According to Korean media, NewJeans (NJZ - the new name given by the group) issued a public statement affirming that the termination of their contract with ADOR was in compliance with legal procedures, refuting ADOR's concern that NewJeans' activities were "contract violations".
After that, the NewJeans group accused ADOR of trying to "restrict their careers" by expanding the initial ban requirement to limit the group from all music activities.
Both sides will defend their lawsuit in the first hearing on the ban request, scheduled for March 7, Korean time.
After NewJeans' statement, ADOR responded, "ADOR has chosen to expand its ban request scope, initially submitted to maintain NewJeans' representative company and prohibit signing independent advertising contracts, because NewJeans has previously increased activities, announced the release of new songs and participated in large-scale performances abroad during the ban.
This is not an effort to limit NewJeans' activities but to emphasize that the company should continue its entertainment career "with ADOR" and "compliance with NewJeans' exclusive contracts".
ADOR has never put pressure on event organizers in any way, and expanding the ban requirement is not retaliatory.
Tomorrow in court (ie March 7), ADOR will clarify all misunderstandings of the artists and seek a verdict to confirm that ADOR is still NewJeans' agency".
