https://www.hankyung.com/article/2024100701307
ILLIT's agency, BELIFT Lab, has denied allegations that they instructed members to ignore NewJeans' Hanni's greeting.
On the afternoon of the 7th, BELIFT Lab released a statement on HYBE's official website, stating, "We strongly demand an immediate stop to the baseless allegations of plagiarism and the unfounded controversy regarding greetings, which are attempts to slander our rookie artist."
BELIFT Lab added, "The security company explained that it was impossible to secure additional footage because the 30-day video retention period had passed. Min's side is claiming that HYBE intentionally deleted the footage.
In connection with this case, the National Assembly's Environment and Labor Committee has summoned Kim Jooyoung, CEO of ADOR and HYBE’s Chief Human Resources Officer, as a witness for a hearing on workplace bullying. Hanni has also been selected as a reference witness.
BELIFT Lab pointed out, "Since the issue was first raised, we have always emphasized respectful behavior between artists from different labels, and we conducted the investigation with sincerity. However, even after providing all requested explanations, new unfounded claims continue to emerge. Now that this nonexistent incident is being brought up in the National Assembly hearing, we are beginning to suspect if there are other motives behind this."
They also warned, "If this matter continues to damage the reputation of our company, artists, or staff, we will take every means we can."
Since there are some people who keep leaving strange comments, I picked this up from another post.
Hanni never revealed which team it was during the live broadcast. She mentioned that the artists greeted each other well.
This is an article from September 12 (The content of the article blames Hanni)
https://n.news.naver.com/article/015/0005033371
The decisive event that caused the NewJeans members to lose trust in HYBE was the 'greeting controversy' involving the manager of HYBE's girl group ILLIT. The incident dates back to around June, about three months ago. This was right after CEO Min won her legal battle against HYBE. On the evening of the 11th, during a YouTube live broadcast, NewJeans member Hanni explained the situation, saying that a manager of a HYBE artist told the members to ignore her. It seems she was referring to the situation with the ILLIT manager.
Concerned about workplace bullying, NewJeans' parents informed ADOR and HYBE executives about the issue at the time and requested discussions for a smooth resolution. However, the two sides failed to resolve the conflict because they had different interpretations of the 'greeting controversy.' After reviewing 7-8 minutes of CCTV footage capturing the incident, HYBE concluded that it showed Hanni and ILLIT members exchanging greetings and that there was no problematic statement made by the manager. They found no issue in the situation.
The concerns raised by NewJeans' parents were not publicly addressed within the company due to a lack of evidence. However, the music industry speculates that, given the history between HYBE and CEO Min, it's possible that this incident escalated into a subtle 'emotional conflict.'
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-They're blatantly turning Hanni into a liar... Hanni must be really shocked now. How far are these crazy people willing to go?
-We'll see what actually happened later at the hearing thenㅋㅋ
-They're turning their own artist into someone who made up stories.
-This company is ruining ILLIT's image on purpose at this point.
-They're being so loud after deleting the evidenceㅋㅋㅋ
-Please leave ILLIT's name out of this.
-ㅋㅋ They're really losing their minds.
-This company is so problematic.
-Whoa... I hate this. Hanni never mentioned any specific group to begin with. She also said that all singers exchanged greetings just fine. So, who spilled the group's name out of guilt here?
- Are they doing this media play because they're scared of the National Assembly hearing? Weverse's CEO got exposed hard there.
-Why did they bring ILLIT into this in the first place?? HYBE's so dumb.
-All that I can think of is how tough it must be for Hanni now...
