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<\/p>\nSEOUL, July 6 \u2014 K-pop agency ADOR has submitted new evidence alleging former CEO Min Hee-jin orchestrated efforts by girl group NewJeans to break away from the company.<\/p>\n
In its damages lawsuit involving former member Danielle, her mother and Min, ADOR told a court Thursday that fresh material \u2014 including an audio recording \u2014 suggests coordinated planning behind the group\u2019s dispute with the agency, The Korea Herald reported.<\/p>\n
At the centre of the submission is a recording dated September 2, 2024, in which Min allegedly discussed plans related to NewJeans\u2019 YouTube livestream held nine days later.<\/p>\n
ADOR said the recording shows Min telling the members\u2019 parents that the livestream \u201cmust go ahead\u201d as it could serve as evidence in a future legal move to terminate the group\u2019s exclusive contracts.<\/p>\n
The claims contrast with Min\u2019s earlier position that she had discouraged the livestream and that the members acted independently.<\/p>\n
The September 11 livestream saw all five members publicly demand that HYBE reinstate Min as ADOR\u2019s CEO by September 25, arguing that management changes had affected the group\u2019s identity and creative direction.<\/p>\n
HYBE had removed Min as ADOR CEO in August 2024, saying the decision was part of a broader policy separating management and production functions. The move came amid allegations of internal conflict over control of ADOR and NewJeans\u2019 direction.<\/p>\n
Following ADOR\u2019s refusal to reinstate Min, the members announced the termination of their exclusive contracts on November 28, 2024, and later promoted independently under the name NJZ.<\/p>\n
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Min Hee-jin speaks during a press conference in Seoul in this file picture dated April 25, 2024. In its damages lawsuit involving former member Danielle, her mother and Min, ADOR told a court Thursday that fresh material \u2014 including an audio recording \u2014 suggests coordinated planning behind the group\u2019s dispute with the agency. \u2014 AFP pic<\/p>\n
Min Hee-jin speaks during a press conference in Seoul in this file picture dated April 25, 2024. In its damages lawsuit involving former member Danielle, her mother and Min, ADOR told a court Thursday that fresh material \u2014 including an audio recording \u2014 suggests coordinated planning behind the group\u2019s dispute with the agency. \u2014 AFP pic<\/p>\n
ADOR further alleged that Min continued to direct the group\u2019s activities before and after a court injunction in March 2025, which barred the members from carrying out entertainment activities without the agency\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n
The agency said Min was involved in preparations for NJZ\u2019s appearance at ComplexCon Hong Kong, including production, styling, choreography, merchandise and promotional materials.<\/p>\n
As part of its evidence, ADOR also submitted a performance agreement citing a US$500,000 (RM2.04 million) consulting fee tied to the ComplexCon project, which it alleges was intended for Min.<\/p>\n
The five members were to collectively receive US$350,000 for the performance.<\/p>\n
Another document presented in court was an \u201cExclusivity Agreement\u201d between NewJeans and AAO, a Chinese-backed company founded by Bonnie Chan Woo, organiser of ComplexCon.<\/p>\n
According to ADOR, the agreement required NewJeans to report both group activities and ADOR-related matters to AAO, and would run for nine months with automatic renewal unless terminated.<\/p>\n
ADOR told the court that while other members later moved to end the agreement after returning to the company in November 2025, Danielle allegedly continued to conceal its existence.<\/p>\n
The agency also claimed Min encouraged the parents of Danielle and Minji to pressure ADOR with demands it could not accept and to secretly record conversations, alleging this was intended to build grounds for contract termination rather than reconciliation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SEOUL, July 6 \u2014 K-pop agency ADOR has submitted new evidence alleging former CEO Min Hee-jin orchestrated efforts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8378,41147,14588,40721,195,41146,8379],"class_list":["post-75859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-korea","tag-ador","tag-audio-recording","tag-court-injunction","tag-danielle","tag-k-pop","tag-min","tag-newjeans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}