After 43.1 billion charges.."NewJeans idol of "NU'EST JIN's Ex-Members" will suffer serious damage". [the star scene]

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HYBE Music Group label ADOR has launched a lawsuit against former girl group NewJeans member Daniel and former ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin (currently Okarekoz CEO) for 43.1 billion won in damages.

At 10 a.m. on the 26th, the Seoul Central District Court's Civil Agreement Department 31 (Chief Judge Nam In-soo) held the first hearing of the damages suit filed by the ADOR against Daniel, one of his family members, and Min Hee-jin.

On this day, Daniel claimed that ADOR is prolonging the lawsuit, saying, "From Daniel's point of view, Daniel is an idol. Prolonged litigation could lead to irreparable serious damage. If this lawsuit is prolonged, we lose our time to shine the most as an idol," he said.

Daniel said, "The plaintiff knows this so well as an entertainment agency that there is no reason to delay the lawsuit. It was not just Daniel who filed the lawsuit in this case, but also the defendants and mothers who were not directly related. Not long ago, the opinion also asked to change the preparation date for pleading to two months later, but the plaintiff seems to reveal his intention to prolong the case without filtration. We want the hearing to proceed quickly and intensively," he claimed.

Earlier in November 2024, five NewJeans members claimed that the contract was terminated due to ADOR's violation of the exclusive contract, and began their independent activities by arbitrarily notifying them of the termination of the contract. However, NewJeans lost the first trial of an exclusive contract validation lawsuit with Odor in October last year, and the members expressed their intention to return to ADOR in turn without appealing.

However, in December of the same year, ADOR filed a lawsuit against Daniel, one of his family members, and Min Hee-jin for damages worth 43.1 billion won after notifying him of the termination of the exclusive contract, saying he could no longer be with Daniel as a NewJeans member. Currently, Ha-rin, Hye-in and Hani have been decided to return to Odor, but Min-ji is reportedly discussing specific conditions for their return.

What is interesting is the history of the Civil Agreement Department 31, which will hear the lawsuit by ADOR, Daniel and Min Hee-jin. Last month, the court ruled in favor of Min Hee-jin by dismissing the HYBE's claim in a lawsuit against former ADOR CEO Min Hee-jin to confirm the termination of the inter-shareholder contract and a lawsuit against former CEO Min Hee-jin against the HYBE for stock trading related to the exercise of put options. On this day, the court ruled that HYBE should pay Min Hee-jin 25.5 billion won, and HYBE appealed against it.

Since then, Min Hee-jin has proposed in a press conference last month to stop all ongoing legal disputes on the condition that he does not receive the put option payment he will receive in the first trial's victory. However, the HYBE expressed its intention to continue the lawsuit by paying a deposit of 29.25 billion won to prevent the execution of the ruling.

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