Court Rules Against BELIFT LAB Creative Director in Civil Damages Lawsuit Against Min Hee-jin

In the ongoing legal dispute surrounding the similarity allegations between girl groups ILLIT and NewJeans, the court has ruled against BELIFT LAB’s creative director, Serian Heu, in a civil damages lawsuit filed against former ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin. The lawsuit, originally filed in late 2024 by the creative director overseeing ILLIT’s visual concepts, sought monetary compensation and damages for defamation. The plaintiff claimed that Min Hee-jin’s public accusations- which alleged that ILLIT had plagiarized NewJeans’ styling, concept, and creative identity-…