Min Hee-jin Faces Dual Lawsuits from HYBE Labels, Next Hearing Set for July 18
Jun 27, 2025
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The 12th Civil Affairs Department of the Seoul Western District Court will hold the third hearing of Hive Labels' 2.5 billion won damages lawsuit against Min on July 18. The hearing date was originally scheduled for June 27, but it was postponed once due to a dispute between the two sides over the submission of KakaoTalk evidence.
Earlier, at the second hearing held on May 30, the contents of the KakaoTalk conversation in the 20-minute presentation data prepared by Source Music were controversial. Former representative Min insisted that the message could not be adopted, saying "The message was illegally collected evidence", but Source Music countered strongly, refuting "the data with prior consent". The court decided to continue the trial after deciding whether to adopt the evidence.
The civil suit began with former CEO Min's claim in a press conference in April last year that `the promise of casting the members of Newzins himself and debuting as Hive's first girl group was unilaterally broken.' In response, Source Music claimed damages worth 500 million won, saying that the remarks were "different from the facts" and that Le Seraphim suffered rumors that he was a "privilege group" and damaged his reputation.
In addition to Source Music, another label under Hive, Billifrap, has also filed a lawsuit against former CEO Min for damages worth 2 billion won. The third hearing date of the case is also scheduled to be held on July 18, the same day.
Whether it is true or not regarding former representative Min's claim was also mentioned in the case of an injunction against the independent activities of the members of Newzins. The Seoul High Court recently rejected an objection filed by five Newzins members, saying, `Some members were selected before Min Hee-jin joined the company, and there is no clear evidence of involvement in the selection process of other members"I judged.
As a result, members of the Newzins were not allowed to work alone without the consent of Audor, and the court decided to impose an indirect compulsory fine of 1 billion won per act in case of violation.
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