🔗 2024-05-22 BELIFT LAB Official Statement (Full Text) (Criminal Complaint Against CEO Min Hee-jin for Obstruction of Business/Defamation)

This is an announcement from BELIFT LAB.

Hello.
This is BELIFT LAB.

Today (May 22), we have filed a criminal complaint against CEO Min Hee-jin on charges of obstruction of business and defamation for making unilateral false claims that have caused harm to our company and our artists.

We clearly state that the plagiarism allegations raised by CEO Min’s side against our artist ILLIT are not true. We have submitted evidence to the judicial authorities that can prove these allegations are contrary to the facts, and we will determine right from wrong through proper legal procedures, even if it takes some time.

Whether intellectual property has been plagiarized is a matter that should be determined according to appropriate standards and procedures, not through an individual’s unilateral and distorted interpretation. Nevertheless, we express our regret that the efforts and achievements of our artists and staff members are being disparaged due to reckless speculation and false claims.

Furthermore, although the essence of this matter is unrelated to ILLIT, the ILLIT members are suffering from severe malicious comments, ridicule, and personal attacks. We earnestly ask that the indiscriminate insults, malicious slander, spreading of false information, and defamatory attacks against our artists please stop.

We will do our best to protect our artists and staff members.
Thank you.