Adore, protecting New Jeans who ‘voluntary escape’ ing “Legal response from defamation → sexual harassment” [Full text]

Hybe Label Adore stated that it is still regularly taking legal action to protect the group New Jeans who left the agency of their own accord. They officially announced the current progress and promised, “We will continue to work to protect the rights and interests of the artists and their reputation.”.

On the 27th, Adore announced through New Jeans‘ fan communication platform, “We are regularly taking legal action against those who write malicious posts such as defamation, insults, sexual harassment, malicious slander, and use of derogatory terms against New Jeans, and we will inform you of the main progress in this regard.”.

First, they stated, “The Supreme Court has finalized a fine of several million won for the criminal act of distributing and selling fictitious pornographic photos by combining artist portraits. In addition, several fines have been handed down to defendants who wrote seriously insulting comments. In addition, in cases where malicious comments were written anonymously, suspects have been identified and several police investigations and legal procedures are underway,” they stated.

Adore explained, “In addition, through valuable tips from fans and our own real-time monitoring, we have comprehensively collected evidence of acts that infringe upon the rights of artists and have filed complaints with investigative authorities against numerous writers of malicious comments. We have included in the complaint those who wrote posts that mock the artists’ nationality and appearance, use derogatory terms to insult them, and posts and comments that sexually objectify or disparage the artists.” In the process, they added, “The targets of the lawsuit include all those who have spread false information, posted insults, sexually harassed, and written malicious posts and comments on domestic and international platforms (DC Inside, Ilganbest, Naver, YouTube).”

Adore said, “In the process of legal response regarding infringement of artist rights, we are responding strictly with a zero-tolerance principle, and we will continue to monitor all domestic and international channels in real time to thoroughly secure evidence and take strong legal action to hold those responsible until the end, even if it takes time.” They encouraged fans to actively report. Finally, they said, “Adore will continue to work to protect the rights and honor of artists.”

Meanwhile, New Jeans held an emergency press conference on the 28th of last month and announced that they would be terminating their exclusive contract with their agency, Adore. They declared that they were notifying the termination of their exclusive contract because Adore violated their obligations under the exclusive contract and did not correct it within the corrective action request period. Meanwhile, they claimed that they could work freely without filing an injunction to terminate the exclusive contract and that there was no obligation to pay compensation for the penalty since Adore was at fault.


Full text of Adore’s official position regarding New Jeans

Hello.
This is Adore.

We are regularly taking legal action against those who write malicious posts that defame, insult, sexually harass, maliciously slander, use derogatory terms, etc. about New Jeans, and we will inform you of the main progress in this regard.

First of all, as a result of the existing legal response, legal punishment is being imposed for various criminal acts. The Supreme Court finalized a fine of several million won for the criminal act of a person who distributed and sold fictional obscene photos by combining artist portraits. In addition, several fines have been handed down to the defendants who wrote seriously insulting comments. In addition, we would like to inform you that there are several cases in which suspects have been identified and police investigations and legal procedures are underway in cases where malicious posts were written anonymously.

In addition, we have comprehensively collected evidence of acts that infringe upon the rights of artists through valuable tips from fans and our own real-time monitoring, and have filed complaints with investigative authorities against numerous writers of malicious posts. We have included in the complaint all those who wrote posts that mocked the artist‘s nationality and appearance, used derogatory terms, and insulted the artist, as well as those who sexually objectified or degraded the artist.
The targets of the complaint include all those who spread false information, wrote insults, sexually harassed, and other malicious posts and comments on domestic and international platforms (DC Inside, Ilganbest, Naver, YouTube).

In the process of legal response regarding infringement of artist rights, our company is responding strictly with a zero-tolerance principle, and we will continue to monitor all domestic and international channels in real time to thoroughly secure evidence and take strong legal action to hold those responsible until the end, even if it takes time.

Fans’ interest and reports are a great help in our legal response.
We ask that you actively report through the integrated reporting center for artist rights protection that opened last September.

We are always grateful for the love and dedication of our fans toward New Jeans. Adore will continue to work hard to protect the rights and honor of artists.

Thank you.

Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com