NewJeans Issues Legal Notice To ADOR Stating Potential Contract Termination If K-Pop Group’s Conditions Are NOT Met
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The ongoing tension between K-pop group NewJeans and ADOR seems intense with the band’s new action. As per a recent report in Koreaboo, NewJeans has just fired a serious shot at their agency, ADOR, with a certified legal notice delivered on November 13, 2024. As reported by Yonhap News, the notice warns ADOR: meet the group’s demands or face the termination of their exclusive contract.
K-pop band NewJeans’ letter to ADOR
In Korea, this “certificate of contents” is the legal route for laying out damages and contract issues, typically certified by a post office. NewJeans made it official by signing with their real names – Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin, and Hyein – and demanded ADOR address violations tied to their contract within a strict 14-day deadline.
The document brings up recent revelations from HYBE’s internal files, which reportedly include unfavourable views on NewJeans, with one note stating the company could “throw away ‘New’ and start fresh.”
As shown in Koreaboo, the legal document reads
“Title: Request to rectify violations of the exclusive contract. 1. We wish for ADOR’s development. The members of ADOR’s group NewJeans consisting of Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin, and Hyein (to be addressed as ‘NewJeans’ moving forward) requests that ADOR rectify the violations of the exclusive contract and that through this document, the opinions of NewJeans as to be stated below, will be made known. We hope that ADOR rectifies all of the stated violations within 14 days of receipt of this document.”
“2. The important parts of the violations ADOR has committed with regards to the exclusive contract has been summarized as below. A. We hope that as NewJeans’ management, action will be taken as per necessary against HYBE’s decision of “throwing away ‘New’ and starting a whole new thing.” Recently, through the audit, it was confirmed that HYBE’s internal report contained a statement that they “had been plagued by “New-I-LE” for a few days, but they can throw ‘New’ away and start a whole new thing…” [redacted],” the document concludes.
More about NewJeans’ legal notice to ADOR
Though specific requests from NewJeans remain undisclosed, the group has also vowed to legally counter false rumours involving their families. They have even said that they will be taking legal action against whoever propagating baseless rumours against NewJeans or the NewJeans members.