New Jeans, Old Jeans...Min Hee-jin may not be active until 2027 as well as debt (SC Issue)
Nov 09, 2025
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Kang & Park's lawyer's channel posted a video on the 8th titled 「Why I may not see Newzins until 2027」. Lawyer Kang Ho-seok and Park Geon-ho expressed their legal views on the dispute over exclusive contracts between Newzins and his agency, Adore.
In November last year, Newzins declared its independent activities, saying that the exclusive contract was terminated due to the violation of the contract. However, the first trial court recently ruled in favor of the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by Adore against the members to confirm the validity of the exclusive contract. The court ruled that the trust relationship was not broken just because Newzins' unreasonable demands were not accepted, including the return of Min Hee-jin, former CEO of Airdor, and that former CEO Min began the public opinion campaign as a means for independence, not for the purpose of protecting Newzins. In response, Newzins declared that it would appeal immediately.
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Lawyer Kang and lawyer Park "If Newzins drags the trial to the Supreme Court, it will not be possible until 2027. The New Jeans will become the Old Jeans. After that, Hive's lawsuit for damages could continue.
According to the first trial ruling, the exclusive contract period for Newzins and Adore is valid until July 31, 2029. However, the longer the Newzins drags out the lawsuit, the longer the contract period increases, and eventually, they have to remain in the door, missing the golden time to work as a girl group.
Moreover, the economic responsibility that Newzins should bear is also significant. The lawsuit is 250 million won for the lawsuit, and Adore will pay about 12.262 million won, including court taxes, service fees, and attorney fees. However, Newzins has already appointed Park Hyung-nam, CEO of the law firm, to 13 lawyers from Sejong, a large law firm. Lawyer Kang and lawyer Park speculated that the actual lawyer alone would have cost 100 million won per person.
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Former CEO Min is conducting a put option trial worth 26 billion won against Hive. Former CEO Min claimed that he exercised his legitimate rights under the inter-shareholder contract, and Hive says that the right to exercise put options has also disappeared because the inter-shareholder contract was terminated due to former CEO Min's breach of trust.
However, the court ruled that former representative Min tried to become independent with Newzins. In other words, the ruling in favor of Hive, which effectively admitted the allegations of tempering, came out.
Lawyer Kang and Park also "What is recognized by other courts under the Civil Procedure Act is generally followed because it is strictly binding. It is difficult for the put option court to reject the results of the first trial easily. In this case, since the price is 26 billion won, the cost of lawyers, stamp fees, and delivery fees to be borne if former CEO Min loses are also enormous. If you lose, you're in a lot of debt."
In a lawsuit between Min and Hive label Source Music, there was evidence that could completely reverse Min's claim that `I picked Newzins and changed the order of debut on Hive.' From Source Music, the video interview data of the parents of the members of Newzins, such as "'It's amazing that you're coming to Anyang' and 'If you can't confirm your debut, please give me the right to choose whether to stay in Source Music' and the order of your debut, doesn't matterPublic opinion was also overturned when former representative Min's messenger conversation details were released.
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