Report Says ILLIT Creative Director Lost Min Hee Jin Lawsuit

ILLIT creative director Serian Heu reportedly lost a civil lawsuit involving former ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin, according to a courtroom attendee account relayed by Koreaboo. The written judgment was not available in the source, so the result and the parties' arguments should be treated as reported rather than independently confirmed from court documents.

The case concerned alleged false statements and defamation arising from Min's public comments about similarities between ILLIT and NewJeans. According to the attendee account, Heu's side argued that the dispute turned on whether Min had made specific false factual statements.

The defense reportedly answered that Min had not accused Heu personally of copying. It characterized her comments as criticism about similarity allegations already circulating in media and public discussion. The account also described arguments about a request by NewJeans members' parents for an internal HYBE review, which the defense said was separate from Min's public press-conference comments.

Some online supporters interpreted the reported loss as a legal finding that ILLIT plagiarized NewJeans. The source cautions that this conclusion does not follow automatically. A civil claim can fail for several reasons, including whether a statement was factual, false, directed at the plaintiff or met the other elements required for liability.

Until the full judgment is released, the narrow supported claim is that an attendee reported a loss in the civil case. The outcome alone does not establish a judicial finding of plagiarism.