Thank you.
— Belift Lab
