In a new statement, NewJeans provided new details about the process opened by ADOR and HYBE, revealing that they do not wish to return to the companies
Last Wednesday, the 22nd, NewJeans shared a statement where updates were made on the process initiated by ADOR, the group responsible for debuting the group, and the conglomerate that subsidizes the agency, HYBE, so that the quintet’s contracts with the companies remained valid.
It turns out that on November 28, 2024,Minji,Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein reported that the exclusive contracts they had with ADOR had been terminated due to non-compliance with the demands they had previously made for a healthier work environment. In response, in December, the company opened legal action so that the contract would not be canceled.
With this, in the new document released, the members of NewJeans revealed that the process also includes an injunction to “preserve the agency’s status and prohibit the signing of advertising contracts”further reinforcing that, like ADOR, they hired new legal representatives to handle the case.
Furthermore, the group reinforced: “The five of us have no intention of returning to HYBE or ADOR”revealing that there is no trust in companies to be able to continue working together.
See the translation of the statement, published by the Soompi portal:
“Hello, this is Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein.
Through the media, we confirmed that ADOR not only took legal action against us to ‘confirm the validity of our exclusive contracts’, but also requested an injunction to ‘preserve the agency’s status and prohibit the signing of advertising contracts’ . We received the lawsuit and application documents a few days ago and have appointed Shin & Kim LLC as our legal representative.
As ADOR and HYBE appointed Kim & Chang as their legal representatives, we believed it was necessary to have a law firm capable of responding to them. To address the rapidly progressing injunction, we feel that Shin & Kim, who is already familiar with HYBE and ADOR’s problems and irregularities, is the most appropriate choice.
HYBE and ADOR have failed to fulfill their responsibilities as an agency to protect their artists and support their growth. Throughout our activities, we face various obstacles, large and small. They even disguised their intention to ‘suspend our entertainment careers indefinitely’ as a ‘long-term break’, essentially abandoning and replacing us. Even after the legal termination of our exclusive contracts, unfounded criticisms against us were spread across the media and ‘cyber wrecker’ YouTube channels (Korean slang referring to those who maliciously spread false rumors online), many of which could only have been provided by ADOR and HYBE.
It’s hard not to conclude that ADOR and HYBE are at the heart of all these questions.
While ADOR and HYBE publicly claim they want us to return, behind the scenes, they continue to relentlessly harass and attack us, just as they did before. Recently, they even secretly met with some of our parents in an attempt to persuade or sow discord among us. Instead of resorting to underhanded tactics to defame, divide and manipulate through false information and media games, we hope they address the issue truthfully and fairly.
We will firmly state this. The five of us have no intention of returning to HYBE or ADOR, where not even the minimum level of trust can be expected.
Following the termination of our exclusive contracts, we wanted to complete our remaining scheduled activities and agreements amicably and without conflict, and we hoped to avoid causing harm to the representatives involved. However, seeing ADOR and HYBE disregard such intentions and efforts and cause harm to us and others through inappropriate means, we have decided to no longer remain silent.
Through legal proceedings, we will clearly reveal the mistakes of ADOR and HYBE and fight confidently in court to bring the truth to light.
We are sorry for causing concern to our fans who cherish and love us. However, we will fight to the end for legitimate means so that we can share our music with you freely again as soon as possible. Please show lots of support. Thanks.”
The case remains ongoing.
Source: Recreio
