On November 26, Min Hee-jin’s representatives shared that the previous ADOR CEO had filed a prison criticism with Seoul’s Yongsan Police Station accusing two HYBE executives of breach of duties relating to ADOR woman group NewJeans.
Based on Yonhap Information Company, the executives named within the criticism are HYBE’s Chief Communications Officer Park Tae-hee and a PR director solely recognized as Cho. They’re a part of the company’s public relations group, which reportedly handles communications and promotional actions for the artists below the company’s sublabels, together with woman group NewJeans.
Min’s representatives claimed in a press release that Park and Cho “not solely didn’t fulfil their obligations however brought on vital injury to NewJeans and ADOR by downplaying the group’s achievements”. They added that they hope “acceptable prison penalties are imposed”.
That is the most recent in a months-long feud between Min and HYBE, which was first made public in April this 12 months after the company launched an investigation over a suspicion that Min was making an attempt to take management of ADOR. The then-CEO quickly adopted up with statements and press conferences accusing HYBE of “undermining” NewJeans’ success, amongst different allegations.
Final week, Min formally resigned from her place as an inside director at ADOR and left the company. In a press release, she stated that she was terminating her shareholder settlement with HYBE and voiced her intention to carry the company “legally accountable for breaches of this settlement”.
Earlier this month, NewJeans additionally reportedly despatched a signed certificates of contents to ADOR, during which they demanded the label “rectify all grave breaches of the unique contracts inside 14 days of receipt”. In addition they shared plans to “revoke our unique contracts” if their calls for aren’t met.
