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Dolphin Mobilization Group, an advertisement production company that produced the music video of the girl group New Jeans, did not accept the court's ruling on compensation of 1 billion won for New Jeans' agency, Adore.
On the 20th, it was confirmed that director Shin Woo-seok and the dolphin mob filed an appeal against the results of the first trial of the damages lawsuit filed against them by Odor.
At the same time, the dolphin gang also applied for a compulsory suspension of execution on the same day. Provisional execution is a system that allows the winning party to execute the contents of the judgment in advance even if the judgment is not confirmed. The purpose is to accelerate the realization of the winning side's rights while preventing the losing side from appealing only for the purpose of delaying the compulsory execution. In the judgment ordering the payment of money, such a provisional sentence is generally added. Accordingly, the plaintiff, who has been served with the judgment, may initiate the provisional proceedings for alimony at any time.
However, in order to prevent forced execution, the losing party can apply for suspension of execution. Courts often make a decision to suspend compulsory execution on the condition of providing collateral unless there are special circumstances. A certain amount of money is deposited in cash or a guarantee insurance certificate is issued and submitted.
Earlier, the Seoul Central District Court's Civil Agreement Department 62 (Chief Judge Lee Hyun-seok) ruled on the 13th that "the dolphin gang should pay KRW 1 billion and delayed interest to Audor," adding, "The amount can be provisionally executed." In addition, the claim for damages against the individual head coach Shin Woo-seok of the Dolgorak gang was dismissed.
The dispute began in August 2025 when the dolphin gang posted a director's cut video of Newzins' "ETA" music video on a YouTube channel. When Odor demanded that the video be deleted, director Shin Woo-seok confronted by deleting the Newzins-related video posted on another unofficial fandom channel, "Ban Hee-soo Channel."
"We only requested the suspension of publication of the 'ETA' director's cut video, but we did not request the deletion or suspension of all images related to Newzins, such as the anti-heavy channel," Adore said. Director Shin is spreading false information," he countered.
In response, head coach Shin Woo-seok filed a complaint, saying that Odor's position had damaged his reputation. Audor filed a compensation suit on the basis of video ownership.
Afterwards, Min Hee-jin, former CEO of Audor, also appeared as a witness and took the side of the dolphin mob, saying, "We verbally agreed to post the supervision version of the ETA music video separately," but the court ruled in favor of Audor as a result.
Meanwhile, Newzins announced the termination of the contract in November 2024 due to Adore's non-compliance. After a legal battle, the court ruled in favor of Adore in an exclusive contract validation lawsuit filed by Adore against Newgens in October last year. Of the five members, Haerin, Hyein, and Hani returned to Audor, while Minji continues discussions with Audor to return. Daniel was informed of his exit from Odor.
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