MINHEEJIN VS SOURCEMUSIC ROUND 4
1. MHJ was never promised NewJeans was gonna be the first HYBE gg
-On July 8 2021, MHJ told SouMu's CEO through slack
>“It doesn’t matter when LE SSERAFIM debuts. Instead, I want to move NewJeans to the M (Min Hee-jin) label and debut them as the first group under M Label.”
-SouMu wanted NJ to debut in September 2021
-On August 12, 2021, she told her shaman that she wanted NJ do debut after:
>“That’s right. The main character always appears last.”
2. SouMu used contract and video evidence of NewJeans own parents to show they were not selected by MHJ
-Haerin: directly cast in Anyang by SouMu, there's even a video of her mother saying
>“It’s surprising that Source Music came all the way to Anyang.”
-Danielle: Moved to SouMu with a staff that came from another agency. In another video, Danielle's mother can be heard saying
>“If my daughter doesn’t make the debut lineup, can we move her to another company?” and "If she doesn't make it into the final group, give me the choice between staying at Source Music or transferring". Audios of Danielle's mother were also used to show there was no promise of NewJeans debuting first.
-Hyein: Directly recruited by SouMu's CEO. Previously, MHJ claimed her mother said “If it had been SouMu, she wouldn’t have gone.”
-Hanni: Selected through a SouMu Global Audition which MHJ never attended.
-Minji: Was already a SouMu trainee long before MHJ joined.
3. The court decisions of the NJ x ADOR trials were cited to discredit MHJs claims.
4. SouMu complained that MHJ presents no evidence, just tries to invalidate theirs.
5. MHJ claimed calling SouMu "thugs" wasn't defamatory, but then sued netizens for defamation for calling her a thug.
more quotes:
https://v.daum.net/v/20251107171448068
https://v.daum.net/v/20251107185047442
https://news.nate.com/view/20251107n28285?mid=n1101
https://news.nate.com/view/20251107n28285?mid=n1101