New Jeans: "Forcing Adore to work for 5 more years = irrational and inhumane treatment" [Official]
[SPOTV News=Reporter Jeong Hye-won] Group New Jeans has revealed their position on Adore's lawsuit to confirm the validity of their exclusive contract.
On the 6th, New Jeans released an official statement, stating, "We recently heard through the media that Adore filed a lawsuit against the five of us to confirm the validity of our exclusive contracts." They continued, "Adore is not properly asserting in their statement that there was no breach of the exclusive contract, but is only repeating that the company's support and investment were there, so the exclusive contract cannot be terminated until they are recovered."
New Jeans continued, "However, we have already returned profits exceeding the investment amount to Adore and Hive. Despite this, Hive attempted to interfere in various ways, such as slandering and counter-viraling in order to lower our value, and Adore aided and abetted this after the management changed." They continued, "It is no different from the company that should be protecting us creating malicious comments on its own. Considering this breakdown in trust, we have come to the conclusion that there is a high possibility that we will suffer more damage in the future."
New Jeans stated, "Our trust in Adore and Hybe, who have not even properly fulfilled their duty to protect their artists and have violated their contracts multiple times, has already collapsed. As stated in our exclusive contract, there is no longer a reason to work with Adore and Hybe," and "Our exclusive contract clearly states that we can terminate the contract if Adore does not fulfill its obligations under the contract. Forcing us to work for another five years despite the breakdown of trust and breach of contract is not only unreasonable, but also inhumane."
They stated, "Adore has filed a lawsuit seeking a court judgment on whether this termination is legal, but this is only a procedure to receive confirmation from the court after the fact," and "Despite this, we deeply regret releasing a statement misleading the public as if the contract is still valid. Let me state this clearly once again: we will no longer be affiliated with Adore as of November 29, 2024. Adore cannot interfere or intervene in our activities."
Meanwhile, New Jeans added, "We are in the process of faithfully carrying out our remaining schedules with Adore as promised immediately after announcing the termination of our exclusive contract," and "However, we have also witnessed managers and furdies who were helping with those schedules being severely harassed, such as having their laptops taken away by Adore and Hive and being interrogated without warning, and some even crying. We find this behavior toward the staff members who are working on their remaining schedules too difficult to accept, and it is painful that we are not the only ones being harmed by this unscrupulous and inhumane company."
Previously, New Jeans held an emergency press conference in Gangnam, Seoul on the 28th of last month, and declared that they would be leaving Hive and Adore as of November 29th to pursue their own free activities. They claimed that "Adore did not fulfill their obligations as an agency," and sent a document to Adore on the 29th notifying them of the termination of their exclusive contract.
Accordingly, on the 3rd, Adore filed a lawsuit for confirmation of the validity of the exclusive contract with New Jeans at the Seoul Central District Court in order to receive a legally clear judgment that the exclusive contract with New Jeans remains valid.
