NewJeans has lost the first trial in their exclusive contract dispute against their agency ADOR.
On the 30th, the Seoul Central District Court ruled that the contract remains valid in ADOR's 'lawsuit to confirm the validity of the exclusive contract' against NewJeans members.
Furthermore, the court stated that former CEO Min Heejin appeared to have been preparing for a public opinion war and a lawsuit with the goal of becoming independent from HYBE. This cannot be seen as an action to protect NewJeans.
In particular, the court strongly criticized former CEO Min Heejin, saying "She prepared for a public opinion war using NewJeans' parents as her shields."
The court pointed out, "Based on Min Heejin's KakaoTalk messages, she planned to spread the idea that 'HYBE mistreated NewJeans' by using NewJeans' parents, while she stayed behind and prepared for lawsuits. The court added, "This cannot be seen as an effort to protect NewJeans from ADOR's contract breach."
After the ruling today, NewJeans' legal team released a statement saying that they respect the court's decision, but it's impossible for the members to return to ADOR and continue normal activities since their trust has already completely broken down.
Previously, the court had dismissed all of NewJeans' objections and appeals. This means that the members could not work without ADOR's approval until the final judgment.
Also, in May, the court accepted ADOR's request for indirect compulsory enforcement, ruling that if NewJeans engages in independent activities without prior approval, each member would have to pay 1 billion KRW for every violation.
[+367][-28] They ended up looking like fools in the middle of all this.
[+350][-39] I expected the court result after reading all the past articles... The pressure from the articles pouring out every day is so intense that if they were regular people, it wouldn't be strange if they committed suicide. The reason I hope they return to ADOR is not about whether they will do well, but so they don’t get hurt anymore.
[+328][-96] Isn’t it strange how in this whole fight between Bang Sihyuk and Min Heejin, the adults completely got away without consequence?
[+72][-10] NewJeans lost the lawsuit. On the other hand, somewhere out there Min Heejin is excited about starting her new company. She made 5 billion KRW and that's it.
[+67][-5] In the end, they really did become the second Fifty Fifty.
[+59][-10] This is how scary gaslighting can be. The girls are still not free from it.
[+58]-21] ㅋㅋ Are you guys buzzers??? Do you think contracts are a joke?? The court ruled against them, it means they should stick to the contract. Do you think contracts are just some pinky promise??? Just stick to the contract.
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