FIFTY FIFTY’s company ATTRAKT will pursue authorized motion in opposition to Warner Music Korea.
On September 11, Dispatch launched unique audio recordings involving Ahn Sung Il, CEO of The Givers, and Jin Seung Younger, CFO of Warner Music Korea, from their previous secret conferences with FIFTY FIFTY’s former members and their dad and mom. The recordings included disparaging feedback about ATTRAKT’s CEO Jeon Hong Joon, in addition to unsubstantiated claims, similar to assertions that HYBE and Min Hee Jin had made provides to Ahn Sung Il to handle their new group (each HYBE and Min Hee Jin have denied these claims, with Min Hee Jin stating she doesn’t even know Ahn Sung Il). The recordings additionally revealed discussions about methods for the members to invalidate their unique contracts with ATTRAKT, file lawsuits, and signal with Warner Music Korea.
In response, ATTRAKT issued an announcement on September 13 asserting their intention to pursue authorized motion in opposition to Warner Music Korea for participating in tampering actions with The Givers and former FIFTY FIFTY members—Aran, Saena, and Sio—and their households, in an effort to breach their unique contracts with ATTRAKT.
Beneath is ATTRAKT’s official assertion in English:
Greetings from ATTRAKT, a number one leisure company in South Korea.
We now have obtained complete authorized proof proving that Warner Music Korea, The Givers, and former FIFTY FIFTY members Aran, Saena, and Sio colluded to breach their unique contracts and engaged in tampering actions.
We now have secured audio recordings from their conferences held on Could 13, Could 17, and June 6, 2023, together with different associated supplies. These info had been additionally highlighted within the Dispatch article revealed on September 11, 2024. In response to the plans mentioned of their recorded conferences, these tampering events filed a provisional injunction to droop the effectiveness of their unique contracts with ATTRAKT on June 19, 2023.
The claims made by the previous FIFTY FIFTY members regarding well being administration points, lack of help, and settlement disputes had been all confirmed false in court docket. These former members dedicated unlawful acts with the only real intention of terminating their contracts, distorting the reality, and deceiving the general public.
Warner Music Korea, the principal power behind this tampering, has tried to unlawfully seize our priceless artists via the usage of monetary and coercive energy. We won’t succumb to the may of such company giants and are ready to face resolutely in opposition to these actions.
For the sustained progress of Ok-Pop, partnerships with international label corporations are of utmost significance. It’s actually disheartening to see an organization that needs to be contributing to the development of Ok-Pop implicated because the driving power behind such a malicious incident.
From as we speak, we shall be rigorously reviewing all authorized choices in opposition to Warner Music Korea. We reaffirm our dedication to holding all events concerned on this tampering scheme absolutely accountable.
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