Q. What does Danielle truly want?
Atty. Jeong Jong-chae:
It may be nothing more than a hope like the coming spring, but Danielle simply wants to stand once again as a complete NewJeans together with Minji, Hanni, Haerin, and Hyein, singing and dancing before Bunnies and fans just as they used to.
Even if that dream is realistically impossible, it is still the dream Danielle holds.
If what HYBE truly wanted were compensation for damages, it would not spend years pursuing lawsuits seeking contractual penalties that would leave Danielle penniless after prolonged litigation and, because of ADOR’s actions, unable ever to work in the K-pop industry again—making recovery impossible even if it won.
A far more financially rational choice would be to allow Danielle to return to NewJeans, promote again as a complete group, and offset any damages against the settlement payments she would receive through those activities.
The fact that the HYBE Group chose instead to pursue litigation seeking astronomical contractual penalties that offer no meaningful economic benefit even if successful cannot reasonably be explained except as an attempt to use Danielle as a test case, send a warning signal to artists, and thereby strengthen its control over them.
https://t.co/tVEz9iBywo
For those too lazy to read:
Basically, Danielle’s legal team is trying to highlight that this case is also a competition law issue rather than simply a disagreement over an exclusive contract.
Their argument is that HYBE/ADOR didn’t just sue Danielle, they also singled her out from the other NewJeans members without a reasonable justification and used their dominant market position to try to permanently push her out of the K-pop industry. They claim this wasn’t just about enforcing a contract, but about sending a warning to other artists that challenging HYBE comes with devastating consequences.
The significance is that the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has reportedly decided to open an investigation into allegations of abuse of market dominance and unfair trade practices. Wait. Before some of you overreacted, that doesn’t mean HYBE or ADOR have been found to have broken the law. It simply means the KFTC believes the allegations are serious enough to investigate.
The complaint also argues that this goes beyond Danielle’s case. It claims excessive contractual penalties and the selective use of lawsuits can discourage artists from moving to other agencies, make it harder for smaller companies to compete, and ultimately reduce competition and innovation across the K-pop industry. In other words, the filing argues this isn’t just about one artist, it’s about how the industry’s biggest companies use their market power.
2 YEARS WITHOUT NEWJEANS MUSIC 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
☹️☹️❤️ ELAS SE AMAM! Sullyoon do NMIXX passou o último show do grupo com a mobilidade reduzida porque está com um problema de forte dor nas costas.
A Bae começou a correr em torno dela, daí elas se abraçaram e começaram a chorar.