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HYBE vs. Min Hee-jin 🔥 | Hungry New Jeans Mama’s $20M Lawsuit

Sean Lim
2 min readApr 23, 2025

Remember when NewJeans Mama said this wasn’t about the money? That it was about protecting the girls from evil HYBE? Turns out-it was always about the money. 💸 And now, the artists she claimed to protect are the ones shielding her on the legal front lines.

Last week’s Seoul courtroom clash exposed what’s really at stake: a $20 million stock option, a leaked shareholders’ agreement, and a producer-turned-CEO who may have weaponized her own artists, legal loopholes, and even a plagiarism scandal to secure power.

In this episode, we unpack:

🧾 The two simultaneous lawsuits-Min’s $20M put option claim vs. HYBE’s move to confirm her contract termination.

👑 Whether Min Hee-jin was ever truly “CEO for life” or just thought she was royalty.

📉 Why leaking her own contract may have voided her biggest financial leverage.

⚖️ HYBE’s claim that Min abused power during a sexual harassment case-and allegedly plotted to punish whistleblowers.

🎭 The Illit plagiarism scandal-exposed as a legal weapon, not artistic justice.

🤯 “Project 1945,” ADOR sabotage claims, BTS return deadlines, and an alleged plot to trigger regulatory probes. And yes-HYBE showed receipts. Emails…

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Sean Lim
Sean Lim

Written by Sean Lim

When life becomes a real K-drama.

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