The NewJeans side stated, “There was certainly reason for suspicions that ILLIT copied NewJeans. Is it really a coincidence that the planning proposals for two girl groups, three years apart, are identical?” They continued, “Later, a certain member’s mother raised allegations of copying, and when Min Heejin brought the issue to Belift Lab, HYBE immediately launched an audit, calling it a takeover attempt. The audit began just six days after the allegation was raised, it was clearly retaliatory. And the grounds cited for the audit all ended with no charges filed. This was an audit with a clear agenda and pre-determined conclusion.”
The NewJeans side also said, “The KakaoTalk messages from Min Heejin were private and could be interpreted as playful, yet they used them to claim an attempt to seize management control.” They added, “This so-called 'takeover' frame is false. While there have only been about 120 articles in total about Bang Sihyuk’s 400 billion won illicit trading and the leak of undisclosed BTS military enlistment information, over 1,700 articles have been published about the audit alone just ahead of NewJeans' comeback.”
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