IllIT and Min Hee-jin’s camp clash again in court over plagiarism allegations tied to NewJeans.

IllIT, a rookie girl group, claimed that NewJeans, the group they produced, was plagiarized. Min Hee-jin, the former head of ADOR, also referenced this at a press conference, and IllIT’s agency Billif Lab is set to clash in court again.

Billif Lab argued that the premeditated public relations campaign was designed to maximize economic gains, and that IllIT, lacking a fanbase to defend it, suffered significant harm. Min Hee-jin countered that she was expressing a legitimate opinion and that this has been misrepresented as defamation and obstruction.