On the 24th, HYBE released an official statement addressing the claims made by CEO Min Hee-jin and others in their lawsuit against the company’s management.
HYBE clarified, “CEO Min Hee-jin has never submitted any information assets, including a laptop, to HYBE. She has even responded to an audit.” The company further stated, “The two vice-presidents submitted information assets with their consent. Our company has not obtained them under any coercion.“
Moreover, HYBE emphasized that during a previous injunction hearing, they had already clarified that they never forensically examined the laptop that CEO Min Hee-jin returned. HYBE revealed that CEO Min Hee-jin had sent a significant amount of work data, including conversation records with a shaman, to an external party using her HYBE work email account. This data remains on HYBE’s server. The external recipient of this email was identified as a high-ranking official of their partner company, Company B.
Additionally, HYBE stated, “CEO Min Hee-jin agreed to the processing of her personal information when she joined HYBE, and this was already revealed at the injunction hearing. We would like to inform you that we will respond with false accusations against CEO Min Hee-jin and others who have filed a lawsuit with false information despite our repeated disclosure of the circumstances of her acquisition.”
CEO Min Hee-jin has reportedly filed a complaint with the Yongsan Police Station on the same day against CEO Park Ji-won and others. The complaint includes charges of obstruction of business, detection of electronic records, violation of information and communications network, and defamation.
The situation remains tense as both parties prepare for legal proceedings, with HYBE committed to addressing what they claim are false accusations, and CEO Min Hee-jin pursuing her claims through legal channels.
