They may have shot themselves in the foot.
Koreaboo
8 minutes ago
New court evidence is reigniting online debate surrounding past plagiarism accusations involving ILLIT and NewJeans.
According to discussions spreading online, documents recently submitted as evidence in HYBE and BELIFT LAB’s case against an alleged malicious YouTube content creator included a debut concept planning file for ILLIT reportedly dated September 20.
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The date immediately caught attention because BELIFT LAB had previously argued that ILLIT’s debut planning had already been completed in July, using that timeline to deny accusations that NewJeans’ concepts were referenced. The issue became a major point of discussion previously after internal allegations claimed that members of ILLIT’s directing team had been shown NewJeans’ debut planning materials around August.
BELIFT LAB had consistently maintained that ILLIT’s plans had already been completed in July. The argument was used to reject claims that NewJeans’ materials could have influenced ILLIT because the concept work was supposedly already finalized before any alleged exposure. However, netizens now claim the newly surfaced September-dated planning file appears inconsistent with that earlier explanation. Furthermore, BELIFT LAB has never produced the said July file throughout their debacle against plagiarism accusations.
The debate continues as netizens scrutinize whether the newly surfaced documents conflict with BELIFT LAB’s previous statements.