I agree with almost all of your comment, but HYBE hasn't totally lost yet from my understanding. They lost in the sense that Min Heejin won the emergency injunction, but they are still pressing criminal charges against her and the other execs and the court in their ruling, and if they end up winning those then this ruling expires and they are free to fire her.
Even if they win the other trials, they'll still have to pay her 14M + 75-150M in put options because nothing she did violated the contract she signed.
Also the "criminal charges" that Hybe filed against MHJ and the other execs are embezzlement, usurpation of management rights, leaking of confidential information and defamation. So far, legal experts came out and said Hybe hadn't produced any concrete evidence on the first 3 charges so I don't think they'll win in court tbh.
As for defamation, I believe they'll 100% win this as in SK law, even if what you say is the truth, you can be charged if you harm another by spreading the truth. I can see her getting a fine over her allegations regarding Illit. But is it really a win for Hybe? Literally everyone said Illit was a NewJeans copy when they debuted. On top of that, Hybe literally hired the team behind NJ's debut for Illit's debut lol.
it's been interesting, to say the least, to see what gets translated for western audiences. the media narratives have been very different depending on where you get your news from. either I missed an article covering the specific language of the contract (very likely; these update posts have not been deep dives) or it wasn't reported on until now. if it were previously disclosed, but never translated, that's an insane choice to make and feels way more relevant than who does/doesn't go to a shaman? (also, what happened to MHJ potentially leaking info about trainees? was that also just BSH and his goons making up shit
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From what I understand, her contract prohibits her from harming Ador and its interests - but not Hybe's. So even if she did harm (or plan to harm) Hybe, they cannot fire her from her position as Ador CEO because her actions didn't impact negatively Ador
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when this whole thing started i said the single most baffling thing is why HYBE debuted Illit as they did to begin with... because they exposed that the multi-label system for them is more just buying out competition but also that they still view the sub-labels as competition. so....WHAT
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But either way, mess!!!
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Also the "criminal charges" that Hybe filed against MHJ and the other execs are embezzlement, usurpation of management rights, leaking of confidential information and defamation. So far, legal experts came out and said Hybe hadn't produced any concrete evidence on the first 3 charges so I don't think they'll win in court tbh.
As for defamation, I believe they'll 100% win this as in SK law, even if what you say is the truth, you can be charged if you harm another by spreading the truth. I can see her getting a fine over her allegations regarding Illit. But is it really a win for Hybe? Literally everyone said Illit was a NewJeans copy when they debuted. On top of that, Hybe literally hired the team behind NJ's debut for Illit's debut lol.
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I think TXT is doing pretty well for themselves.
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