ADOR’s Min Hee Jin denies TWS and RIIZE plagiarism accusations

Last Thursday, 25th, Min Hee JinCEO of ADOR, called an emergency press conference to clarify the recent accusations made by HYBE during the audit against her company, following an alleged attempt by the businesswoman to separate herself from the conglomerate.

After the conference with reporters, Hee Jin He also gave an exclusive interview to the South Korean broadcaster CBS (via Koreaboo), released this Friday, the 26th, where, again, he denied everything that was said by the business group.

Furthermore, during the conversation, the producer also spoke for the first time about the accusation made by HYBE that she said that groups such as TWS, from PLEDIS Entertainment, and RIIZE, from SM Entertainment, had copied her.

“I mentioned it before, but even if reporters write about it, I don’t want to talk about it. Because I don’t know how they wrote it or how they investigated it, but I never said those things,” said Min Hee Jin.

As reported by the South Korean portal Yonhap News, HYBE stated through a note issued last Tuesday, the 23rd, that CEO Min had stated that, in addition to ILLIT, the TWS and RIIZE groups had also plagiarized NewJeans, and what Bang Sihyuk copied it, and created BTS.

“We were informed that during a meeting with CEO Min Hee Jin, she stated that ILLIT, TWS and RIIZE copied NewJeans… Furthermore, she stated that Bang Sihyuk copied her and made BTS,” the report says.

At last Thursday’s press conference, Hee Jin highlighted that she never said that BTS copied her, and that HYBE is trying hard to transform her “into a strange person”.

“Everyone who knows me knows that I have shares and received things. The things revealed by HYBE are only for your advantage. For me, they are all false. Why are they calculating things like this? Does not make sense. There are many things like that. I never said that ‘BTS copied me’,” the businesswoman clarified. “How could they go as far as to do that? I want to ask why they are trying so hard to make me into a strange person.”

The case remains ongoing.