Hive 'Inside Guns' Continue..Source Music vs. Min Hee-jin files a lawsuit for 500 million won in damages
Jul 15, 2024
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Source Music said on the 15th that it has filed a lawsuit against CEO Min Hee-jin of A-Door for damages to the Seoul Western District Court. Although the amount of the lawsuit was not revealed, Source Music reportedly filed a lawsuit against CEO Min Hee-jin to compensate him for 500 million won for damages caused by defamation, obstruction of business and insults.
CEO Min Hee-jin recently held a press conference on the conflict with Hive and argued that the conflict began when the girl group Le Seraphim from Source Music debuted first while preparing to debut Newzins as the `Hive First Girl Group.' In addition, CEO Min revealed the text conversation with Hive CEO Park Ji-won and claimed that there was a purpose of "to confuse Newzins and Le Seraphim".
Source Music responded to the allegations on the communication platform Weverse"We deeply regret the current situation in which other artists' real names are mentioned without respect, along with untrue content and rude expressions in public, and we strongly request that this will not be repeated in the future" has stated its position. Source Music, which predicted legal action at the time, continued legal action against CEO Min Hee-jin.
Billifrap, the agency of the girl group Eyelet, which Min Hee-jin mentioned earlier, also filed a criminal complaint and a civil damages lawsuit against Min Hee-jin, who raised suspicions of plagiarism.
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