NJZ Parents “We Can‘t Go Back to Hive, Parental Rights Issue is a Family Matter” [Full Text]
The group New Jeans, who were planning to leave their disputed agency Adore and continue their activities as NJZ, have finally declared a hiatus, and the parents have released a statement regarding the suspicions of their split.
On the 3rd, the 41st Civil Agreement Division of the Seoul Central District Court held the first oral argument date for the lawsuit to confirm the validity of the exclusive contract between New Jeans and Adore.
Accordingly, at the trial the day before, the court confirmed with the members’ representative that “regarding Defendant 4,” and “is this a statement that the family court has made a decision to exercise parental authority and that you have approved all the litigation actions up to now?” It is interpreted that they were asking whether the issue of the parents‘ disagreement regarding jointly representing parental authority in the case of a minor had been resolved.
Currently, among the members, there are two minors: Hyein and Haerin. The media interpreted this to mean that there was a disagreement between the parents of one of them over the exercise of parental rights to terminate the exclusive contract, which led to a trial in family court.
On the night of the 4th, the parents of Minzy, Hani, Daniel, Haerin, and Hyein released an official statement through their legal representative, saying, “The content reported by some media outlets that ’there is division between the parents of the members‘ is completely false,” and “We are stating our position in order to correct the misunderstanding.”
The parents stated, “All five members are firm in their stance that they cannot return to HYBE, and this is a decision that was reached after sufficient discussion with their respective families. “Since we initially promised not to take legal action unless all five members agreed, the members deeply trust and are united.”
They stated, “The members are still maintaining the same position, and our parents fully respect our children’s wishes and support them unwaveringly. Despite the current difficult situation, the five members meet frequently and maintain their unchanging friendship, and our parents have also used this difficulty as an opportunity to communicate more regularly and maintain a strong relationship, so we are perplexed and regretful to see groundless rumors about division within the family and members leaving being made into articles.”
The parents stated, “We felt like it was someone’s intention to instigate division, so we didn’t think it was worth responding. However, since it has gotten to the point where specific members’ real names are being mentioned, we are revealing this position,” adding, “The rumors about member Haerin are completely different from the truth. Of course, both Hae-rin and Hae-rin’s parents are in agreement, and all speculations about her family history are also untrue. The parents explained, “Both the member and his family are experiencing extreme mental stress due to groundless, one-sided speculations.”
They continued, “It was the job of another member to respect the minor child’s wishes and proceed with the parental rights adjustment, and since this family also has a firm will for the child and the mother, we ask that you refrain from speculating about the family history.” They emphasized, “Currently, all families respect and support their children, we can tell you for sure.”
The parents stated, “Article 10 of the Domestic Relations Act stipulates, “Facts or photographs that can be used to infer who a person is based on their name, age, occupation, or appearance regarding cases that are being processed or have been processed by the family court cannot be published or broadcast in newspapers, magazines, or other publications.” In addition, Article 72 prohibits reporting. It clearly states the criminal punishment clause for the act of violation. Please keep this in mind and refrain from making indiscriminate speculations and spreading personal information.”
In addition, “The issue of parental rights is a person’s family matter. We hope that there will be no malicious use of this matter in the future by linking it to the ‘legal dispute with Adore.’ A company that should be based on trust is using a member’s family matter to play with the media, and as parents, we cannot send our children there again.” Adore and Hive, whose management has changed, have never shown us trust, and this has not changed to this day.”
Meanwhile, on the 21st of last month, the Seoul Central District Court issued a ruling of ‘fully accepting’ the injunction application filed by Adore against the members of New Jeans to preserve the status of the agency and prohibit the conclusion of advertising contracts. Here, the five members of New Jeans, who unilaterally notified of the termination of their exclusive contracts last year and went their own way, are facing legal brakes on all entertainment activities they have been pursuing under the name ‘NJZ’. They declared a halt to their activities after their last stage at ‘ComplexCon Hong Kong’ held at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong on the 23rd of last month. Their second trial is scheduled for June 5th.
Full text statement from the parents of Minzy, Hani, Daniel, Haerin, and Hyein
Hello. This is the parents of the members.
The content reported by some media outlets that ‘there is division among the parents of the members’ is completely false. We are revealing our position in order to correct the misunderstanding.
All five members are firm in their stance that they cannot return to HYBE, and this is a decision they reached after sufficient discussion with their families. Since we promised not to take legal action unless all five members agreed, the members deeply trust each other and are united.
The members are still maintaining the same position, and our parents fully respect their children’s wishes and support them unwaveringly. Despite the current difficult situation, the five members meet frequently and maintain an unchanging friendship, and our parents have also used this difficulty as an opportunity to communicate more regularly and maintain a strong relationship, so it is only embarrassing and regrettable to see groundless rumors about divisions within the family and members leaving being reported.
It felt like someone was trying to instigate division, so I thought it wasn’t worth responding to. However, since it has reached the level of specific members’ real names being mentioned, I am revealing this position.
The rumors about member Hae-rin are completely different from the truth. Hae-rin and her parents are both firmly in agreement, and the speculations about her family history are also all untrue. Due to groundless, one-sided speculation, both the member and his family are experiencing extreme mental stress.
It was another member who proceeded with the parental rights adjustment in accordance with the wishes of the minor child, and since this family also has a firm will of the child and the mother, we ask that you refrain from speculating about the family history.
I would like to make it clear that all families are currently respecting and supporting their children.
Article 10 of the Domestic Relations Act stipulates that ‘Facts or photographs that can be used to infer who the person is based on name, age, occupation, appearance, etc. regarding cases being processed or processed by the family court cannot be published or broadcast in newspapers, magazines, or other publications.’ Furthermore, Article 72 stipulates criminal punishment provisions for acts that violate the reporting ban regulations.
Please keep this in mind and refrain from making indiscriminate speculations and spreading personal information.
Children‘s rights issues are one person’s family history. We hope that there will be no more malicious use of this matter in connection with the ‘legal dispute with Adore’.
A company that should be based on trust is using its members‘ family history to play with the media, and as parents, we cannot send our children there again.
Adore and Hive, which have changed management, have never shown us trust, and this has not changed even once.
Thank you.
On behalf of the parents of Minji, Hani, Daniel, Haerin, and Hyein.
Jeong Hee-yeon, Donga.com reporter shine2562@donga.com
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