Min Hee-jin Wins Partial Damages Suit Against Malicious Commenters: "Insulting Personal Attacks"

Filed Damages Lawsuit Against 8 Malicious Commenters
Court: "Insulting and Contemptuous Personal Attacks Against Plaintiff"
"Four Commenters Ordered to Pay 50,000 to 100,000 KRW in Damages"

Min Hee-jin, CEO of ADOR, is making a statement regarding the conflict with the parent company HYBE on April 25, 2024, at the Korea Conference Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul.

Former ADORE CEO Min Hee-jin won a partial victory in a damages lawsuit filed against malicious commenters who left harmful comments about her.

According to the legal community on the 19th, Judge Ahn Hyun-jin of the Seoul Central District Court Civil Division 202 ruled last month in a lawsuit filed by former CEO Min against eight malicious commenters seeking approximately 24 million KRW in damages, ordering four of the commenters to pay Min between 50,000 and 100,000 KRW each in consolation damages.

The court stated, "The insults and contemptuous personal attacks against the plaintiff exceeded the limits of mere opinion expression," and judged them as "abstract judgments or expressions of contemptuous emotions that could lower the plaintiff's social evaluation." However, for the remaining four commenters, the court dismissed the claims, stating that "the insulting and contemptuous meanings were relatively mild and not excessively malicious."

Since last year, former CEO Min has been engaged in legal disputes with HYBE over issues related to the group NewJeans (new stage name NJZ). In response, malicious commenters reportedly left comments such as "sseuXX" on related news articles. Consequently, in June of the same year, Min filed a lawsuit seeking 3 million KRW per person, claiming mental damages.

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