As a result of I’m an fool, I assumed that the courtroom resolution on the brand new Min Hee Jin injunction could be coming at the moment. No no, it’s simply the beginning of the listening to, so we received a bunch of that information to cowl as the newest within the HYBE/ADOR mess, plus a reply from NewJeans‘ moms on the Hanni state of affairs.
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Okay, beginning with the Hanni situation once more, the moms responded straight as they stated ADOR’s CEO refused to take action. They clarified that the greeting was by no means a problem, it was at all times the supervisor directing the group to disregard her.
A stated, “Belift Lab’s declare that that is an ‘innocuous greeting situation between labels’ is totally lacking the purpose. Hanni by no means complained about not being greeted. The issue is that one other artist’s supervisor instructed them to disregard Hanni.”
Additionally they say that they had by no means seen the CCTV video earlier than the August 14 assembly, so any allegation they modified their thoughts is fake.
The moms go on to assert the incident within the video was the inaccurate one and the safety guard stated that video of the incident in query was deleted.
“After we first raised the problem, we clearly defined that the incident occurred when Hanni was alone. Nonetheless, the video HYBE confirmed Hanni on August 14 was of her with the ADOR supervisor and Danielle.”
“When Hanni seen the footage, a safety guard instructed her that footage displaying the artist strolling previous with out greeting had been deleted as a result of they believed it wasn’t essential to maintain for the reason that greeting occurred earlier. The guard couldn’t even make eye contact whereas explaining this to Hanni, visibly shaken.”
They make clear that it wasn’t some exterior safety firm however an inside HYBE division.
Okay, so yeah, I used to be confused as to why some are centered on an alleged greeting or not. Most would possible assume it’s dumb if it was a few greeting, agreed. However the image they’re principally making an attempt to color is one in every of administration making an attempt to isolate and ignore them (presumably on behalf of HYBE). Therefore the concentrate on the “ignore her” instruction from the supervisor and never the greeting from the group. That a lot appeared apparent to me.
In the meantime, a number of websites are surprisingly framing that alleged safety guard interplay as a smoking gun confession or one thing that HYBE deleted the video as a coverup. That will be nearer to true if the safety guard testified or one thing, however for now, it’s only a declare from the moms. Do I fully imagine an enormous Ok-pop firm could possibly be vindictive in the direction of any “troublesome” artist? Completely, however for now it’s not the gotcha second it’s framed as.
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Alright, now onto the precise courtroom stuff with Min Hee Jin making an attempt to get again into energy at ADOR by way of injunction. Once more whereas I believed at the moment would include a choice, sadly it was simply the beginning of the legal professionals combating.
Aside from beforehand coated stuff, Min Hee Jin submitted new proof that BELIFT LAB had plagiarized NewJeans for ILLIT, submitting proof {that a} whistleblower got here ahead to say ILLIT’s inventive director requested NewJeans’ starting stage mission proposal and that ILLIT’s mission proposal was equivalent, with the motive for coming ahead being that they have been upset BELIFT LAB continues to disclaim the plagiarism.
BELIFT continued to try this, explaining that ILLIT’s plans have been finalized on July 21, whereas the informant shared the NewJeans plan on August 28. In an announcement they are saying Min Hee Jin’s declare is fake they usually plan to submit proof to the courtroom displaying such.
In the meantime, HYBE defined that the sexual harassment case was the explanation Min Hee Jin had to get replaced as CEO, although they did later state that their very own investigation cleared the case.
HYBE acknowledged “The investigation concluded that it couldn’t be thought-about office bullying or sexual harassment” and Min Hee-jin’s aspect additionally acknowledged that they “don’t agree with B’s claims“.
However they are saying as an alternative of stopping future incidents, she tried to get them to implement punishment for false accusations.
So far as the courtroom itself goes, I used to be considerably stunned by their feedback, who appeared to dismiss a number of the brand new data as irrelevant and a waste of time.
The courtroom then identified, “It looks like (either side) are making impartial claims, so what drawback does the legality and legitimacy of the dismissal, sexual harassment within the office, and taking New Denims away have with this case?” and “What’s regrettable about either side is that there was an injunction on Might 30, however they’re repeating it once more. It’s a disgrace to waste valuable argument time.”
Additionally they stated this might take till the top of October.
Okay, in order it’s best to know by now, I sometimes don’t care about so-called plagiarism except there’s like information of them making an attempt to make use of the sound/idea/no matter or it’s actually equivalent. Properly, Min Hee Jin’s proof that they used NewJeans because the blueprint is an fascinating wrinkle, and we’ll see if the courtroom accepts that after BELIFT submit proof of their very own.
Concerning the dealing with of the sexual harassment allegation, I agree that it’s grounds for removing as CEO. Once more although, the issue they run into is that HYBE themselves cleared the case when Min Hee Jin was of their good graces, so I’m unsure if that argument goes to work even when they do reverse course now (particularly when the one who did that principally received a promotion to ADOR CEO). That doesn’t absolve Min Hee Jin, however legally it seems to be handled as a doubtful argument.
Based mostly on the courtroom’s feedback, issues definitely appear to be trending in the direction of an identical end result as earlier than barring new proof, however we will see. Additionally, even when she is reappointed, they may attempt to merely hearth her once more, I believe.
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I hope we’ll be capable to chill with the arguments within the media till the choice, however I do know higher than to anticipate that by now.