NewJeans, one of K-pop’s leading groups, has officially served a legal document to their management agency, ADOR, demanding rectification of alleged contract violations. The group warns that failure to meet their requests could result in the termination of their exclusive contract.

Legal Document Highlights Contract Violations

According to Yonhap News, on November 13, 2024, NewJeans sent a certificate of contents to ADOR. This legal document, commonly used in South Korea, outlines claims for damages or changes to contractual terms and is certified by the post office.

The members, identified by their legal names—Kim Minji, Hanni Pham, Danielle Marsh, Kang Haerin, and Lee Hyein—asserted that ADOR violated their exclusive contract. The document included a formal request for ADOR to address these violations within 14 days of receipt.

Yonhap News published a page of the document.

In an excerpt from the document published by Yonhap News, the group expressed concern about HYBE’s internal handling of NewJeans:

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]

Certificate of Contents

Additional Concerns and Legal Actions

While the exact details of the members’ requests remain undisclosed, NewJeans expressed their intention to take legal action against baseless rumors targeting their families. They highlighted that these rumors were harmful and could damage their reputation.

Yonhap News also referenced HYBE’s internal documents, which included controversial remarks suggesting potential plans to abandon the group’s direction.

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