{"id":159803,"date":"2026-02-20T08:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=159803"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:15:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:15:02","slug":"bts-v-states-he-did-not-consent-to-private-messages-being-used-in-court-for-the-min-hee-jin-vs-hybe-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-v-states-he-did-not-consent-to-private-messages-being-used-in-court-for-the-min-hee-jin-vs-hybe-case\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS\u2019 V states he did not consent to private messages being used in court for the Min Hee Jin vs HYBE case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the court proceedings involving <strong>Min Hee Jin<\/strong> and HYBE Labels, <strong>BTS member V<\/strong> addressed the issue involving his own remarks publicly. On February 20, 2026, details emerged that private KakaoTalk messages between V and Min Hee Jin were accepted as evidence in the lawsuit against HYBE. The messages allegedly support claims that <strong>ILLIT showed similarities to NewJeans<\/strong>, which became a key point between Min Hee Jin and HYBE\u2019s legal dispute.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u00a0&#8220;I get it. I saw them and thought.. They are kind of similar,&#8221; V shared through KakaoTalk messages.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>In response to the legal controversy, V shared a statement on his Instagram Story explaining that the conversation was private and informal. He said that because Min Hee Jin was an acquaintance, he was simply expressing empathy during a casual discussion. He emphasized that he had no intention of taking sides in this legal conflict.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201cBecause she was an acquaintance of mine, I was sharing empathy, and it was part of a private, everyday conversation. I have no intention of taking sides. However, I am deeply disturbed that this conversation was submitted as evidence without my consent,\u201d the BTS member said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/letit_goo00\/status\/2024711867617378742?s=20\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Also he made a statement saying that the hag submitted it without his consent and he doesn\u2019t take any sides and she twisted it as usual<br \/>\ud83d\udc2f<br \/>\u201cThese were parts of private, everyday conversations that were shared out of empathy because we were acquaintances. I have absolutely no\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/266sVxnNaJ\">pic.twitter.com\/266sVxnNaJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; o!rul8 (@letit_goo00) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/letit_goo00\/status\/2024711867617378742?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Seoul Central District Court ruled that HYBE lost its shareholder agreement lawsuit against Min Hee Jin. Among the claims, the court sided with Min Hee Jin and said that her concern regarding ILLIT\u2019s team copying claims could not be considered false information but a valid opinion to express in terms of creative integrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the court proceedings involving Min Hee Jin and HYBE Labels, BTS member V addressed the issue involving his own remarks publicly. On February 20, 2026, details emerged that private KakaoTalk messages between V and Min Hee Jin were accepted as evidence in the lawsuit against HYBE. The messages allegedly support claims that ILLIT showed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":159804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[49,936],"class_list":{"0":"post-159803","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-bts","11":"tag-v"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}