Members of the idol group Fifty Fifty appealed to the court to suspend their exclusive contract with their agency Attract (CEO Jeon Hong-jun), but the appeal was dismissed as they did not provide a written statement of reasons for the appeal.
On the 24th, Seoul High Court Civil Division 25-2 (Chief Judges Kim Moon-seok, Jeong Jong-gwan, and Song Mi-kyung) dismissed the appeal filed by three Fifty Fifty members against the first trial decision that did not uphold the application for a temporary injunction to suspend the exclusive contract.
The court announced that it made this decision because the Fifty Fifty side that filed the appeal did not submit a statement of reasons for the appeal and there was no reason to change the lower court's decision.
On June 19 of this year, Fifty Fifty filed an application for a preliminary injunction requesting termination of the exclusive contract, claiming that Attrakt failed to fulfill its obligation to provide settlement data and to manage the members' physical and mental health, but it was dismissed in August.
The first trial court said, “It was not confirmed that Fifty Fifty’s income from sales of albums and music or entertainment activities exceeded the costs of production, etc., so it was not confirmed that there was a settlement amount (profits) that Fifty Fifty should have been paid, and it was not confirmed that Fifty Fifty had a settlement amount (proceeds) that should have been paid, and the amount was so high that it destroyed trust.” “It is difficult to conclude that there was a violation of the settlement obligation,” he said, supporting Attract.
Regarding the claim that the agency violated the members' health management obligations, the court said, "When health problems were confirmed, the agency had members receive hospital treatment, confirmed the diagnosis and progress, and coordinated their activity schedules to schedule medical treatment or surgery. "I didn't accept it."
Dissatisfied with this decision, all members, including Kina (Song Ja-kyung), Saena (Jeong Se-hyun), Shio (Jung Ji-ho), and Aran (Jung Eun-ah), submitted an immediate appeal to the court on August 31, but this appeal was also dismissed.
However, one of the members, Kina, announced her intention to withdraw her appeal on the 16th and return to her agency. It was discovered that the remaining three members who did not withdraw their appeal also did not submit a statement of reasons for their appeal containing specific claims.
