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On Monday, December 2, former ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin released a statement through its media communications and legal representative, Macoll Consulting Group and Law Firm Sejong. Ilgan Sports revealed that it was regarding the reported lawsuit she filed against the former HYBE executives and Dispatch journalists for violating the Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection Act.
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The lawsuit was reportedly filed against the former HYBE CEO Park Ji-won, HYBE Chief Communications Officer Park Tae-hee, and the Dispatch reporters Park Hye-jin and Kim Ji-ho. This was due to the alleged use of illegally gained information by the HYBE executives to create a negative opinion on the former ADOR CEO, Min Hee-jin.
The reporters, on the other hand, were involved in the lawsuit as they published the alleged illegally obtained and false information about the former CEO while being fully aware of the situation's nature. Here's what a part of the statement read about the lawsuit, particularly in the context of her lawsuit against the Dispatch reporters who catalyzed the information.
"Dispatch reporters Kim Ji-ho and Park Hye-jin wrote an article that completely contradicts the truth and wrote false content by adding their own speculation to one-sided claims without any fact-checking. We hope that through thorough investigation following this lawsuit, the accused parties' serious falsehoods and deception will be revealed and they will be held legally accountable accordingly," the statement read.
Former ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin releases statement on her lawsuit against former HYBE executives and Dispatch reporters
On December 2, Reporter Park Se-yeon from the Korean media outlet Ilgan Sports released the statement that was put forth by the former ADOR CEO, Min Hee-jin through her media communications and legal representatives. Here's what the full statement read:
"Former CEO Min Hee-jin has filed a complaint with Yongsane Police Station against former HYBE CEO Park Ji-won and HYBE Chief Communications Officer Park Tae-hee for violating the Act on Promotionotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, and against Dispatch reporters Kim Ji-ho and Park Hye-jin for violating the same act."
The statement continued,
"Since April, the accused Park Ji-won and Park Tae-hee have actively used illegally obtained private conversations, adding false information to form a negative public opinion against former CEO Min. Dispatch reporters Kim Ji-ho and Park Hye-jin, despite being fully aware of such intentions as journalists, continued to publish false information with the purpose of defaming former CEO Min Hee-jin, damaging her reputation."
Following the same, there has been no response to the statement from the accused parties. On the other hand, Min Hee-jin was initially removed as ADOR's CEO in August 2024. While she continued as the internal director of the agency, she resigned from her position on November 20, thereby permanently departing ADOR and HYBE Labels.
Additionally, the K-pop girl group NewJeans, housed under ADOR, also left the agency on November 29. The group held an emergency press conference on November 28 where they explained that due to ADOR failing to meet their demands on the 14-day ultimatum, they decided to depart from the agency and terminate their exclusive contract.
