Belift Lab responded to allegations claiming that ILLIT ‘s manager disrespected NewJeans ‘ Hanni . On October 7, Belift Lab responded to a previous report in which the parents of NewJeans members exposed HYBE for harassing and then allegedly covering up their mistreatment of Hanni. In a statement, Belift Lab reacted to the allegations.
The full statement is translated below. Hello, this is Belift Lab. We are revealing our stance on Ilgan Sports’ article that was published on October 7.
We are asking that they stop making these allegations, including ridiculous plagiarism accusations, that there is no evidence of ever occurring. ILLIT’s manager, Koo Sung Won, has never instructed the members to ignore NewJeans. ILLIT members also have never ignored the NewJeans member.
This is proven through an investigation that was held on June 13 at the behest of NewJeans’ parents. The groups were only ever in the same space on May 27 for 5 minutes and we have footage of ILLIT members bowing to the NewJeans member 90 degrees. On August 14, when we reviewed the video with former CEO Min Hee Jin’s team, they claimed that the lack of greetings occurred after that scene, suggesting there might be another video.
However, according to the security company, this claim is problematic because the video retention period of 30 days had already expired, making it impossible to secure any additional footage. The former CEO’s side alleges that HYBE intentionally deleted the video. Our proto.
