Daniel Hae-in in tears at court: "NewJeans is a 6-member group, I don't want to lose CEO Min Hee-jin" "I definitely don't want to go back to Ador"

On the morning of March 7, a hearing was held in court regarding Ador's request for a provisional injunction to "preserve the agency's status and prohibit the signing of advertising contracts, etc." Before the hearing ended, Haein and Daniel reportedly cried and pleaded, "We want our side of the story to be heard."

Before the end of the hearing, the judge asked if there was anything they wanted to say, and the members spoke.

Hyelin said, "I felt helpless seeing HYBE and Ador not taking any action against other labels who were denigrating our performance and ruining our image. We and CEO Min Heejin had been running happily while achieving good results, so I don't understand why they separated us. "It would be difficult to work with a company where trust and confidence have been broken. Plus, forcing it on us is just too painful."

Daniel said, "We are sensitive to each member's condition, so we are worried about him getting injured or in pain. What I want to say is that although there are five of us performing on stage, we are a team of six (including CEO Min Hee-jin). The CEO was attacked and ridiculous articles were coming out, but we were scared that we would lose something. We want to continue to be with the CEO."

Haein said tearfully, "Currently, Ador's management has changed from CEO Min Heejin, who has always respected the five of us at all times, to the people of HYBE who have ignored our opinions. When we spoke out about the injustices and asked for a resolution, we were only told to be patient because we cannot start a dispute within the company. I don't think we can approach the public with inauthentic work under a false situation without CEO Min Heejin."

Hani said, "Right now Ador is privately criticizing the staff who have been with us from the beginning, while in front of them saying they want to work with us. But it's filled with such unreliable people, and I can't trust a company like this to work with."

Minzy: "The bullying and discrimination (by HYBE) that has been going on for so long has hurt us. Their repeated words that they are doing their best and that everything will be fine once they return only deepen our wounds. I hope that the court will understand our feelings."

After all the members had spoken, Daniel raised his hand and said, "I have something I'd like to say," and expressed his opinion again.

She was said to have shed tears as she said, "It was so difficult before I left Ador, a company that treated us unfairly, and now that I've left, it feels even more difficult. The manager, CEO, and stylists that I trusted and believed in are not at Ador. I don't know who will protect us if we go back there. I'm 21 years old, and I don't want to go through those remaining five years again. So, no matter what the results are now, I wanted to emphasize that I have absolutely no desire to be with Ador."

At the end of November, NewJeans unilaterally announced the termination of their exclusive contract with their management company Ador. Recently, they changed their name to NJZ. They are scheduled to perform on stage for the first time as NJZ at the Hong Kong Festival (ComplexCon Hong Kong) in March. They have also announced the release of a new song .

Ador does not accept this and has begun legal action. After filing a lawsuit to "verify the validity of the exclusive contract," it has applied to the court for a provisional injunction to "preserve the agency's status and prohibit the signing of advertising contracts." If the court "grants" the provisional injunction, it will put a stop to NewJeans' independent activities.

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